Adjusting...

Life is in full swing now :) We are all still adjusting to having two kids, but it is full of more JOY then we could have ever imagined! It's not so much as the two kids as all the extra stuff that comes along with baby M! She has tons of appointments, court dates, meetings etc. So finding time for those and everything else has been hard, but THANK THE LORD Soley is loving preschool and that gives me a few hours to take care of all this stuff! Soley is loving school and doing so well! She had picnic with pop the other day, all the dads bring in food for lunch and of course Soley picked Qdoba, it was really cute! 

We have finished baby M's room, lol and while I'm typing this you can see her name is MYA, HAHA too funny! But anyways we know it will only be here room for a few weeks or months but we wanted it to be just perfect and I think it is! 

Soley is still taking ballet and is preparing for her fall recital! She is loving it and doing so well! 

More to come later, when I get some free time! Have a great weekend! 

Being in the moment...

Well it finally happened, we got our first placement, baby M!  Its been a world-wind of a experience but we are loving every minute of it.  She is just a temporary placement and will probably be reunited with her family over the next few weeks to months, but that won't stop us from loving every second we have with her.  We will trust in the Lord, for he is GOOD!

P.S. Soley is in LOVE!

Week and a half in pictures...

I don't know why but ever since Soley started school it seems like we have been busier then ever!  I feel like we did so much before she was in school and now that we do school two days a week and ballet it seems like we are always on the run! Oh- well! Here are some pictures to catch up on what we have been doing! 

We had are wonderful friends over last week who we met in our foster classes, this was for their new foster baby, Ava! She was 2 days old when they got her, I can't even imagine! She is so perfect! And they are just the best foster parents to her!  I would love to post a picture of her, but due to the rules no pictures aloud on the internet of foster children, you can take pictures from behind or blur faces but can't actually show their face.  I'm sure you can see why! Just take it from me she is cute!

Soley working on her ballet at the bar, she is getting so good! She will be having another recital coming up in october, she is dancing to Tip Toe through the tulips.  

Papa was in town (Jon's dad) and we ate at Marks, a tradition! They will be in town this week again! We are so excited!!!

My Great Grandmother, Soley's GREAT GREAT came in town for a visit, and she came to Soley's ballet class, and we all enjoyed lunch after words! She is 97, and is a amazing person, we all LOVE her so much! 

Soley LOVES bugs, or frogs or anything GROSS! Here she is picking up a frog like it's her best friend! 

YUP, then she put it on her hand! I just keep my mouth shut because I don't want to make her afraid but its so nasty! Any bug she sees she loves, it's so weird because I am terrified of bugs.  But then again I'm afraid of everything.  Trying to break the cycle! 

Swinging at the park with Daddy 

To celebrate Granny being in town Soley and I made this wonderful cake from scratch, it was so good! Tasted like a Sugar cookie! 

Our BFF Tinley celebrated her bday on the 11th and we stopped by to give her presents. Soley is in LOVE with Tinley, she pretends to be her all the time.  You can see why, she is so stinking cute!

We ate at BW3's and Soley picked up this hat, she thought it was so cool! 

Now how cute is this? I bought this dress for Soley and her favorite baby doll, they match! They were so stinking cute! 

We had my dad over for dinner and we made a homemade chocolate cake, obviously Soley loved it! 

OOPS! Soley accidently knocked our watermelon off the counter.

Cheering the Go Cards with daddy.  

Cheering on her daddy at hockey.

Waiting for daddy to come out at hockey! 

Approved!!!

Yup that's right, I just got word that we are approved to be Foster Parents! Only took 6 months, but I know it's going to be SO worth it! We are meeting with our Social worker next week to sign our papers and then we will have a open home for whoever God chooses to bring into our lives! I will let you know what comes of our meeting next week! Hope your having a great day! Foster Mommy, Daddy, and sister here we come :)

Labor Day Weekend!

Well, what a crazy weekend! Jon and I started Sunday off going to the opening game for the Cards, it was SO HOT, but lucky for  us our friends who invited us are owners for one of the cabooses!  We had amazing seats and also enjoyed food and air conditioning before the game and during half time!  It was really a fun game!  My parents kept Soley for the day and she did amazing.  She spent most of her time swimming, and eating desserts.  We picked her up around 8pm and then headed back to our friends for more swimming, needless to say Soley finally passed out around 11:30pm.
  Today was family palooza for our church, and I was serving the first shift, so Jon and his dad took Soley to play while I helped out!  For anyone who has never been, put it on your list for next year! It's really amazing, and it's free!  Soley came home and took a short nap and then we headed over for a party at a friends house.  Soley and I attend a playgroup during the week and we have become really close with two of the families and we all gathered together today with the men and kids and had a amazing time!  Well off to bed for me, hope everyone had a amazing week!

I did not take any pictures from the weekend, so I will leave you with this one... Soley at the dentist a little bit ago, getting her teeth cleaned! This is her 3rd visit so far and she loves it, I hope it stays that way.