Popcorn and lemonade, movie nights, CHOCOLATE, giggling, Barbies, sidewalk chalk, giggling, coloring, no set bedtimes, spaghetti, the ZOO, giggling, dancing, homemade pancakes, the carousel, bumper cars, butterflies, hugs, kisses and lots of GIGGLING…
Cousin Camp 2010.
Enjoy the last days of summer!
God bless, Tera
In the spring of 2007, we were in the process of adopting Emma from Guatemala. We were in the thick of it. We had already visited Emma twice in Guatemala and we were assuming that we would not see Emma again until our pick up trip.
Matt and Liz were also in the process of adopting a sweet baby girl from Guatemala. Actually, we were using the same agency that they were using. Liz contacted me and asked if I would be interested in taking a trip to Guatemala with her to visit our girls. I felt so humbled and of course, excited!! We had a wonderful visit with our girls in March of 2007! I will never forget it!
Izzy and Emma
Emma…so precious!
Those EYES!
Eating…sort of!
Awwwwww…
We met so many sweet people on that trip including…
Miss Sofia and her Mommy Tricia!
That was then…
This is now!! We met Liz, Matt and their family for lunch today and we snapped these photos of Izzy, Emma, Lily and Dasha! Emma does not always like to have her picture taken and she was not excited about this photo shoot but Liz and Matt’s girls were great sports! My, the girls have certainly grown! Izzy and Emma are just a couple of months apart in age and they will be FOUR this year!! I can’t believe it!
Good times! : D A delicious lunch with a special family!
I love adoption!
God bless,
Tera
What an EXCITING day!
Can you believe how little she was on that day? She was 8 months old and tiny. I think she was wearing size 3 month clothes.
She is sitting on Jason’s tray in this photo.
Friends and family members stayed up LATE to meet us at the airport with signs!
Bringing Emma home that night and then waking up to a BABY in OUR HOUSE the next morning was an amazing experience! I can’t believe it’s been TWO YEARS!
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Besides celebrating an exciting adoption anniversary, we are also celebrating the fact that today a very large dumpster was dropped off in our driveway along with a big pile of siding materials. Our little rambler was supposed to be sided this past week but the contractor was delayed a bit because we had a couple of rainy days. Soooo…hopefully…THIS will be THE WEEK!!
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Check this drawing out ------->
Emma was drawing lines like waves and when Jason asked her what she was drawing, do you know what she said???
“I’m drawing a RIVER!” Oh. My. Goodness. My eyes almost popped out of my skull! Truthfully, I am a TERRIBLE artist and this is probably a better river than I could ever draw! Hee hee… I think we might have a budding artist on our hands… ; )
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Emma and I were out and about doing errands and we drove past a McDonalds. Emma said, “HEY MAMA! That’s where cheeseburgers live!!!!”
: D
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A few days ago, my sister and I got together with Krissy…a friend who now lives in IL with her family. We had a fun play date! If you are reading this Krissy, we had a fun time! Emma has been asking about Matthew! : D
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Before I sign off, I’ll share a few photos of a recent outing to Minnehaha Falls with my parents… : )
Emma with Grandpa.
My parents.
God bless,
Tera
Jason's sister Jennifer visited us for a few days this week. Emma enjoyed meeting her Auntie Jen for the first time. : ) We shopped, enjoyed a few tasty meals and hung out a lot at our house and watched the Olympics too. : ) Don't you think that their hair color is almost identical?
We have an owie to report... Jason cut his head last night at work and he now has eight stitches in his forehead. YOWZA. Poor guy. Will someone leave a message at his blog and tell him that he should at least use a Band-Aid? LOL. He isn't listening to me. ; )
Emma has two new phrases. We were watching the Olympics during Jen's visit and one of us said, "WOW...that's EXCITING!" And then, she said the same thing! We were like...did she really say that??? And then she said it again! That very same night she said, "Woah...that's impressive..." LOL! She can basically say anything that we ask her to say. When I go through her picture books, I point to each thing and say the name and she repeats almost everything that I say...even words like octopus and abacus. I am very excited for her!
Before I sign off for tonight... I helped a sweet adoption friend with her blog. She was very supportive to me during our adoption process. She is now facing a very difficult challenge in her life...she is surely in my prayers. It seems like yesterday that we were receiving the referrals of our beautiful daughters. Click HERE to visit her and to see her fun new blog...I am absolutely in love with it : )
God bless,
