Adoption Photo Blog

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 […]

Poor Norah would be jealous if she knew that while she was having fun at school, her little sister was getting to play with her buddy Mary Elizabeth! Don’t tell her…but here are some really cute pictures.

Charlotte’s little Ralph Lauren polo dress is from her Aunt Amanda and coincidentally so are the leggings, though […]

Charlotte and August are only 3 days apart in age, but they are a few extra pounds apart in size! Aren’t they cute here at their first playdate?
It wore Charlotte out so much that she had to take a nap with Daddy after he got home from work.

More friends visiting…Kelly & Nathan
Brea & Mary Elizabeth
Sophie, Macklin & Elijah
Our Matilda Jane trunk show went well. Here’s a picture of Norah in her Stella Blue knot dress
Norah attempting to crank the John Deere out at Turner Farms following a recent photo session.
Diaper change for Charlotte
More later…

Of course, I know it’s not officially here yet, but one afternoon of mild weather and I want to pull out my sweaters and sprinkle leaves on my fireplace mantle!
We played outside after Norah got up from her nap yesterday, because I don’t know who could resist that fresh air - it felt GREAT!
Brad got […]

I can’t believe in all my years working for the Boys & Girls Club that I never ever went to the Discovery Center. I mean, I knew it was wonderful and heard LOTS of great feedback about it every time we sent the kids there on a trip - I just never happened to […]

On Tuesday after I picked Norah up from school, we went over to Amy’s for a little while to check out her new Photoshop Elements program. While I have been using the full version of Photoshop and several other applications for a while now, I had never had any experience with PSE, and I […]

It’s been two years since my last trip to the Splash Park in Smyrna. Looking back at those pictures it amazes me to see how much Landon & Reagan have grown. (Check out Landon & Lanie’s trip to the splash park from yesterday by clicking here.)
I had planned to take Norah for a […]

“Interim Care” is one of those adoption terms that is tossed around but maybe never explained fully to those outside our world. Let me elaborate. Many times women give birth and are still undecided about placing their babies for adoption. In these cases, the baby doesn’t need to be placed with an […]

On our way home from Bolivar we stopped at North Park in Jackson - a huge new beautiful playground with tons of padded playground surfaces and brightly colored playground equipment. I really wish it wasn’t 100 degrees or we could have stayed and played all afternoon…however, it was pretty hot so our little ones […]