we made it final today

today we finalized on brother bears adoption. It was an awesome day but for some reason I was more sad today than I remember when we finalized on baby bears. Don't get me wrong the sadness in no way comes from my kiddos - it is from the birthmom - and not knowing his birthmom I wonder so much about her, esp. if she is alright and does she know that her son is loved so much! but it was great and it was really great for my husband because brother bear said - da-da about 200 times during court! here is a pic of our handsome son!

Snowy Day!

We woke up to snow this morning!!! In Mississippi! I woke baby bear up at about 6 a.m. to see the snow-- she was so excited-- fun! It is funny here because when it snows even a little everything shuts down-- we do not know how to function- anyway just wanted to share!

Thank You

Two simple words melted my heart today. I told baby bear that I loved her and she said , Thank You, I just looked at her and smiled and she said it again "Thank you momma". I just thought to myself what a great, innocent, sweet, response to thank me for loving her.

So I can not turn my back....

I promise it only took 10 seconds for this to occur! Baby bear was grinning from ear to ear and brother bear was happy too until it was time to clean his little face- oh my!!!!! never ever a dull moment around here! oh I love it though...

Thanksgiving...

I have so much to be thankful for this year! My family is at the top of my list-I am so blessed--God has been so good to my family this year- I have an amazing family and of course I feel the need to share pics!

For this child I prayed

I was just thinking about this scripture and how much I love it---For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me 1 Sam. 1:27. So this got me thinking about birth annoucements for Brother Bear, we did one for Baby bear when she was about a month old, well this time around things were so sudden and we have been busy, but, we are about to finalize his adoption so I thought about sending out an announcement - do you think it is silly since he is already 6 months old. I already feel like we have skipped so much on the second kid - gosh I hate not to do this too- hmmmm any ideas- or any personal experiences?

Half Birthday

Today is Brother Bears half birthday! I can't believe he is 6 months old!