Pictures of Summer Moments I Loved

Deck Building:

Lake Moments

My helpers building the crib

Uncle Bart and Curly Sue

Hot Guys and Volunteerism

We live in an amazing community. The military community tends to be very close knit, friends become your families, your co-workers have usually saved your life at least once, and friendship means a lot. To this end you would not believe the way people have rallied around us throughout the adoption. The latest in a long line of amazing and supportive ideas is that the community wants to raise monetary donations for us to take with us when we finally travel to pick up Little Bear and use as seems to best fit needs when we get there possibly orphanages, schools, etc.

How are we going to raise the funds you ask? Well......here's a clue:

Now this is not the actual calendar we will create (I borrowed it off another website: hotguysandbabyanimals.com) but you get the idea.  Our calendar is going to feature soldiers and babies. This is the amazing photographer that is VOLUNTEERING her services: www.amandalazarskiphotography.com

The newborn page on her website will take you to a sample of her photography that embodies the "look" our calendar is going for (especially the part with daddies and babies).  The guys are very excited to help out; we are happy to have another way to raise donations to bring on our trip. I think it is pretty much "win win" all around!

He Has a Name!!!

Just for sh&%$ and giggles we logged into the Canadian Immigration website and there it was! No longer a "null" but an actual name!!! Progress is being made...slowly but it is progress. The little things that can brighten a persons day....

How To Tell When You are Ready to Go To Ethiopia

Your husband is ready and willing to try on the Babyhawk!!! Note the ultra cool and manly calaveras design!