Labor Day Weekend

I must say it was so nice having a three day weekend.  Having an extra day of daddy help was just what I needed!  We had time for some fun activities plus plenty of relaxing and even a few chores.

We ran our first 5k as a family.

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Daddy and the boys at the start

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Sprinting at the finish

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I finished my first 5k!

Then off to the Grandparents’ house for breakfast.

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Our first wagon ride!

On Sunday we went back to Grandma and Grandpa’s for lunch and playing with Abby.

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Swimming

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Bubbles

After lunch was nap-time and chore time.

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Carter helping Matt put together shelves for the playroom

Monday was full of playing, chores, and reading.

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Wrestling!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day!  We didn’t not celebrate the 4th in a traditional sense today.  The boys cannot stay up late enough for fireworks and all the people we normally would BBQ with are out of town (we weren’t ready to throw our own BBQ yet), but we still had a great day.

Our 4th started out checking out all the water left behind from last night’s storm.  My rain gauge had 1.5 inches in it, which for the desert is a ton!

The baby pool is now disgusting and full!  It was clean and only had about 2 inches of water in it before.

Lake Miramar is full!  (Lake Miramar is our neighborhood name for the retention basin down the street, it has very deep dry wells at the bottom too, so it is impressive when it fills)

After that, it was time to go to the Farmers’ Market!

As you can see it was met with great excitement.

Our bounty from the market.  Most of this is to make more baby food.  Look at those giant sweet potatoes, Ezra will be so happy!

Then we took naps, okay the boys did, Matt and I did stuff around the house.  When nap time was over cousin Abby came over and we went swimming.

This is fun!

Dad and Noah

Mom and Ezra

Auntie Michelle and Abby

Noah really likes to lick towels, blankets, pretty much anything

 

Thanks to our neighbors who lent us their pool in their absence!  It was a great day for swimming.

Good News All Around

First, Congratulations to Gregg and Meg, Sam officially became their son today and he is adorable.  

Second, Abby made it to the 3rd and final round of Baby Idol!  Please keep voting for her!

Matt took this adorable shot and is very excited to see her make it so far.  It doesn’t hurt that she is just so freakin’ cute!

Third, Our visa appointment was confirmed for June 11.  We leave June 6!  We are so excited to finally be leaving and super excited to meet those two cute little boys of ours!  We will be back home to begin our new life together June 16!!!

Hanging with Abby, Court tomorrow

Yesterday Abby and I hung out for a few hours.  We had a lot of fun.  She is getting very talkative!  She loves to rollover and play in her exersaucer.  Can’t wait to see her and the boys play together.

 

Tomorrow is our 2nd court date.  We received word this morning that the piece of paper has been corrected and everything should be fine tomorrow.  Please pray that court is held, that we pass, and that there is electricity so our in-country representative can let us know what happened.  I am really hopeful that we can finally share our boys with you tomorrow.  Monday was three months since we first saw their sweet faces.  I cannot believe it has been that long already.