Favorites

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get these up but my blogger account is doing all sorts of funny things. It won't let me post on my own blog without huge steps taken and I can't comment on anyone else's. If there is still anyone out there reading my blog and you know how to fix my issues...please let me know! Anyway here is the first set of my favorites. I'll post the next set in a couple of days. Enjoy!

A Sneak Peek...

Here is a sneak peek into the photo session that Ruthie won in Ashleigh Dees Photography's Cutest Kid Contest. They are almost more than I can take. She is so beautiful to me! Once I have them all, I'll post my favorites. But for now, this one should make you smile....it does me!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all my sweet blogging Mommies from me and my sweet babies!

Ruthie's First Easter

Happy Referral Day!!

One year ago today, April 21, 2010, at 1:15pm we received a phone call that we had been waiting for but had begun to think would never come. It was a very short call but one that would change our lives forever. Emily, from our adoption agency, simply said, “Are you ready? You have been matched with a sweet baby girl!” A few moments later we opened an email that contained three grainy images of the most beautiful little girl we had ever seen and the tiny amount of information that was known about her. Once we looked into those black, almond shaped eyes, we knew that we were staring at the face of our daughter and the 4 ½ years of waiting quickly melted away. We fell madly in love with her and couldn’t wait to kiss those sweet cheeks.

That April day started out just like any other day but certainly didn’t end like one and even though it profoundly changed our lives it was nothing compared to what life with this sweet angel has been like! Happy Referral Day Ruthie!

I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you.~John 14:18

The View From Here.....

...is quite different than it has ever been. We have more pink in my house now than even I thought possible. The bows, baby dolls and shoes to match each outfit seem to be endless. It is absolute pure bliss to me and I can't imagine it any other way. The latest addition to our girly pink world is a new "Princess Potty" that Ruthie has no interest in using but she is a great Mommy.....see, her baby is already potty trained! Maybe I need to take Potty Training 101 from Ruthie!

Cutest Kid Contest

Go to Ashleigh Dees Photography and read about who just won a Cutest Kid Contest with a whopping 402 votes!!! Here's a hint....

Thanks to all who voted!!

When Did This Happen?

I walked into my laundry room over the weekend and saw this....



I recently washed both of the little outfits that my boys wore home from the hospital when they were born because I am about to have them framed in shadow boxes. I had hung them to dry. Then I washed Jon Milledge's baseball pants from the tournament the weekend before and hung them to dry. I didn't realize at the time that I had hung them side by side. When I opened the door the other day and saw them hanging there together, it literally brought me to tears. Where did the time go and when did my little baby, that could wear that sweet little blue outfit, grow up and become a teenager? I am so proud of him and the young man that he is becoming but there are days when I wish I could still pull him up in my lap and rock him. When I had two toddlers and was frazzled most days, my mother would tell me to enjoy every minute because it would be over so fast. I did enjoy it but never believed her about how fast time would move. I literally feel like he was in kindergarten last year but instead he will be in high school in about 6 months. WOW! Yes, enjoy every minute for this season is fleeting and will be over before we know it. As hard as it might seem some days, I choose to cherish every moment I have with all three of my children!

Here is my young man with those same men's baseball pants on! Isn't he handsome?

Happy Valentine's Day.....

....to you, from me and my sweet Valentine!!!

Little Sister

We now have a little sister whom we completely adore.

She has brought more joy to our lives than we could've ever imagined. A joy that we didn't even realize was missing.

She is spoiled, happy, delightful, charming, so smart and loved beyond measure.

Thank you God for our sweet little sister that we now can't imagine living without!

“A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.” ~Isadora James

The Great Snow Week of 2011

We are in our fifth day of being iced in here in Georgia. This is so bizarre for us and very abnormal! Even though we freak out a little...ok a lot....when the news of winter weather is headed our way, I have never experienced anything like this in my lifetime. My children have missed the whole week of school which has never happened that I can recall. The problem is not the snow it is LOTS of ice and also the fact that the temperatures have not risen above freezing until today, not to mention it has been in the teens every night this week so anything that might've thawed during the day has refrozen at night.
We are going a bit stir crazy here but have done lots to remain sane. We have ridden behind the neighbors Gator in a plastic pool, been sledding on our beach boogie boards, spent time with fun neighbors, had friends over for spend the night parties, been over to friends houses for spend the night parties, go cart fun with friends, fires in the fireplace, and big pots of chili! We have had a great week and I will be sorry to see my children go back to school next week!
Miss Ruthie took to the snow like she has everything else in the last six months, like it wasn't the first time she had seen it and didn't understand why we were making such a big deal about it! She got a book at Christmas about a snowman so all she could say the first day...over and over...was "Snowman,Snowman,Snowman"! She loved it all!

Fun high school neighbors that love my children!

Gator fun!

My three snow bunnies!

My boys LOVE their American Eagle mohawk hats...can you tell? :)

Our home!