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Monday, April 13, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
HAPPY EASTER! HE IS RISEN!
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade-kept in heaven for you,who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. *1 Peter 1:3-5
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Random Pictures
Well, we are hanging out on a Saturday afternoon, trying to decide if Beckett is well enough to travel to Brentwood for Easter! He woke up early this morning with an upset stomach and all that goes with it! He is beginning to feel better, but he isn't going to play in his 3:00 baseball game. He is pretty bummed about that. We were hoping to leave after the game and drive to Brentwood to spend Easter with my parents, but we haven't decided what to do yet! So, in the meantime, I thought I'd post a few pictures from the last few days!
These first two pics are of Beckett trying to do his best Toby Mac jumps from the fireplace! They both had fun doing this one afternoon this week!
Catchin' some air!
We are having a Yard Sale in a couple of weeks! So many people have been bringing tons of things to sell. Thank you all! The only problem is, that Helen goes through everything and decides what she wants to keep. Bailey sent a huge garbage bag of her old "Build-a-Bears" and Helen has had SO much fun with them. I don't know how I'll ever convince her to put them in the sale! She has fun lining them up and talking to them. I took this picture after she had put them all in the chair (along with several of her stuffed animals!) See if you can find her little face peeking out in the crowd!
And finally, I love this picture. Helen found this dress in her closet the other day and it has become her favorite. She has worn it for three days in a row. She wears it with the pink sparkly shoes that Grankaki gave her for her birthday and she loves to swing around in it and watch her skirt fly around! I took this picture after she had been riding her bike and came in for a sip of her Icee!
Hope you all have a blessed Easter celebration with family and friends!
These first two pics are of Beckett trying to do his best Toby Mac jumps from the fireplace! They both had fun doing this one afternoon this week!
Catchin' some air!
We are having a Yard Sale in a couple of weeks! So many people have been bringing tons of things to sell. Thank you all! The only problem is, that Helen goes through everything and decides what she wants to keep. Bailey sent a huge garbage bag of her old "Build-a-Bears" and Helen has had SO much fun with them. I don't know how I'll ever convince her to put them in the sale! She has fun lining them up and talking to them. I took this picture after she had put them all in the chair (along with several of her stuffed animals!) See if you can find her little face peeking out in the crowd!
And finally, I love this picture. Helen found this dress in her closet the other day and it has become her favorite. She has worn it for three days in a row. She wears it with the pink sparkly shoes that Grankaki gave her for her birthday and she loves to swing around in it and watch her skirt fly around! I took this picture after she had been riding her bike and came in for a sip of her Icee!
Hope you all have a blessed Easter celebration with family and friends!Wednesday, April 8, 2009
New Number
So, I'm trying really hard to be creative, but I just want to get it out there! We got the email that we had been waiting for today and our new waiting list number is 4! We are amazed and thrilled! This part of the process has moved so much faster than we were told to expect. We certainly hope it keeps up! February 19th we were placed on the list at #21. March was #12 and now, April #4! There are no words. I just keep saying WOW! I can't even speculate as to when our referral might come! I did email our case manager to see if she could shed any further light on a time frame, but I doubt that she can give us much more information. I think that I will probably just start freaking out every time the phone rings!When I was trying to think of some way share our new number, I found lots of pictures of four leaf clovers! Aren't they pretty? I guess I've never found a four leaf clover, but I'm feeling pretty lucky right now! I love how the leaves of a clover are in the shape of a heart. Our hearts are certainly being drawn to this new son and brother that God has chosen for our family! I like the one that is in the shape of a cross as well.
Then I found this little poem about a four leaf clover. I love that each leaf represents hope, faith, love and luck! This journey has certainly required faith and a hope for the future. We are already falling in love with our little one!
What a blessing to receive our new number during this Holy Week while we are reflecting on our Heavenly Father's amazing love for us! And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were slaves to the spiritual powers of this world. But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because you Gentiles have become his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father.Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are his child, everything he has belongs to you.
Galatians 4:3-7
Springtime in Tennessee!
