Spring Break 2014 - Dallas

Amie and I took the boys (minus Brody - he decided to spend the weekend with his Pawpaw - fishing, target shooting, doing outdoor boy things) and Brooke to Dallas for a few days during Spring Break. Here's a photo dump from our little trip!

Catching up - Part 2

We bought a new kitchen table and buffet and a few new accessories, and I'm so happy with the way it's looking! I was tired of the red, and I'm loving the lighter creams and blues! 

The rainbow loom is still a favorite around here! 

I checked this sweet boy out of school after his awards program the day before Spring break started, and we got an early start to our week off!

Noni even invited us over for a cookout!

Loved getting to spend some time with cousins that I don't see very often at my uncle's wedding. :)

But the very best? Snuggling with these three before bedtime. 

And making them tent forts to sit under and eat popcorn while they watch a movie. 

Fro-yo!

This was Lennox's Easter package. These are getting harder and harder to mail out each month. Never dreamed we'd still be clueless as to travel. I pray his Easter package found him and brought a smile to his little face. Because there's a lot of love packed in that little box. And a few tears from his mama who misses him terribly. 

Back at it - catching up! Part 1

Back in February, we had a little girls weekend with my "Korea mom friends". It was much needed!

I love these girls so very much, and I don't know what I'd do without them!

We talked about our sweet boys and compared pictures and videos. One day we will have a picture of the four of us with four little dark haired boys on our laps. One day. 

Levi stayed with my dad. And loved every minute of it. 

We mailed Lennox his March care package too! 

Levi has still been playing with his train table daily - one of the best gifts ever!

Headed to eat lunch with daddy!

In March we celebrated Mimi's birthday!

And had a few mud fights ;)

Visiting Aunt Tara and Uncle Ryan's new house!

We love riding on Pawpaw's new Pioneer!

I was able to go with Brody on his GT field trip to LR - love being able to do these things with him! 

Somebody was excited to get two new books from Scholastic!

And he's a pretty good nap buddy, too :)

Adoption update...

I know I haven't been the best at keeping everyone updated on Lennox's adoption. Mainly because since our last step forward, there hasn't been any good news to share. There have been some very sad and unfortunate delays in the process lately, and everything was frozen for a couple months. We are starting to hear of small rustlings of movement this week, so we are cautiously optimistic that things will start to move forward again soon. Once we receive EP Approval (which we really hope comes before the end of May), we will be submitted to court, then we will just wait for a court date. 

Our hearts are sad that our boy will not be with us for his 2nd birthday. I never would've imagined that at this point we would still have no idea when we would be traveling. As much as we love getting his sweet picture every month, it's so hard to see him getting so big. 

I'm asking for prayers. Please please pray with us for the process to pick back up, for our file to move forward, and for us to receive good news soon. Pray that we soon receive EP approval. Pray that once we are court submitted, that we will receive a court date soon. Please pray that, if possible, we could travel before school starts back up in the fall so that Brody can go without having to miss a lot of school. 

It's time for this boy to come home. We miss him terribly, and we are so ready for him to join our family. 

The Birthday Boy!

We celebrated Brody's seventh birthday this past week! I just can't believe it. I look at him and still see the little chubby-cheeked two year old, and it's so hard for me to believe it's been 7 years since that Sunday afternoon that he made me a mommy. 

I crawled in bed with him after he fell asleep the night before his birthday, and I just held him for a while. My last time to snuggle him as a six year old. 

He woke up bright and early on Tuesday morning ready for his annual birthday pancake! As we sang happy birthday to him, he reminded us that he wasn't really seven until that afternoon. :) Typical Brody.  We love our number pancakes on birthdays! 

He mentioned the night before that he wanted a 7 shirt to wear to school on his birthday, so I whipped this baby up before going to bed. It's crooked and imperfect, but he loved it all the same. 

After school, he had a delivery of balloons and a card in the mail from Uncle Tony and Aunt Carrie! That was fun for him!

We played outside for a while before heading to dinner at Larry's Pizza...

We just had the family meet us for pizza that night, since his actual party wasn't until Saturday. 

Bass Pro Gift Cards! (He is his Uncle Ryan's nephew for sure...)

Batting Gloves...

A new backpack...

A camo hoodie...

I love this birthday boy!

On Saturday afternoon we had his little party at the church. It was by far the easiest party ever. I let him invite just a few friends over to the church gym for a couple hours. Seriously - throw a few boys in a gym with a bunch of balls, and they were entertained for hours. And Brent and my dad were very helpful organizing a few games of wiffle ball, etc. 

We loved his Cardinals cake made my Amy Burns! It was absolutely perfect! 

This is my favorite picture :)

Gabe's dad brought his gift over in this pink pony gift bag as a joke - the kids thought it was HILARIOUS. ;)

We are so thankful for a great group of kids and friends who love our boy and were there to celebrate him with us!!

And our lego-loving dude had this gift put together not long after we got home!

Happy Birthday Brody Cameron!!!! We love you!!!