Welcome!

This blog began as we documented our adoption of our third child, Caleb. It is now an eclectic journal of our often amusing lifestyle with 4 young children.

We do try to "keep it simple" because our lives are obviously busy enough! We try to hold true to what we firmly believe is the most important: family, friends, and faith.

We hope you enjoy our everyday happenings!

7/23/09

We have our hands full with this one...

Mariah has been infatuated with climbing lately. Chairs, tables, couches, stairs, you name it! In hopes of keeping her safe, we've had to child-proof a little more, including putting the chairs out of reach after every meal.



See? I'm not kidding:



We have a kid-sized chair and table upstairs, so I thought Mariah would like it for playing. Yeah, what was I thinking????



CHEESE! Look at me, Mom!

See her stick out her tongue at me? She's up to something...



Look Mom, I can stand on this table, too!




And even ballet moves!




But how can I be mad at a face like this. Come on, seriously, isn't she adorable???



And a little TOO comfortable in front of the camera:

7/21/09

Lost Tooth!

Big event in our house, Meghan lost her first tooth!!! I was very surprised when it got loose, as she was a very late teether when she was a baby. She is excited cuz she thinks she's a "big girl" now!

I was a little too close with the camera:



A beautiful toothless grin:




Caleb now has us pull on his teeth, to see if they are loose. He just cracks me up. In this picture, he had to show us his teeth as well. :)

7/14/09

Time for an Update!

I figured it is more than time for an update on the kids. Enjoy!!!


Jared has been reading a lot this summer. His goal is to finish all of the Harry Potter books by the end of the summer. Not too bad for an 8 year old, I think!


The copycats...

Meghan at t-ball. Such a silly girl!



I *almost* caught her pouting...
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Yeah, Mariah is a bit of a rebel. Look how she's sitting on the steering wheel. It's a miracle the thing hasn't tipped backwards yet!

Just a few more freaky ear pictures:






(Don't forget to turn the music off on the side before watching!)
Before you watch this, I feel like I have some explaining to do! Mariah had a terrible heat rash and as a result, has been running around topless because she seems happier this way. When watching the video, you can faintly hear music from the Fisher Price house...that is what they are dancing to:
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Finally, Caleb skipped his nap one day, and here was the result.
(I know, what kind of mother would videotape such a thing!)

7/8/09

Cell phone pictures

Meg was in a 4th of July parade for pre-school. Isn't she cute?


And Caleb is just plain COOL, isn't he?

Finally, check out Jared's ear. He did this and I still can't believe it. He can actually do it to both ears. Gee, what a hidden talent, huh?


Caleb, 9 1/2 months

Caleb, 9 1/2 months
Here is a great picture of Caleb we took during our visit trip.

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old

Caleb, 4 1/2 months old
This is our favorite picture from the group we received with our referral.