It snowed off and on all day yesterday! The kids ran outside during one of the quick snow flurries and tried to catch snowflakes on their tongues. Usually, by the time we would get all bundled up, the snow would have quit. But this time, they were able to play for just a few minutes! You've got to love east TN weather!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
River Dogs Opening Day!
Today was a great day for baseball! Beckett had his first game of the season and it was a lot of fun! Here is a picture of him in his uniform (pre-dirt) before we left the house!
Sean is Beckett's coach again this year! He has a lot of dads who have been great help. It is definitely a team effort to get the boys in the right place at the right time! Here they are before we headed to the field.
Here is a picture of Helen with Gracie who is a sister of one of the players. I love how she is checking Helen out! We are going to have a long (and expensive!) season with Helen! All she wants to do is visit the concession stand. I'm going to have to remember to pack lots of snacks this season! Granbob kept her in hot dogs and chips today!
Here is Beckett at bat. He had three hits today. This is the first season that they have kept score and had three outs. In fact, there are several new rules. The last two years he played in the instructional league. This year, he is in machine pitch and there are a few new things to get used to. He hit the ball well today!
Here he is playing third base. He made a great stop at third today, but didn't know that he had to tag the player. He stepped on the base and his mom thought that should have been enough, :) but evidently, there is some rule that you have to tag them when some other combination of events has happened! That sure seems like a lot to keep up with! He has a lot to learn defensively this year! (and I do too!)
Here is "Coach Harper" with the team after the game. They lost their first game, but they all had a great time!
My mom and dad (Grankaki and Granbob) came over from Brentwood to watch the game. Nana came too, but I didn't get Beckett's picture with her. Thank you all for coming to watch Beckett play! He had quite a cheering section!
We couldn't help but think about how many more years of coaching and sports we have in front of us. The fun has only just begun! We wondered this afternoon about what kind of sports "baby Harper" will want to participate in. Can't wait to meet him and begin to learn about his little personality! Hoping to hear something on Monday about our waiting list number!
Sean is Beckett's coach again this year! He has a lot of dads who have been great help. It is definitely a team effort to get the boys in the right place at the right time! Here they are before we headed to the field.
Here is a picture of Helen with Gracie who is a sister of one of the players. I love how she is checking Helen out! We are going to have a long (and expensive!) season with Helen! All she wants to do is visit the concession stand. I'm going to have to remember to pack lots of snacks this season! Granbob kept her in hot dogs and chips today!
Here is Beckett at bat. He had three hits today. This is the first season that they have kept score and had three outs. In fact, there are several new rules. The last two years he played in the instructional league. This year, he is in machine pitch and there are a few new things to get used to. He hit the ball well today!Here he is playing third base. He made a great stop at third today, but didn't know that he had to tag the player. He stepped on the base and his mom thought that should have been enough, :) but evidently, there is some rule that you have to tag them when some other combination of events has happened! That sure seems like a lot to keep up with! He has a lot to learn defensively this year! (and I do too!)
Here is "Coach Harper" with the team after the game. They lost their first game, but they all had a great time! 
My mom and dad (Grankaki and Granbob) came over from Brentwood to watch the game. Nana came too, but I didn't get Beckett's picture with her. Thank you all for coming to watch Beckett play! He had quite a cheering section!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
What we've been up to!
Well, I promised that I wouldn't get caught up each month in anticipaiting our new number on the waiting list, but I have found myself checking email every 15 minutes for the past few days! We are supposed to receive an email during the first week of this month to update us on our new number and I'm getting a bit obsessive! I have tried to get signed up with a Yahoo group list from our agency that will help me to figure out "unofficial" numbers, but I haven't had any luck. Maybe I haven't been posting on it correctly because I'm not really sure how it works. Anyway, based on what I've read on another group list from our agency, there have been some referrals of baby boys in the last couple of weeks, so I expect that MAYBE we will be in the single digits this time! We are getting excited as we anticipate seeing his little face for the first time!
