Gotta love Ziggy!

Hope this makes you laugh like it did me this morning. Happy Friday!!!

Happy Birthday Grace!!

It's hard to believe that our little hurricane...I mean princess....is six years old today! :o)

Six years ago our baby girl was born without a voice far away in Calcutta, India. (Typing that just made me laugh because whenever Grace tells a story it always begins, "Once upon a time, far, far away in Calcutta, India....) If you know Grace, her being born without a voice seems hard to even imagine, and she's been making up for lost time ever since. But we call her our miracle baby. Every child is a miracle, but the fact that God brought a family together with a baby girl all the way on the other side of the world is truly amazing....a baby girl who had no voice, who could have had severe brain damage, but didn't....well, that is just a HUGE miracle to us!

And what is our girl up to these days? This week she is at day camp and having a blast! In the Fall she will start Kindergarten! She is a smart girl with a huge imagination. Her favorite word lately is "actually". When I ask her something she'll say, "Well, ACTUALLY Mom....." She LOVES to swing and can pump and swing really high all by herself. As always, she is a busy, busy girl!! She continues to keep me on my toes and on my knees! :o)

So Happy Birthday to our sweet Princess Grace!!! We love you so much!!

P.S. - The pictures are ACTUALLY from her princess birthday party that we had last Friday night.

Hurray for Micah!!!!!

I have been anxiously awaiting to hear this news....Our friends Pam and Joel have been waiting for what seems like forever to receive the referral of a baby from India. Well, today was the day I heard that wonderful news. On Monday they received that long-awaited phone call with a referral...a four-month old baby boy named Micah Sajan!

Pam and Joel are a sweet couple that we met when they first began their adoption process....probably about 18 months ago! They have been through the ringer with red tape and beaurocracy and the wait was getting very long.

But we are so very happy for them....and for little Micah who now has a forever family.

Congratulations Pam and Joel! (aka. Mommy and Daddy!)

We can't wait to meet you Micah!!!!!

For all my scrapbooking buddies!

Happy Birthday America!!

God Bless America

"While the storm clouds gather
far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance
to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful
for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices
in a solemn prayer. "

God Bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her,
and guide her
Thru the night
with a light from above.
From the mountains,
to the prairies,
To the oceans,
white with foam
God bless America,
My home sweet home.

Words and music by Irving Berlin