Our Normal

At this moment Canaan (age 5) is running around with little man pretending to fly to China. He arrived (flying to the playroom) in China and announced to Ezra, "Ezra! It's my China Mom!" :)

I love how much of their play involves China, speaking Chinese, and all things adoption (last night the boys were to pretending to fly to China and meet Lainey 'for the first time'. They had her wait in her pop-up princess castle until they arrived. At which point they just kept saying how cute she was, handing her toys, telling her not to cry, and welcoming her to our family. :)

My sweet boys!  :)

Happy Birthday Baby!

Last year when Lainey turned 1 she was still in the CWI (orphanage), and we were still waiting to be matched with her.  How amazing the difference a year can make!

It is truly a miracle that our lives should cross with hers, and now here she is - as naturally a part of our family as the boys before her.

Because of her size (90th percentile in height) and spunk, it feels like she's been two for a while! But now she can officially own the title of a 2-year old!

The Season of...

The Christmas season this year was for us full of so much joy, blessings, hugs, laughter, and sweet moments. And yes, a little chaos mixed in, and a few too-late nights which led to tired little bodies. But we wouldn't change any bit. Our blessings have been multiplied this year, and we're so thankful for the gifts God gives. 

His peace. His hope. His joy. His grace. 

And the family he has created for us, including three precious babies (two who would declare adamantly that they are big boys, but it is not. so.).

Christmas kolaches :)

Notice - Ezra with Lainey's dollhouse and Lainey with Ezra's Woody toy. :)