Nathan - Baby Idol 2009

Nathan - Baby Idol 2009

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Back to it...

I have been so darn busy and have really neglected the blog. So I am getting back to it. For me this blog was supposed to be a diary of sorts for our family events and Nathans adoption. I never even finished my posts on our trip to Ethiopia and we are getting close to A YEAR...how horrible is that?!?! I am going to try really hard to post a least once a week. Hopefully I still have people that will even read it. Probably not... If all else fails find me on Facebook! :)

Last weekend we had a little "House of Hope Reunion" with a group of families that all brought their little ones home from Ethiopia around the same time. It is really awesome seeing the babies playing together and see how much they have grown and changed in such a short time frame. I hope that over the years we will be able to keep the kids close and visit with each other often.

Here is a big group picture of all the babies. Nathan is second from the right



Nathan and Mommy :)



and my beautiful boy!



I "stole" the pics from other families. I did not get very many pics and since my camera stinks what I did get was horrible.

Just pics...

Nathan says hi :)


Olivia lost her first tooth!


So proud of Nick, he graduated from the Police Academy this week :)

Birthday's, Halloween, etc...

Once again it has been wayyyyy too long since my last blog post. I am going to post a quick update and some super cute pics. :)

We just celebrated Nathan's 1st birthday and Olivia's 6th birthday! For Halloween Nathan was a pumpkin, Olivia was a witch, and Austin was a boxer or "Rocky". All 3 were sooooo cute!!!! Austin just started wrestling season again so we are very busy with that. Nathan is almost walking, it won't be long now. He stands on his own but won't take actual steps unless he is holding onto something. Nick graduates from the police academy November 17th, he will be on the road starting in December EEEKKK! I am so proud of my hubby. This has been a dream come true for him and he has worked very hard for this. We have our 2nd post adoption visit tomorrow! I can't believe it has been over 5 months since we brought our little man home from Ethiopia. While it seems like he has always been in our life at the same time it seems like we were in Ethiopia only weeks ago. Well, Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner, are you ready??? :) This year we are trying to keep our focus on what really matters which is family and the birth of Jesus Christ. All the shopping, holiday decor, presents, stress over buying everyone the perfect gift; it all is NOTHING in comparison. Now...on to the super cute pics :)

The cutest pumpkin ever!

Prettiest witch in town :)

"The Champ"

Long overdue pics of Nathan

Is he beautiful or what?!?!? :)