Daddy's Little Helper

Caroline loves to help her daddy by pushing the push-mower.

That's right Sister...make sure he does it right :)

Christmas in March

We had lots of visitors this weekend. I didn't take as many pictures as I would've liked to...it's a little hectic with kiddos running around everywhere!!
On Wednesday, Katie, Tripp & Benjamin were able to come visit us at our new house for the first time. We had a great time. They spent the night and stayed all day on Thursday and then made the trek home on Thursday night. The kids were excited to have some of their cousins here and I was so glad to get to spend some time with them.
Then Mom, Aunt Rita & Herbert came to town for a Horse Show and they stayed with us on Friday night and Saturday (after the horse show). It is always nice to have mom here and a special treat for Aunt Rita & Herbert to get to come too.
And I'm sure you are wondering why this post is called "Christmas in March"...we had a special visit from our family/friends in Virginia, Christopher's birthfamily. We usually see them all in December, but it just didn't work out this year...but they were able to make it this weekend. So we met Joyce, her husband and 2 kids for dinner on Friday night and had a nice time together. Then they and her parents & sister came over to visit for a while. We got to meet her new arrival...baby Aneya...here are the kids holding her for the first time.
This is big brother Rupert holding Aneya, he just turned 5 this month.

Here is Christopher holding baby girl

And Caroline practicing on a REAL baby!!!

On Saturday morning, we all met for breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then came back to our house for "Christmas". We spent the day playing outside and catching up...since it had almost been a year since the last time that we got to spend time with them. The kids....Christopher, Caroline & Rupert seriously had Christmas all over again!!! Here are a few pics...I didn't get a group picture...maybe I'll remember to do that when we see them this summer. Here are the kids getting their gifts ready to open, Aunt Rita and Jennifer (Joyce's sister) are helping out.




We are so thankful that we have such a great relationship with this family and we all feel that God has put us together as a family for Christopher.

Hope y'all have a great week, we are looking forward to some sunshine and warm weather!!

Caroline loves her Puppy!!!

Caroline loves Cookie!!! Wade was home for lunch the other day and said "you need to go upstairs and look at your daughter"...so I thought, I'd better grab the camera as I was heading upstairs. This is what i came in to:

She had the puppy in the high chair with a bandana tied around her neck and trying to put a hat on her!

The funny part is that Cookie loves Caroline just as much!! She just sat there in the high chair...sitting flat on her bottom with her back legs sticking out and her front legs sitting on the tabletop of the high chair. She is a glutton for punishment, I think!! They are hilarious!!
Here is Cookie after her grooming the other day...all ready for St. Patty's Day!!

Her bows do not last long...she can't stand them and figures out a way to get them out almost immediately.

New Blog on my blog list

Hey just wanted to let you all know that I have added a blog to my blog list. Our adoption agency has recently started to blog. They will often post when they have baby placements and exciting news going on. It is a blessing to see when God puts a new family together and thought you might want to check in on them from time to time.
Have a Blessed Friday!