1.22.2013

We're Back!!

So after taking a little over a year off, we are back to the blogging world.  At least we hope to be blogging more often about what is going on in our lives and keeping you more up to date.  We are finally ready to talk about some of the reasons we stopped blogging and how much we have seen God at work in our lives this last year.

So why did we stop blogging?  There were a number of reasons, some of which we will go into here and some that are too personal for a blog.  But suffice it to say, that we were in the midst of life after the airport, dealing with some complicated medical issues, adjusting to life as a family of 4, dealing with sleep deprivation, having some pretty awesome "firsts" for our little family, experienced great joy, and learning lots about ourselves and our God.   We have had moments of great joy and moments of despair, but in it all, we can see the hand of God at work in our lives and we wouldn't change a minute of it.  Often we want to be different people but don't want to go through the turmoil of change to get there.  We are thankful for the changes in ourselves, that we have learned to love deeper, enjoy the little moments more, be spontaneous and silly, snuggle more and to love others more in this time.

December 12th, 2012, was the one year anniversary of our gotcha day for Li Rose.  We are so thankful that God brought such a beautiful little girl into our lives and we couldn't image our lives without her.  She has made huge progress with her development this last year and still has more work to do.  She loves us with a fierce love, just as we love her.  She is dainty, gentle, and has quiet spirit.  She is an explorer and loves to study everything she finds.  She is an amazing eater... now if we could just get to feed herself. ;-)  She is an extrovert but prefers to interact with people individually. Some of her favorite things to do are being outside, sandboxes, swings and water play. She loves as good snuggle and time just rocking with Mommy or Daddy. She also loves to follow her  brother around and do what he is doing.

Love this smile!

Exploring - she does a bunny hop crawl

Snuggles with Grammie - such a beautiful girl!

spending time "chatting" with Mimi

Love this picture of Li Rose and Granddaddy - shows her sweet nature

Carving pumpkins with Josh and Daddy - she really enjoyed this!


Josh celebrated his 3rd birthday in November.  Hard to believe he started out so small and now is ahead of the curve developmentally.  He is quite intelligent and loves learning new things.  We are amazed every day with the information he picks up in conversations and through informal learning. He has quite the sense of direction and places - he can tell you whose house we are going to by the surroundings we pass.  He is very observant of both his environment and sensitive to people and their feelings. We see such a heart of compassion in him and a giving spirit already.  He loves to be read to and to "read".  He loves Li Rose and always wants her to be included in whatever he is doing.  He loves to sit in laps or lean on you when you are close by - we love his touchiness and hope it lasts a while longer.  He loves to help with chores around the house, play outside, water play, and loves hats!

Helping Daddy bring in the trash - while playing in the rain

Such a handsome boy!

Enjoying Touch-a-Truck while wearing his bike helmet

Reading with Granddaddy


Last day of swim lessons in his pirate hat

Sweeping a ball during our church's fall festival 


Philip and I are enjoying our two "turkeys".  We love getting to parent them and watch them grow. Even though the toddler phase of life can be a challenging one, we have found it to be a good one as well.  We are so thankful for each other, our family, and our friends.  We are very blessed to be surrounded by so many people who encourage us, love on us, and help us when we need it.

We hope to begin to share with you on a more frequent basis now... please feel free to remind us if we have gone too long between updates.


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