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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Welcome Ozzie

Here is the new addition to our family...Ozzie the Octopus!! He makes bath time so much fun, and colorful all at the same time!! No that is not pee...

Thank you Doodaa for the awesome Texas jersey!!! We love it, and we love you!!

Sidenote: I love all the cute shorts they have for boys this summer!!

The warm weather is getting us so pumped for the lake!!! Here is Grant's first life jacket. He loves to put it on and wear it around the house.

Well Tammy's husband, Chris, and Beau were both gone again this weekend, so Grant and I went and stayed with Tammy and Addison. We had such a good time! Grant loves to go over there because they have a ton of space to run and play!

Here Addison is collecting rocks in her cute pink basket, and Grant is trying to get Thunder's (horse) attention!

This is the view from the front of their house! Beautiful!!!

There really isn't anything exciting going on here, just super busy! We miss and love you all!!

Monday, April 13, 2009

I decided blogging is more fun then facebooking!!

I like facebook ok, but it is overwhelming!! I much rather spend time on a post of little one:)

First of all Happy Easter to everyone!! I hope you had a great weekend, as we did!!

Ok I don't know about you, but in these next two pictures Grant looks like he is 3 years old, instead of just 14 months!!! Either way he looks good:)Alright I have never had so many people tell me how bad of a mother I am until yesterday. Doodaa, Kristy, and Heather hold your ears. I did not do an Easter basket for Grant. I had the best intentions, but never got around to doing it.So last night at Wal-Mart Beau and I got him a carrot bat and a ball that cost $1 to make ourselves feel better:) And by the way the ball is already lost!On Saturday our best friend Addi came and spent the day with us while her grandparents moved into a house in our neighborhood!! Here is Grant showing off how cool he looks in his new shades. And I'm not going to lie, I totally think Addi loved them:)Now here is Addison sitting so sweetly in the corner eating her cookie. I was flipping through the channels as any good babysitter and mother would do, and when I turned around she was gone. I really did freak out a little bit. But thankfully she was ok and this is what happened (plus a some more fun videos from the day)...
Video #1 Highchair thief

Video #2 Your feet make me happy

Video #3 Something we like to call...Happy Feet

Video #4 Story Time Watch how many times she hits him in the face with the pages:)

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Facebook is taking over my life

Ok I have been having people BOTHER me all the time b/c I don't have a facebook. And we all know how I am with peer pressure...not good!! Anyway, long story to say I finally signed up for it, and am addicted! I don't really understand why I am so addicted because I really don't understand it all. I think I just love being nosey!
Anyway just in case anyone was missing me that's where I've been. Hopefully I will come back soon, but you never know:)

Friday, March 27, 2009

Spring Break 2008...2009

I love spring breaks!! Last year during our spring break Rusty, Heather, Colt, and Cassie were spending the week with us. I remember they had gone out as a family to do something on Tuesday and I just "happened" to be home to receive the phone call!!! I love the way God works:) Here is the rest of that story...

On the previous Friday, before the Rusty clan had arrived, I spent the afternoon over at my friend Wendi's house crying, longing for a child! That was the first time that I had really let myself be that upset. I remember coming home yelling at God and telling him how unfair I thought it was. It was like He let me have it out with him and then gently held me and gave me a peace that only He could give. I felt it in my gut, I know that sounds weird:), that He was going to give us the child we were supposed to have! I just didn't know it was going to turn out this great:)

The following Sunday at church I was praying and I felt like God led me to read Philippians 4:6 which says..."Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the God of peace, whichs transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." What was cool was about 3 min. later the preacher had everyone turn to this passage during his message:)

Anyway, the key part of this verse that I focused on was, with thanksgiving! My prayer changed from that moment on. I gave my request to God, I want a child, but now added, but thank you for doing whatever you are doing that I don't even know, and can't even see. I know that you are in control and that you have a plan for our family. Thank you for who You are! It was amazing the peace and joy that I would have after saying that prayer! I repeated it all day Sunday, all day Monday, and then on Tuesday I was home alone and went to my room to read and pray. I had just began to say my prayer when the phone rang. It was our agency telling me that this was THE phone call. They wanted me to go to Beau's work so that they could do a conference call with us about a precious 6 week old little boy! Now when people find out that you are wanting to adopt you start hearing about babies all over the place. So up to this point we had already had 3 babies fall through our fingers, which is very difficult, so we went into this phone call guarded yet excited!! (This was the first baby that we had heard about through our agency)

