Melt My Heart

So today I had a morning photo shoot with 2 of the kiddos. It was for Eli's 10 month pics (1 day early because tomorrow will be CRAZY!). Shelby had to get in on a few of the pics and let me just say she loves her little brother and he loves her! I still can't believe my little guy is 10 months old. In a few short months we will be having his 1st birthday, which means the last, first birthday in our immediate family! Eli is on the move. Crawls everywhere and pulls up on things. Last night he had his first lip bang that caused more blood than I was comfortable with. Stopped pretty fast and no real damage noted! Thank goodness! I'm sure this will be the first of many for this little guy! He is an excellent eater, loves his bottle (this could be interesting in a couple of months), and loves to jibber jabber. He brings so much joy to my every day. Can't imagine our family without him.

Over The Rainbow

Today we celebrated Shelby's 3rd Birthday, Yes 3 YEARS OLD! Her birthday was actually on the 26th, but between weddings and traveling to KC for cousin Mac's birthday celebration, this is the only weekend we had to do anything. She chose to have a Wizard of Oz theme (after only seeing the movie for the first time on the day we picked the theme). She's been waiting 9 whole days for this party and I have to say I think it was a success! We made Rainbows with paper plates, played pin the heart on the Tin Man, opened presents, ate cake and ice cream, and now NAP TIME!

Like a Little Girl on Christmas

To say I am excited is an understatment! I am over the moon excited. We are getting a puppy!!!!! Being without a dog for the past 1 1/2 has been the longest I've been without a dog my enitre life. I check the classifieds daily for puppy ads. It just so happened last week I was looking at the Kansas city star on line and found an ad for Goldendoodles. This is the breed I have been looking at since loosing our Golden Retriever. Since AZ got a gun to get his concealed carrying license, he let me get a puppy. It's also an early birthday present. She will come to live with us in 10 short days. We have lots to get ready and are anxious to have her join our family. These are a couple pics that the breeder has sent me. Isn't she A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!!!!!

Merry Christmas 2011

Wishing Everyone a Blessed Christmas and a Joyful New Year from our family to yours!

Thanksgiving Everyday

I know I have S*@#$D at blogging lately. I really wanted to try and do 30 days of Thankfulness and blog each day about something I'm thankful for. Who was I kidding! No time for that. I got to thinking though I am so thankful each and every day for these beautiful "elves" (angels).

They are my dream come true! God picked these sweet, loving, happy babies for ME! WOW! They make me smile each and every day! We were able to go to KC a few weeks ago and see all 3 of their birthfamilies and what better month to do it than November-the month of Thanksgiving AND National Adoption Month. It was a great time and these kiddos are so lucky to have so many people who love and care for them!

Family pics

This weekend we were able to get our family pictures done. We haven't done this since Abby (who is 4) was 6 months old. Terrible! I am so excited to get them back. Here is a pic I took with my camera of my 3 little darlings after our photo shoot with the professional! And hey-they're still smiling!

Updated Halloween preview...

So Eli's costume came in the mail this morning and of course I had to try it on right away. I have to say it's as cute as I thought it would be. He was kind of tired when I tried it on him, but he still gave a smile. The girls tried their costumes on last night and of course I had my camera readily available!