Day 1, on the way to New Mexico

The airport/riding on an airplane always makes for an exciting day!

Swimming!

One of the first things we did with Preston was go swimming at the hotel. : )

Welcome, Preston Reginald!

We are grateful and blessed to have another sweet BOY join our family. : ) Preston Reginald is five months old now and is a precious baby boy! He rolls over, smiles a LOT, laughs and "talks" a lot, and is a joy to have in our home. I think a tooth is breaking through on the bottom, too. : ) We all flew to New Mexico on February 29th and David, Benjamin and Hunter came home that weekend. (I stayed a little bit longer until I had clearance to leave the state--legal adoption stuff). We were able to spend some time with Marisol, who has great courage and a LOT of love to give to all of our boys. The experiences with her, and her personal journey, are sacred and we have so much respect for the process that she has gone through. I will be making a BIG effort, for Marisol and our families, to post pictures on here--so check back often. More of the story will unfold, too. (This is about what I have time to do tonight.) : ) We feel so blessed!!!!!!!

LOVE Valentine's Day!!!

Maybe it's because I have so many wonderful people in my life to celebrate and love, maybe it's because I married my true love on Valentine's Day, and mostly it's because I'm cheesy like that--but I LOVE Valentine's Day. We had fun making Valentine's for cousins, making our heart shaped sugar cookies for lots of friends, and the boys each had a mailbox that they found notes and surprises in for the first few weeks of February. The last picture is of the Valentine's/Anniversary dinner that I made for David while he was at leadership training meeting. He came home just in time to tell the boys goodnight and then we had a nice dinner. While we were working on the dinner I told Benjamin that Dad is my Valentine. He thought for a second and said, "Well, Hunter is my Valentine." Priceless. : ) Happy Valentine's to whoever you are, because if you're reading this I'm sure I love and appreciate you. And most of all, Happy Valentine's Day and Happy 8th Anniversary to David. Thank you for blessing my life every day!!!!!!!!! I love you.

Discover the Dinosaurs!

Benjamin, Hunter and I headed to the Dayton Convention Center a few weeks ago with a HOST of other little boys (okay, girls, too) to "discover the dinosaurs." They had several life size replicas of dinosaurs to see (complete with prehistoric atmosphere--think dark lighting and dinosaur sounds) and a lot of fun activities to do. Benjamin discovered the joys of miniature golf and loved the LARGE bounce house/dinosaur slide. Hunter loved an area where they had many small dinosaurs for him to sit on. I took pictures of him on every different color dinosaur and am making a photo book for him to learn colors with. Fun, fun. I LOVE MY BOYS!!!

The medicine goes down...

I just love these pictures of Benjamin from a few weeks ago. He was on an antibiotic for an ear infection. Here he is seriously contemplating the pros and cons of taking said medicine. : )

Working with Dad

Okay, time for catch up. I know I planned on posting a picture a day. I guess if you average out all of the pictures I have posted maybe it comes close? : ) I'll keep trying.

First, a few weeks ago David (and his trusty assistants Benjamin and Hunter) made some storage shelves for our basement.