Happy Mother's Day!

It is so hard to believe that three years have gone by since driving home from Tampa with our sweet baby boy! I sat so many years in church on Mother's Day crying and praying that another Mother's Day would not go by without having a child. So imagine the overwhelming joy of bringing home our Andrew Jeremiah on Mother's Day of all days - how amazing to be loved so much by a God who throws in little details like that to answered prayers! The incredible experience of Andrew being placed in our arms by his birthmother that day is one we will never ever forget nor cease to be incredibly thankful for.


Mother's Day 2005


A couple of days later




What a difference three years makes!

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Birthday - Part II (The Party)

How to have a fun birthday party - by Andrew

1. Make sure your mom makes you a cake with your favorite characters on it.


2. Invite a few friends


3. Play some games - like pin the car on the checkered flag and pass the parcel



4. Blow out your birthday candles



5. Eat the cake!!




6. Open presents!




and 7. Spend time with grandma on a jet plane!

Birthday - Part I

We had a family dinner for Andrew on his birthday and he got to open up some presents. Here is a sampling of what he got.


It's a Blue's Clues Notebook! hooray :) This notebook has since then accompanied us everywhere we go, you never know when you may come across a clue that needs to be drawn in your notebook! Thanks Aunt Jenn, Alex, and Rachel :)
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A Cars book - a must have in every little boys book collection


A pirate ship playhouse - um, excuse me daddy, is this my toy or yours?

A playdoh kitchen set.... two of my favorite things - playdoh and food. What's not to love? Well except maybe the fact that playdoh food doesn't taste so good.

Tow Mater! A Cars movie character - my favorite :)



I didn't waste any time putting him to the test.

And last but definitely not least - a new bike!! Thanks grandma and pop pop :) Now if mommy could just find my helmet, I could take it for a proper ride!

Pinatas and Ball Games

For the past two years on their shared birthday, Rachel and Pop Pop have gone to see their favorite baseball team play.The following pictures of Rachel's birthday pinata will show how their favorite team played vs their opponents.

First up for our home team is Alex... notice the fine grip and look of determination to get the job done!

Batting for the opposing team... it's Pop Pop with a fine demonstration of their batting skills (or lack thereof...)

Looks like our team is up again... notice the fine batting stance!



And once more the opposing team... someone really should tell them to open their eyes!



And last up is our newest team player just telling the away team exactly which area of the
ball park he'll be hitting the ball out of!

Boys Love.....

Leaving handprints all over (this one left on mommies side of the bed - thanks for leaving a piece of chocolate for me to find, daddy!)



Big splashes



and bugs -- look closely! this is the size bug that mommy is ok with, LOL.