Merry Christmas!

Here is an excerpt from Caleb's Christmas program. I need to apologize if the camera shakes a little bit - I was laughing my head off. Caleb really gets into the motions. Notice how far away from the other kids he is? We couldn't figure it out at first, but then after seeing him do his thing, we figured that the other kids just didn't want to get hit. Enjoy!

One Year Ago...

Last year on December 21, we officially accepted our referral of Myah.

One of our referral pictures from 12/18/07.


One year later.

Meeting Santa Claus

We took Caleb and Myah to visit Santa tonight. We even coordinated their outfits to match Santa. Caleb is still in 'awe' of Santa and kept asking,"Is this the real Santa, or just a helper?" Myah didn't want anything to do with Santa as you can plainly see (and hear). She stayed on his lap just long enough to snap a couple of pictures. As we were leaving, Caleb became very concerned for his little sister and asked if Santa would still bring her presents, even though she cried. We explained that Santa understands and yes, Myah will still get some presents. We were about 99.9% sure she would cry when she sat on Santa's lap - she doesn't even like the plastic light-up Santa at the store.

Myah's Many Faces

See my tongue? It's lots of fun to stick out.

These are my teeth. I have eight of them by now.

Aren't I just the cutest little stinker?

I Like Cranberry Sauce

Even though it's a little sour, cranberry sauce is fun to eat!

Illinois Thanksgiving

A few pictures from Thanksgiving in Illinois.

Picking out a Christmas tree with cousins.

Caleb and cousin Ryley playing out in the snow. Myah watching from (and kissing) the back door.

Opening a few early Christmas presents from Grandma & Grandpa.

Is someone pretending to be asleep?

Out to dinner with Grandma and the cousins.

In A Galaxy Not So Far Away...

Back when having a daughter was just a dream, I never would have thought that one of her favorite things to play (at the ripe old age of 13 months) would be Star Wars. Granted, her brother is a pretty big Star Wars fanatic and her uncle could put most people to shame with his knowledge of all things Jedi, but for my sweet, dainty little daughter, it never seemed like a possibility.

My mighty Jedi knights-in-training (at least they kept themselves busy while I folded the laundry).

My littlest defender of the galaxy. The microphone on my camera is not very good, but if you listen closely, you can hear Myah making 'Light Saber sounds'. She really has the sound effects down and it cracks me up to see her and Caleb duel with their light sabers.