It's Official!

We went to court yesterday and now Kallie is legally ours!

Our attorney, judge, and grandparents.

Our attorney and judge.

The happy family of 4!

Kade is 2!

Kade celebrated his 2nd birthday the end of January! I can't believe our little guy is this old! He got to have 2 birthday cakes...one with tractors and the other with snowmobiles! Those are the 2 things that he loves the most.

Update

Well it has been way too long since we have updated our blog. Too many people have been on my case. Much has happened in the past 8 months, so here's a brief snapshot. The most exciting thing that happened is that we adopted Kallie in July. We had about a month and a half's notice and had to rush to get our homestudy approved. We are grateful for Kallie and the blessing that she is. She is already 6 months old and we are waiting to go to court and then have her sealed to us.

Kade is a great big brother and he just turned 2 this past week. He loves tractors, trains, snowmobiles...basically anything that is very noisy! He is a busy boy and gets into anything that he can. Being a mother of 2 little ones that are only 18 months apart keeps me very busy!

Another exciting thing that happened in 2010 was that I ran my first 10k in October! I am grateful to friends who motivated me to do so. Now I hope that I can keep it up and want to do it again. Even though running is difficult for me, it was fun to accomplish something that I thought I never could do!

Here are my three greatest blessings! I am one lucky lady!

Trip to Idaho

We went up to Idaho last weekend to visit Bart's parents. We got to go on the farm and help Grandma P. plow the field. Kade was a little unsure at first, but then liked to drive the tractor with Grandma. He loved being in the country and couldn't get enough rides on the 4-wheeler with Grandma. He also had fun seeing the horses and pigs!




I just love this picture of Kade. He kept running around the farm and this is the only one that ended up not blurry. What a cute kid!


The happy family!

He's walking!

Our little man is finally walking. He goes so fast that it's hard for me to take a picture! He's always on the move!

Kade and Easter

Kade had a great Easter. He liked to open the plastic eggs and see what was inside. His favorite thing was a little set of different type of balls...basketball, soccer ball, baseball, and football. He loves saying baw...(meaning ball). Now anything that he sees that is round is a baw!

Vacation to San Diego

We had free airplane tickets so we decided to travel to San Diego with our good friends, the Ellis family. Kade got sick, so he was cranky most of the time. Bart keeps reminding me that we are not taking Kade on an airplane until he is 4 or 5. Kade is a busy body and doesn't like to sit still or sit on our laps, which makes the plane ride so fun! We did manage to have a fun time as we visited a few sites and enjoyed eating at some fun places.

Eating at BJ's. They had great dessert there!

At Seaworld. Kade liked seeing the penguins and the sealions.

At La Jolla Beach. Kade thought the sand was fun and liked getting his toes wet.

At the Mormon Battalion. Kade enjoyed the little activities they had outside as well as the interactive video tour.

On the airplane. It's hard to keep this little one in his seat.