Merry Christmas!

We love our town, but especially during Christmas!  Music fills the air and every store front is decorated.   The huge Christmas tree is lit.  Children can meet Santa and listen to the Polar Express while drinking hot cocoa on the dinner train.  The Christmas parade is always exciting.  Candy and toys are tossed to the children and local school bands march and play for the crowd.  This year, our big guy experienced his first Christmas downtown.  He loved it and we all had so much fun!

 

Three!!

We can not believe this boy is three years old!  Time just flies sometimes.  He is so much fun and so full of personality.

Fall!

We love this weather!  We've already found ways to enjoy the new season.  We went to the Fall Festival in a small town nearby and went to Aviation Day at the local airport.  We also have had lots of fun at home.  We've collected a huge pile of walnuts, acorns and other treasures from the yard.  We share the walnuts with the neighbors who like to dry and eat them.  We've also already made a batch of yummy Halloween cookies (our boy couldn't wait until the end of the month).  And, we had so much fun building a scarecrow as part of a family project assignment from the little guy's school.  

 

Ready to Expand!

We are ready to grow our family once again through the miracle of adoption!  We've spoken to Sheryl Linne, administrator of Adoption Professionals in Ohio.  We will be working with them once again.  If you are a birth family who is interested in learning more about our family, you can contact Sheryl at 513-321-2229.  Our updated adoption profile is available through the agency, as well.

Back to School!

                         

It's back to school time for our big guy!  He absolutely loves his school and so do we!  His teachers are amazing and he has made so many good friends there.  He's known these kiddos since he was a few months old.  His teachers say that he is well behaved at school and loved by his friends.  They send us pictures from time to time to let us know how he's doing.  

Last days of summer break...

                     

Visting Nana

Visiting Mimi

Making muffins

   

Zoo

 

We had a lot of fun at the zoo this summer.  We went several times with friends.  The water park was a big hit.  Our little guy went down the water slide all by himself for the first time!

DISNEY!!!

       

We went on vacation with Ryan's family to Disney World this summer!!  It was so much fun!  Our big guy's favorite part of the whole trip was seeing Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater.  He started screaming, "McQueen!!" as soon as he spotted them.

Summer!!

         

Chatting with Uncle Aaron

Summer has finally arrived!!!  School is out for Emily and our little one!!  Longer days + warmer temps = more outside fun!  We bought a new outside play set to celebrate our Gotcha Day/Family Day.  And, a new water park just opened downtown so we're planning on a busy summer with lots of outdoor fun!  Our boy is all boy.  He loves to be outside any chance he gets!  

Easter

Egg hunting with cousins

Spring!

Spring has officially arrived!  Pretty soon we will be wearing shorts and tees again!

 

Winter Fun!

Winter is so much fun at our new home!  We have a HUGE hill for sledding, beautiful snowy scenary for photos, and lots of space for building snowmen, making snow angels and building forts.  

Our sweetie had a lot of firsts this winter:  first time sledding, first time tasting snow cream, first time making snow angels...

He loves the snow!