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!

 

Christmas!

We tried for a second Santa visit, but it went about as well as the first. :)  Our big guy just isn't a fan.  But, he does love Christmas!

Ryan gave Emily a beautiful necklace with the symbol for adoption.  He also purchased the Adoption plaque.  We love these words.

TWO?!?

We can't believe the little guy is two already!!  What an amazing and blessed two years it has been!  

Brrrr....

         

We went Trick or Treating at the zoo with friends and family.  Our little guy was the cutest Mr. Potato Head ever!  He even had his picture taken with the crew from Toy Story!

We were a little afraid to carve a pumpkin.  Our sweet, tender hearted boy would hug every pumpkin he passed.  It was so adorable and we were afraid of how we would react if we carved one.  But, he had a lot of fun cleaning out the insides and watching daddy carve the face.

There are a lot of trees on the property so there are a lot of leaves to jump and play in!  The weather was a little wild this month.  One day we were playing in the leaves and, the next day, we were playing in the snow!  A LOT of snow!!!