Until next year!

Brody's baseball season ended last night, much to his dismay. It was a nail-biter game for sure! We were playing the #1 ranked team in the league, and we were up 10-6 coming into the bottom of the last inning. Unfortunately, we let them come back and beat us 11-10. Brody is so sad it's over, but is already asking when soccer is going to start. Here are a few pictures of my little #10's last game! 

Lazy Saturday at the Pool

The very best kind of Saturday - the kind where you have no where to be and have endless hours to spend in the water. 

A little something extra!

We were thrilled to receive news that our case worker from Dillon International will be traveling to Korea during the next few weeks to attend the first court hearings for our agency. While there, she will visit with the waiting children who are matched with Dillon families and collect updates, photos, and videos! So exciting!  We also are given the opportunity to send a gift for Lennox and his foster mom that they will present at the visit. It had to all be squeezed in a gallon sized ziplock, but we managed to get a few cute things anyway. We are so thankful for the many opportunities that we get through Dillon and Eastern to connect with our little guy through care packages! I know with international adoption, this isn't always the case, so we know how blessed we are to be able to send him a little love in the form of a gift. 

Here's what we are sending him! Hopefully, we will get to see him open it in the video! I can't wait! You'll notice we included a little kid-friendly photo album filled with new family pictures. :) The umbrella and the pink notepad set is for his foster mom. 

Just like Daddy...

For those who may not know, Brent played catcher in baseball all the way through college. Well, we had a fun memorable evening a few nights ago when Brody played the position of catcher in his game for the first time ever. It was so fun watching Brent suit his own little boy up in that catcher's gear and send him behind home plate. I know it was a special moment for Brent's mom, too. 

I only had my phone to take pictures, so they aren't great, but I'm so glad I have them! 

Baseball season is well under way, and Brody is doing great! His team this year is the Cardinals, and Brent is coaching his team, so it's been a lot of fun. I must admit - I absolutely LOVE that he is so into baseball. It's fun watching him play soccer and basketball, but baseball is definitely his thing. Love it! Here are a few pictures of my little #10!

First Birthday Care Pkg and Glimmers of Hope!

I can't believe it, but Mr. Lennox will turn one this month! It has now been 6 months since we first saw his little face, and began the long wait to get him home. We enjoyed getting things together for his birthday package this month! His grandparents and his Aunt Tara all got little gifts for us to send over, so we included those, too. I love that they were able to be a part of his his birthday package! Now remember, everything has to fit into one medium flat rate box, so we are a bit limited, but we managed to squeeze it all in. 

*The three outfits on the right and the little black sandals are from grandparents. The little rubber Tonka trucks are from Aunt Tara. Mimi also bought him a cute razorback sippy cup, but I love it so much I decided to save it for when he comes home. Beckett picked out the Nemo sippy for him (he will still most likely be on a bottle when he comes home, but we've been told some foster moms will begin transitioning them to straw sippy cups, so we sent one just in case), and Levi helped choose the interactive toy keys (from B. Toys at Target - love those toys!). I picked out the two outfits on the left - love the birthday boy shirt- and the baseball Robeez. We also included some snacks because we've been told how much he loves them, and we included a first birthday card, in which I wrote him a little message in Hangul. Lastly, I tucked in a package of Ghirardelli chocolates for his foster mom!  We sure hope he enjoys his little box of birthday love from us! 

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In other news, we are finally seeing glimmers of hope as things are slowly beginning to move in Korea!  The first families to travel this year are currently in Korea, with more to travel soon, and the first batch of families for 2013 have been submitted for EP! We received an email from our agency this week stating that they've submitted families for EP through February 2012 ATK dates. (Again, we are Dec 2012 ATK). So yay for things moving! I'm praying that now that the ball is rolling, that it'll pick up speed, and that we will be in Korea even sooner than we think! 

Pool Time

We are so happy that lazy days at the pool have resumed again, and we are enjoying spending some evenings there winding down. It sure wears the boys out, and they always sleep good after an evening of swimming! Pawpaw and Mimi brought their dive equipment over to the pool last weekend, and Brody got to scuba dive for the first time! He stayed under about 10 minutes with his Pawpaw, and he loved it! Beckett and Levi even got to practice breathing through the regulator. Training them early! :)