June 22nd....

We can hardly believe that one year has passed since we first laid eyes on our Mia! After four long years of waiting - the phone rang, we answered, listened to information about our baby and gathered around the computer screen anxiously awaiting her photo! It was amazing, there she was - this little one was our daughter :)




We can hardly put into words how precious she is! She has grown so fast into the sweet and spunky little leader of the pack :)



God has blessed us with four wonderful girls and we thank him every day for the joy they bring to our hearts and our home!!!


June 22nd will forever be a VERY special day to us!!!! :)

Funny, Ingenious and just a little bit pathetic...

Oh how we miss Florida......

Their TN "pool" :}



For the record, this was ALL the girls idea!!!

Mia's "Face"

For a few months now Mia has been making this funny face. She pushes her lips to her nose, snorts a little and everyone laughs! So now the phrase, "Mia, Make Your Face" leads to this....



And then the older girls join in......






Ahhhh, FUN times 4 !!!!!

Home 6 months, today... 15 months old and Cutting Teeth

It is hard to believe that 6 months has passed already yet it feels like Mia has been with us forever :) She has had such a busy little life since arriving home and now we are all settling in to our new house as a family of 6!!! WOW!!!



She has been 'such a help' unpacking, lol :} Considering she is cutting FIVE teeth at one time, with several others on the way... LOOK at those gums!! OUCH!


She is learning new words everyday, has her sisters on their toes ALL the time and loves to give kisses, especially when she wants what you have! We are are all happy and healthy and hope all of you are as well :) xoxo

Firsts.....

Little Miss Mia has packed in 10 months worth of "firsts" into the past two months and is LOVING every minute of it!!!

Here are a few pictures...


The Sunblock Routine - "Why do they cover me with this all the time?"


...at the park - weeeee!!!


First Haircut, really just a trim. Daddy did a ton of dancing to get her to sit still.


Pulling up on EVERYTHING and getting into her sisters "stuff" :) She is also the fastest crawler we have ever seen.

More Pictures!!!

Baptism!!!


Meeting Great Gramma :)

Summing it all up in a single photo....

Due to these four precious little faces I not only do not have the time to blog (there are now 3 different saved drafts that I never finished or posted) I left the house at 6:50 am and then again at 10:30 am and neither time did I realize that I had on two DIFFERENT colored shoes! We had several meetings today; with our builder, an electrician, a plumber and then in a showroom for 4 hours pricing kitchen appliances and fixtures BEFORE it dawned on me that one brown shoe and one black could be the slightest bit embarrassing :} Thankfully, I doubt that any of those guys noticed or cared one bit but SERIOUSLY!!!

We are all doing well and still adjusting :) xoxo to all - Madeline