So, here are some pictures of things that we've been busy with over the last week. Beckett had a scrimmage last Sunday afternoon and Sean put him in the catcher position! Yikes! He is playing machine pitch this season, and there he was, with all of that equipment on, squatted down while 40 mph baseballs came flying at him. He basically just acted like a ball stop, which is what Sean said he is supposed to do. He didn't really enjoy it. He thought it was boring! Saturday is opening day for the baseball season! Stay tuned for pictures of the "River Dogs" in action!
On Wednesday mornings, Beckett goes to Nana and Papa's house so that Helen and I can participate in BSF. (Bible Study Fellowship) I will usually send a book for him to read and a couple of skills pages for him to review and then we do our lessons in the afternoon. He usually gets those things done pretty quickly and gets to do fun stuff with Papa and Nana. This week, he found that he has a new "gift." (Direct quote from Beckett!) The picture below might give you an idea of what this new found gift is, but if you are still confused, check out his blog, The Slam to find out what he did for a good part of Wednesday morning. Then, if you can tell me how I can incorporate this into his first grade curriculum, just let me know! :)
On Monday afternoon, my Aunt Marilyn (aka "Auntie Mame") came to visit. She lives in western NC, so it isn't too far from us. We went over to the lake side trail and did a short hike on Monday afternoon. Sean and Beckett went to BSF that night and the three girls went to dinner at Abuelo's. We had a great time.
On Tuesday morning, we headed downtown to The Tennessee Theater for a school matinee presentation of The Magic Tree House Musical. Beckett has always enjoyed the Magic Tree House books and he and Auntie Mame used to play "Jack and Annie" a few years ago when I first started reading these chapter books to him. We thought she might enjoy going with us to see the musical. It was a great show and we all had a good time. Here is a picture of AM with the kids in front of the theater!
Here is a picture inside the theater of them with a cardboard cut out of "Jack and Annie." Helen must have seen something more interesting!
So, that is the latest news! Hope everyone is doing well! Stay tuned for our waiting list number! I hope to find a message in my "inbox" soon!
So, here are some pictures of things that we've been busy with over the last week. Beckett had a scrimmage last Sunday afternoon and Sean put him in the catcher position! Yikes! He is playing machine pitch this season, and there he was, with all of that equipment on, squatted down while 40 mph baseballs came flying at him. He basically just acted like a ball stop, which is what Sean said he is supposed to do. He didn't really enjoy it. He thought it was boring! Saturday is opening day for the baseball season! Stay tuned for pictures of the "River Dogs" in action!
On Wednesday mornings, Beckett goes to Nana and Papa's house so that Helen and I can participate in BSF. (Bible Study Fellowship) I will usually send a book for him to read and a couple of skills pages for him to review and then we do our lessons in the afternoon. He usually gets those things done pretty quickly and gets to do fun stuff with Papa and Nana. This week, he found that he has a new "gift." (Direct quote from Beckett!) The picture below might give you an idea of what this new found gift is, but if you are still confused, check out his blog, The Slam to find out what he did for a good part of Wednesday morning. Then, if you can tell me how I can incorporate this into his first grade curriculum, just let me know! :)
On Monday afternoon, my Aunt Marilyn (aka "Auntie Mame") came to visit. She lives in western NC, so it isn't too far from us. We went over to the lake side trail and did a short hike on Monday afternoon. Sean and Beckett went to BSF that night and the three girls went to dinner at Abuelo's. We had a great time.
On Tuesday morning, we headed downtown to The Tennessee Theater for a school matinee presentation of The Magic Tree House Musical. Beckett has always enjoyed the Magic Tree House books and he and Auntie Mame used to play "Jack and Annie" a few years ago when I first started reading these chapter books to him. We thought she might enjoy going with us to see the musical. It was a great show and we all had a good time. Here is a picture of AM with the kids in front of the theater!
Here is a picture inside the theater of them with a cardboard cut out of "Jack and Annie." Helen must have seen something more interesting!
So, that is the latest news! Hope everyone is doing well! Stay tuned for our waiting list number! I hope to find a message in my "inbox" soon!
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