After learning all about this precious baby boy on this Tuesday afternoon, we asked "Is there ANY way that this could fall apart and not go through??" and their reply was, "Only if you decide you don't want him. There is No other way!!" Then our next question was "When can we get him?" and to that they said, "He is on spring break vacation right now with his foster family, (who we love!!) and will be back Sunday evening, so you can come get him on Monday!" You should have seen Beau searching for his calendar! He began stumbling over his words, "You mean this Monday the 24th?" and to that they said "YES!" We couldn't believe it! We went from no baby to having a baby within 6 days!

That night Heather and I primed the nursery, and I painted it the next day. We went and got our crib from Wendi's on Thursday, our friend Jim came and picked up some furniture we wanted painted on Friday, and we left Saturday morning for Texas. I think we averaged about 4 hours of sleep each night. We would just lay there and talk and laugh, so full of excitement and joy! Everyone kept telling us to get our rest now, but we didn't care! And looking back we still don't! I loved having that time with Beau in the quiet hours of the night and early morning sharing in our joy and fears!

Anyway fast forward now to Spring Break 2009! Here is our awesome boy Grant and his cousin Kado, at my brother Todd's house.

Here is Sarah, Emma, and Steven in the perfect climbing tree!! I love this tree!!

Is their anything better then family?? Here is everyone outside playing a somewhat friendly game of football:)

While we were all lounging around, Grant decided to play a little something he put together for us:) I love watching his little fingers push one key at a time...brilliant child!!

Here we are finally back home. During the week Grant had busted both his top and bottom lip, then fell on the concrete scrapping his forehead and nose, and fell down about 6 steps, but all in all it was a great week:)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Grant would like to say..."Happy Birthday Doodaa and Kennedy"...& "Happy St. Patrick's Day"

First off
I would like to say
This is the first poem
I have ever written...ok!!

Today many of you
Will take the time to celebrate
St. Patrick's Day by wearing green
And other fun things that are great

But I'm here to tell you
This day is very special to me
Because its my Doodaa's birthday
That she shares with my cousin Kennedy

I always know I will have lots of fun
When Doodaa is around
And if I squeal or squeak at all
Kennedy will be right there to quiet me down

I do not get to see my Doodaa
As often as I would like
She sends me boxes of goodies
And when I get older maybe she will send me a bike

Anyway to Doodaa and Kennedy
Happy Birthday
And to everyone else
Have a Happy and safe St. Patrick's Day:)

Love,
Grant

Saturday, February 28, 2009

First Date and First Sleep Over...???

I know that the title sounds a little misleading, but it is the truth. For Valentine's Day Grant asked his best friend Addison out for dinner and she and her parents agreed:) He thought it was only appropriate to buy her a chocolate rose and buy her supper since he is a gentleman!! Here is Addison, Grant, and Elmo outside of the restaurant...ps she loved the rose!!

First sleep over...
Beau and Chris were out of town last Friday so Tammy and Addison came and spent the night at our house. We ALL had the best time!! Addi and Grant played together so sweetly and then relaxed in front of the TV before bed:) Precious!!!

Thursday we gave my friend Rachel a baby shower at school. I called the same awesome lady that made Grant's birthday cake to make one for the party. I think she did another amazing job. I loved this cake...it made me wish for a girl in the future:) Oh and she teaches cake decorating classes, so I am signing up for the summer. Go ahead and place orders with me now ladies!!! I will soon be making awesome cakes as well!!:)

Grant loves to play outside! He gets just a little frustrated when we make him come inside! In this first pic you can see him leaning against the deck. Usually what he does it sits on that little ledge by his knees. He looks so sweet!!