The Cabin in October

We visited the cabin the first weekend in October.  The last morning there, we woke up to snow!!  It was pretty crazy, but beautiful.  Hopefully we won't see any snow for at least a couple of more weeks.

Kole

Kole turned 3 months this week!  It has been a great journey for us.  We have loved every minute. I think the hardest part of the past little while is having Nate gone.  He had to go to Texas for 6 weeks for work and has missed some of the cute moments.  Hopefully Kole has saved some for his dad.  

Bayea and Kole are best buddies.  They like to sit together and sometimes even sneak in a little nap.

It's a Boy!!!

A lot has happened for our family since December when we last blogged.  As many of you know, we have been trying to adopt.  In January, we were matched with 2 of the greatest people in the world!  Leland and Jackie are from Tennessee and came to Utah to have a baby.  We were so excited to meet them and get to know them.  

On April 16th, at 9:13, Kole was born.  We got to be at the hospital and spend a couple of days with him until he was able to come home.  At birth, he weighed 6 lbs and at his 2 week appointment, he weighed 6 lbs 8 oz.  He is growing and people say he is changing but to me he is just my sweet baby.  He is beautiful, happy, and content to have his mom or dad  hold him. We love him so much!

We will be forever grateful to these two wonderful people for the sacrifice they made and the help they gave us in building our family.  Words can't express how much we admire, adore, and love them.

As soon as I can get my camera connection to work with the computer, I will post some pictures.

December

Our Christmas festivities started at our house on Christmas Eve. We exchanged gifts, not knowing where we would be in the morning. Nate got a Wii and I got headphones so I can watch t.v. in bed after he is asleep. We got Bayea to hold still for a minute so we could take a picture with her. The tree is behind us, but unfortunately, you can't see it.

Next, we headed to spend some Christmas Eve time with Nate's family. We had dinner and enjoyed each others company as we played games. We played pictionary and even though I didn't have a voice, I was able to guess a few of them.

Christmas morning brought a lot more fun. We went to Cindi and Ryan's to see what Santa brought Michael and Allison. Allison got some "babies" and items to care for them, Michael got Action Canyon for his Thomas the Train collection.The hit for both of them was the kitchen Allison got.


One side had an outside grill.....

and one side was a kitchen, complete with a dishwasher, stove, oven and cordless phone.

Later on Christmas morning, we gather at my parent's house for breakfast. Azia seemed to enjoy her first Christmas morning.
Here's Uncle Nate and Azia....aren't they cute!

We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

November

It seems that November flew by! We did enjoy some time with family and shared some really great food. On Thanksgiving, we spent the day with Nate's family. I even went shopping that night.

The following Sunday, we got to have more turkey. We ate dinner with my family. This is one of the reasons we love the holidays.

Halloween and Pumpkins

We love Halloween!  All the fun decorations, the costumes and of course the pumpkin carving.  This year we were lucky on a got a large home grown pumpkin.  My mom grows baby pumpkins each year to give to her kindergarten kids and will also grow pumpkins for the grandkids.  This pumpkin was much better than anything we could find at the local pumpkin patch.  It was pretty fun to carve!  It wasn't slimy like most pumpkins are and was filled mostly with air.  From the outside to the inside, it was about an inch or more thick.  

We got a special visit from Michael and Allison in their costumes.  Allison was Elmo and Michael was Spider Man, complete with the mask that glows green.  They always stop by to show us how cute they look in their costumes and we always have a special treat waiting for them. 

 We love Halloween!  

Home Improvement

I got a "wild hair" and decided to paint the bathroom and make new curtains for the family room. I started painting last Saturday night and finished up today. The walls were cream colored when I started and now they are green. They look kind of gray in these pictures.

The family room needed some curtains. These are actually the 2nd set of curtains I made. I didn't like the first ones so I decided to try again. These go with the room and the rest of the house a lot better than what I made the first go round.
It has been a busy Saturday!