Sunday, December 27, 2009

Christmas Celebration

First Family Photo! We decided to take a family pic the Sunday before Christmas when the girls were dressed in their Christmas dresses.Christmas morning, just woke up and coming out to open presents...
Happy now that she is into the stocking!

Natalie is not too sure what all the people are doing at her house so early in the morning. Grandma, Grandpa, Granna, Papa, and Aunt May were all there bright and early to share the opening of presents with us!
Caroline opened not only her presents but the big sister helper that she is she opened Natalie's presents too...
then was kind enough to show them to her while she ate her breakfast!
Caroline wrapped a very special present for her daddy and she is so excited to see him open it...
here is daddy's excitement when he sees that she has wrapped some of Natalie's toys in a bag along with a birthday card that was given to Caroline on her birthday. Daddy is great at playing along with her "special" gift for him!
Natalie playing with and talking about all the toys she received.
Caroline was so excited to finally have her own umbrella, she also received that dress for Christmas and had to go try it on (fyi: Natalie has a matching one so they can dress alike, something Caroline loves to do).
Smiling for the camera with her pretty headband/bow. Precious smiles
Granna and Aunt May bought a puppy for Christmas. Caroline is playing the "puppy game". That is when she pretends she is a puppy and crawls around on the floor barking and the real puppy follows her around. She thinks that is a great game!
Finally, we had a white Christmas! I don't remember how many years it has been since the DFW area has had a white Christmas but Caroline enjoyed running around in it. I however was thanking Jesus that He moved us south so we don't have snow very often.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Not Over Yet!

Thank you for praying for us as we deal with legal issues with our adoption. I know some of you are wondering if it is over yet and it is not! Jan 5th is the next court hearing. We are hoping very soon we will be able to say it is over and Natalie will always be with us! We really appreciate all of you who are praying for us and all your encouragement during this time.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

More Pics

Natalie and Caroline playing together. Caroline definitely gets the most smiles from Natalie and they love to play together! Caroline does great as long as she does not try to pick up Natalie without mommy or daddy around.Natalie's first piggyback ride!
First time we have fed Natalie cereal. She is still learning to like cereal
Mommy and Natalie
Proud Big Sister!

Sip-N-See

Thank you everyone that was able to come sip and see Natalie. I had a great time showing off Natalie and I am sure she was trying to tell me how much she enjoyed meeting yall. We are so very blessed to have her in our family. Below are some of those able to come celebrate with us!



Friday, December 4, 2009

Big Helper

Caroline is still loving being the big sister. She helps during diaper change...unless it is stinky then she runs out of the room gagging... with her daddy right behind her. Just kidding (sort of)! She loves to hold her sister and carry her. We have made some rules that she is not to pick up Natalie without mommy or daddy right there by her. She also helps during feeding times. Over all things are going well thus far.