Fun at the Littleton Museum

Pulling things together and waiting for baby

It is difficult to wait, but we are enjoying all the preparations involved in getting ready for a baby.  We have received notice of 2 infants, but neither one would be a good fit for our family.  One of the babies would have required us to travel anytime in the next couple weeks, which would have been very exciting.  During a conversation with Judy, my mother in law, I was reminded that I needed to start pulling things together for the BABY (not just cleaning the house) in case we had a short notice.  Bottles have been washed, clothes pulled out from the crawl space and washed, a chest of drawers emptied.  We now have formula and size 1 diapers in our home again, it feels very good!

Does anyone have suggestions on getting out spit up stains in baby clothes?  Most of Bryant's baby clothes have these stains.  I didn't have the best luck getting them out with Lana's used clothes when Kayla came along.

Roxborough Park

Last Saturday we tried a new park for hiking and it was beautiful.  Very green with the gorgeous red rocks in the background.

The 'family books' and homestudy were ordered/sent on Monday.  We should be hearing from our agency soon and know when they will begin sending out our information.

School started this week and it has been fun for all of us to have the regular routine and learning schedule again.

Homestudy updated

We just read over our updated homestudy yesterday and are sending it back, with our signatures, to our agency today.  This weekend we have been putting together a 'family book' on Shutterfly that will be shown to prospective parents.  This has been totally new for us since there were no books or letters to prospective parents needed in international adoption.  We are very excited that the paperwork is almost done and we can begin hearing from other agencies about babies soon.  The picture is one that Bryant took yesterday since we needed a picture of just Gary and I in the family book.

Summer time

I love this season!  The days are so long and we can finally feel of the warm sun shining down every day.  Summer time brings yard work, long trail hikes, pool time, popsicles, family walks after dinner, cool crisp salads, and lots of time just playing outside.

 

Great visit!

We had a wonderful visit with our new social worker on Saturday!  Her name is Jodie and she is such a joy to share this process with.  It was a special blessing to be able to talk about the Lord with her have her reciprocate and share the same heart for the Lord.  We did the home inspection on this first visit and will do the individual interviews on the next visit.  The second visit has not been scheduled yet, but should be soon.

On a funny note, we told the children that the social worker was coming to visit.  They were so excited to meet her and kept asking when she would arrive.  One of these times Lana asked 'So when is the working girl coming to our house?'  Gary and I looked at each other, stifled a laugh, and explained that she is a SOCIAL worker and her name is Miss Jodie.

Time for some exercise!

Kayla just cracks us up when we do our morning aerobics with the kids.  Here are a couple clips of the girls doing their version of the workouts.

Valentine's Day Heart

Day hike

Kayla stopped suddenly on the muddy trail and started screaming because she could not move her feet. Laughing, we picked her up but underestimated the suction from the mud, Kayla was lifted off the ground, but her boots remained. Below is Kayla's reaction to finding her boots still in the mud instead of on her feet.

This was Lana's face after she slid into a mud puddle and soaked her pants. We headed back to the van right away, but were grateful for the chance to get out on a truly beautiful Saturday.

Kayla girl

She is growing up so fast! My baby is turning into an adorable little girl. Some days I wish I could stop time and keep my babies little forever.

Family

During the entire visit with my family I did not take any pictures with my camera so these pictures are from Mark and Dad. What a wonderful time we had together, we miss you all!!

Finally some snow!

The snow suit that Lana is wearing was mine when I was a little girl. Notice the stylish 80's belt.

He was a very yummy snow man

Gingerbread houses