Our Adoption is Final! We're a Family Forever!

We are so happy to announce our adoption yesterday of Eric and Kimani. They've been a part of our family for almost two years already, but now it's legal-- we are a family forever. We love you so much, Eric and Kimani!

October 19: Art

The kids creating art at an art museum.

October 16, 17, 18

Oct 16

Oct 17

Mall walkers.

Oct 18

Peekaboo under some sheer fabric.

October 14 and 15

October 14

October 15

October 11, 12, 13

Oct 11

Xylophone, electric guitar, harmonica... you might be looking at the next famous family rock band!

Oct 12

:P

Oct 13

With the reptiles at the zoo.

October 6, 8, 9, 10

Oct 6

I only posted a picture of Clark on my last Oct 6th post, but here's one of everybody.

Oct 8

Doesn't want to go to sleep.

Does want to go to sleep.

Oct 9

Elise at her gymnastics class. (Can't find a picture of Clark for this day... will post once I find it.)

Oct 10

It's finally cold enough for sweaters! But not for pants. That's how it works in Florida-- first the long sleeves and then eventually the long pants. But you can wear flip flops year-round if you want to. I'm pretty sure that's a law.

October 5, 6, 7

Oct 5

Elise put this sticker over her mouth, then fell asleep. Or passed out from lack of oxygen. Hard to say.

Night night, little guy.

Oct 6

Clark eating cake at his birthday party.

Oct 7

Kids with cousin James.

October 4: HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY, CLARK!!!

Clark in his new birthday jammies with his new wooden blocks. (Please ignore my hair... we all had just woken up.)

Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Clark, happy birthday to you!

Cake destroyed.

Oct 2 and 3

Oct 2

We've spent a lot of time at the vet's office recently. Our cat Applesauce has been sick. Clark decided to make himself at home and rearrange the furniture while we were there on Oct 2nd.

Elise sometimes keeps herself busy with her coloring book and crayons.

Oct 3

It's not easy to take a self portrait with two wiggle worms on your lap.

Sept 30, Oct 1

Sept 30

The kids painting their pumpkins from the pumpkin patch.

Oct 1

Sept 27, 28, and 29

Sept 27

Clark has the flattest baby butt I've ever seen. This picture doesn't emphasize the flatness, but if you saw his butt from the side, you'd understand what I'm talking about.

Elise fell and hurt her lip. The receptionist at the foster kids' speech therapy office brought her a popsicle. Elise stopped crying instantly. 

Sept 28

Sept 29

Pumpkin patch!

Sept 25 and 26

Sept 25

Sept 26

The librarian sings happy birthday to all of the kids with upcoming birthdays every week at story time at the library. We  sung Clark's birthday song a few days early, on Sept 26th. He knew it was for him. He loved it!

Yum! Grilled cheese!

Sept 23 and 24

Sept 23

Sept 24

Sept 21 and 22

Sept 21

Baby butt!

Elise saw a blimp and wanted a picture with it.  It's that tiny line above the tree on the far left. Silly Elise.

Sept 22

Clark in profile. 

Elise never got a chance to hold a sparkler on the 4th of July and she remembered that fact two and a half months later. We rectified our error. (Don't ask me what happened to her pants. I have no idea.) 

We're Going to Adopt Our Foster Children! (and Sept 18, 19, 20)

I have some happy, happy, happy news! We've been approved to adopt our foster son and foster daughter! Their parents' rights have already been terminated and now we're just waiting for all of the necessary paperwork to go through the proper channels. I'm not sure at this point if we're a few weeks or a few months away from finalizing the adoption, but hopefully we'll find out our official adoption date within the next couple of days.

YAY!!!

Now for pictures...

Sept 18

Sept 19

Sept 20