Wednesday, May 20, 2009

New Swingset and Slide!



















































Daniel loved his new swingset and slide - now he can plan anytime he wants in his backyard.














Saturday, May 16, 2009

Butterflies at the Natural History Museum









We headed to the Natural History Museum this morning and lucked out because there was a live Butterfly Exhibit (Daniel's favorite next to planes). We walked in and Daniel kept pointing and saying "Butterfly". He was clearly fascinated by all the butterflies and wanted to see them all. He was very good about not touching them and actually listened when we said not to touch them :) Unfortunately a butterfly landed on the ground and Daniel spun around and stepped on it - one of the things they warned us to be careful about. The lady behind me saw the whole thing and later commented that a she saw a little boy step on one and I said yes that was my son. It was a total accident but Daniel did manage to make the butterfly kind of gimp away????

We saw some butterflies with such beautiful blue colors but it was hard to capture them b/c they keep their wings shut a lot when they have landed on something. On the way out we went through an exhibit on insects and they had some live samples - perfect for Daniel. The man running the exhibit tried to get Daniel to touch the grasshopper but he was not being gentle enough so I held it for him. Then the man asked me if I wanted to hold a cockroach. I told him the only way he got me to hold the grasshopper and deal with it crawling up my arm was for Daniel. As you notice there are not pictures of me with coachroach! He told me it was good that I did this so that Daniel will not be scared of insects :) I told Michael he is in charge of bug duty at our house.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Daniel has a New Cousin!



















We are so excited to welcome Macall Avery into our family. She was born on May 12 at 7 lbs and 18 inches!! My brother and sister-in-law are so excited and already in love.


I cannot wait to see her later this month! We are so blessed to have another little angel to join our family.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Mother's Day Brunch


Happy Family - Uncle Eric, Aunt Valerie and Hayden



The best Mother's Day brunch with Daniel






Will decided to build a snowman



Look at that arm! Daniel thinks the spiky balls are fun.



Will and Daniel with all the balls - thank goodness they finally let us outside to play



Deep discussion or negotiation over the balls?



Jason finally gets his own ball



Mommy tickles Daniel and swings him around outside



These guys crack me up!



Mike, Will and Daniel playing hide and seek



This is my favorite picture from the day of Will





Aunt Holly finally gets to snuggle with Hayden and give him kisses



Holly and Tammy with cute cousins - Daniel and Hayden



Daniel laughing and snuggling with Mommy



Hayden wants to show off how big he is now



Jason wants you to know that he can hang with the bigger boys



Tammy making Hayden smile



Holly with Jason and Daniel - captured for a moment before they got on the move again



Hayden in his rainforest bouncer checking out the action with all the BOYS!



Jason is so cute and smiles all the time



Jason is almost walking at 11 months old



I love Butterflies! I think Hayden has some of my toys from when I was a baby :)



Mommy and her sweet pea at 20 1/2 months old



Daniel checking out cousin Hayden (16 weeks old)


We had a wonderful Mother's Day brunch at Valerie and Eric's. Cousin Tammy and Mike came down with Will (3 years old in June) and Jason (10 1/2 months old). So we had mass chaos while eating a delicious brunch with 4 boys under 3 years old - mostly thanks to Daniel who wanted a bagel with jelly that he decided to eat all by himself :)

Hayden was trying to figure out who all these people are in his normally quiet house. I enjoyed snuggling with and singing to my nephew!

Will and Daniel were chasing each other and playing hide and seek! Jason tried to get in on the action as well. Daniel just kept laughing the whole time.

I loved snuggling my sweet pea (even if he insists that he is a totally independent toddler now). Michael managed to get a few pictures of us together!

The boys really enjoyed finally getting outside to run around and play with the balls. It was a gorgeous May day for all. We look forward to many more visits with all four boys together.

About Me

We first heard about Gladney Center for Adoption in January of 2005 when we met with Pastor Stephen and Paula. In March of 2005 we attended an orientation at Gladney in Fort Worth, Texas. We adopted Daniel on September 12, 2007! Now we are waiting for a special child to complete our family.