Thank you Raechel :)
December 3, 2012
November 25, 2012
Thanksgiving (and Christmas) with the in-laws
Last weekend we made the trip up to Ohio to visit Mark's family. Since I will be fairly large and pregnant by Christmastime, we combined the trip to celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving.
All the cousins. This picture took at least 45 shots. And yes, it is the best we got.
Noah was sort of obsessed with this Jeep. He even popped the hood to check out the engine. I seriously cannot get enough of this kid.
Taylor can officially swing like a big girl. It sort of made me tear up when I realized that she can do it all by herself.
First official Christmas presents of the year. The kids were excited!
All the cousins. This picture took at least 45 shots. And yes, it is the best we got.
Noah was sort of obsessed with this Jeep. He even popped the hood to check out the engine. I seriously cannot get enough of this kid.
Taylor can officially swing like a big girl. It sort of made me tear up when I realized that she can do it all by herself.
First official Christmas presents of the year. The kids were excited!
November 1, 2012
Halloween
Who doesn't love dressing up in costumes? Well, actually I don't normally love to dress up, but our kids think it's sort of amazing. This year I was lame-o and did not have a costume. I am going to go ahead and play the pregnant card and use that as my excuse.
We had our 3rd annual neighborhood chili-cook off last weekend. All the peeps in the hood got together and let the kids run around like crazy people while we chatted it up and ate some yummy chili. I have yet to win the contest, but I am banking on next year.
Tay's preschool had a pumpkin patch day where her and all her classmates went and found a pumpkin with their name on it. I was able to go along and Tay was pretty excited that me and Noah came to watch.
According to Tay's teachers, she has a "best friend" in her class. The bottom right is of the girls with their pumpkins talking about who knows what :)
And then there was the BIG night, Halloween that is. And what did I do? Well, forgot my camera of course. Thankfully our wonderful friends took a picture of the Elliott clan.
And this has nothing to do with Halloween, but our friend, Raechel Myers, took family photos for us last weekend. She sent me this "sneak peek" and I am in love with it!
We had our 3rd annual neighborhood chili-cook off last weekend. All the peeps in the hood got together and let the kids run around like crazy people while we chatted it up and ate some yummy chili. I have yet to win the contest, but I am banking on next year.
Tay's preschool had a pumpkin patch day where her and all her classmates went and found a pumpkin with their name on it. I was able to go along and Tay was pretty excited that me and Noah came to watch.
According to Tay's teachers, she has a "best friend" in her class. The bottom right is of the girls with their pumpkins talking about who knows what :)
And then there was the BIG night, Halloween that is. And what did I do? Well, forgot my camera of course. Thankfully our wonderful friends took a picture of the Elliott clan.
And this has nothing to do with Halloween, but our friend, Raechel Myers, took family photos for us last weekend. She sent me this "sneak peek" and I am in love with it!
October 24, 2012
baby pool + leaves = fun times
Sometimes you just have to fill up a baby pool with leaves and go crazy!
Let the paperwork begin...again
Adoption has not been on the forefront of my mind the past several months. With pregnancy and fall activities and everyday life, it has fallen to the wayside.
I still think about our baby in Africa, I still daily pray for him or her, but the details, the paperwork, has not been something on my mind...until last week.
I love how God uses those around us to remind us that He is not only in control of the big things, but he also is in all the little details of our lives, like paperwork. Over the past weeks I have seen new friends who are adopting, friends coming home with their babies, and heard stories of others who are on their journey. All these things combined brought our journey back up to me.
With that, I realized that our homestudy and immigration paperwork is about to expire. That same day, I contacted our adoption agency and our home study agency all to start this wonderfully fun part of the process I like to call the "paper chase". We technically should have started about 1 month ago, so we are kicking into high gear to gir r dun (yeah, I just said that).
So here we are again, in the details, gathering all the documents needed. Although tedious, it has given me a fresh reminder of our adoption and the sweet little face we will see at the end of this journey.
I still think about our baby in Africa, I still daily pray for him or her, but the details, the paperwork, has not been something on my mind...until last week.
I love how God uses those around us to remind us that He is not only in control of the big things, but he also is in all the little details of our lives, like paperwork. Over the past weeks I have seen new friends who are adopting, friends coming home with their babies, and heard stories of others who are on their journey. All these things combined brought our journey back up to me.
With that, I realized that our homestudy and immigration paperwork is about to expire. That same day, I contacted our adoption agency and our home study agency all to start this wonderfully fun part of the process I like to call the "paper chase". We technically should have started about 1 month ago, so we are kicking into high gear to gir r dun (yeah, I just said that).
So here we are again, in the details, gathering all the documents needed. Although tedious, it has given me a fresh reminder of our adoption and the sweet little face we will see at the end of this journey.
October 21, 2012
pumpkin time, round 2
Last week we went with neighbors, today we went with Daddy. There is really not much to say expect that my kids are just too darn cute not to post more pictures :)
I could seriously just eat this kid up.
Noted for next year. I don't think it will be long before Noah passes up Tay.
My lil' southern girl.
I could seriously just eat this kid up.
Noted for next year. I don't think it will be long before Noah passes up Tay.
My lil' southern girl.
October 13, 2012
Pumpkin Time
Fall may be one of my favorite times of the year; cooler weather, pumpkiney smells, yummy baked treats, windows open, apple cider, and the list goes on.
Yesterday afternoon we headed to the pumpkin patch with neighborhood friends. We will be going back. It is pretty awesome.
And this morning the kids painted their pumpkins.
Let me just note the following:
1. When Noah goes to bed with his hair wet, it looks fluffy and awesome in the morning.
2. Noah's has an attention span of about 2.3 seconds. He splattered some paint on his pumpkins, and then moved on to other things such as putting the paint into the outlet covers.
3. Taylor's smile is completely real...not forced AT ALL, she was just having an awesome time (this is sarcasm in case there were doubts). You'll know which picture I talking about when you see it.
Yesterday afternoon we headed to the pumpkin patch with neighborhood friends. We will be going back. It is pretty awesome.
And this morning the kids painted their pumpkins.
Let me just note the following:
1. When Noah goes to bed with his hair wet, it looks fluffy and awesome in the morning.
2. Noah's has an attention span of about 2.3 seconds. He splattered some paint on his pumpkins, and then moved on to other things such as putting the paint into the outlet covers.
3. Taylor's smile is completely real...not forced AT ALL, she was just having an awesome time (this is sarcasm in case there were doubts). You'll know which picture I talking about when you see it.
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