Adoption Photo Blog

Some highlights of our first family trip to the zoo…

This is about all of Charlotte you’ll see from this trip - she spent most of her time asleep in the back of the stroller (about 15 minutes maybe) or in the sling around my neck. So, there’s her sling strap!
My favorite exhibit, the coke […]

we went to the zoo for the first time
Landon turned six and we went to his bowling party
Charlotte was evaluated for services through TEIS
Amanda (”A-Panda”) came to visit
we went with Mary Elizabeth to get her ears pierced
Charlotte & I visited with Lynette, the girls’ birthmother
Jadyn came over to play
Brad & I sought counseling over decisions […]

Norah insists on giving Charlotte “fist bumps” whenever she catches her hands in a fist…
Norah’s also currently obsessed with our cat (and any cat for that matter)…
And here’s a couple more of Charlotte cuddling with her Daddy. Wearing a cute striped outfit from our friend Becca for the last time because she has outgrown […]

We celebrated Christmas with Brad’s family at Jason & Shai’s this year. Aunt Shai cooked her very first turkey and we all enjoyed it along with the rest of a delicious dinner.
Grammy & Aunt Lucy cooked lots of sweets, as seen here as the boys are sampling the goodies.
Hank and Norah played ball and […]

By the end of our Christmas celebrations, I usually wind down on picture taking - so I apologize for so few pictures at Mom and Bret’s.
Opening a few gifts
Grannie and Charlotte
Uncle Wallace and Aunt Helen
Norah’s top is a Matilda Jane Holiday Peasant Top 2008.

After spending time together at home, we went over to my Dad & Mary Kay’s to have breakfast and open more presents.

All these fun toys, and you see what Norah happens to be playing with - a paper towel tube and plastic bowls/spoon.
Opening gifts
This toybox was repurposed as a hat…
Dad got an iPod as a […]

On Christmas Morning we enjoyed getting up leisurely and bringing the girls out to read the Christmas Story from the Bible and open a few presents under the tree.(Do you see how awesome our rocking chair looks? It was given to us by our friends the Lyons Family when Norah joined our family. […]

Christmas Eve morning was spent at home. Norah helped me in the kitchen mixing up our goodies to bake and take to Daddy George’s house.
Perhaps it was here that she snuck a safety pin into the mixer…because Brad bit into one later in the afternoon and got a nice little surprise. Guess that […]

I wanted to get some sweet pictures of my girls that I could use on Christmas cards. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I don’t even know what I was thinking, but Steph offered her home and gorgeous Christmas tree as a backdrop, so I loaded up the girls, several coordinating outfits, accessories and appropriate props and drove an hour […]

My little baby is growing growing. She is starting to smile more when you talk to her and coo back at us every now and then. She’s becoming more able to spend a few minutes alone under her playmat or in her swing. She’s looking around a lot more and starting to […]