Monday, February 29, 2016

Morning company:)



The other morning I awoke to this smiling face next to me:)

 I rolled over and said, "I love you buddy!"
And His response... "And I am a MIRACLE!!!"  

Yes you are my sweet Levi, yes you are!  He is an amazing miracle from God that was allowed to join our family through embryo adoption... He and I were talking about it today in the car and I can't wait till he can really understand his own amazing miraculous story! 



And then this little rascal came to join us in bed... and that was the end of the peaceful resting!  He is all boy and never sits still... But he makes for many laughs!  I love love love every moment with both of them!  I am so thankful that we get to do preschool together this year... What a treat for this mama! Hopefully they would say the same thing:)


Have a blessed Monday friends... from Zay and Levi!!:)

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

2 months!!!



Moments of wonder if you would really be ours!!!

Hours of prayers for safety and protection over your life!!!

Many tears and heartbreaking moments in our journey to you!!

Absolute joy watching you enter the world!!!

Complete awe and thankfulness for your birth mom as I watched her sacrifice so so very much because she loved you!!

2 months of cuddles, kisses, full hearts, thankfullness, treasuring moments, talking with birth mom, dying over her cuteness, celebrating her life, moments of exhaustion, feeding, swaddling, her head on my chest, watching sibling love grow, and absolute joy and thankfulness that she is ours forever! 

We are blown away that God had her for us!!! She is such a gift!!

Sweet smiles...

And... This little gem is smiling... And she lights up the room!

She has stolen our hearts... 
We love her so much and are so thankful for her precious life... Seriously, I am totally in awe of God's miraculous work he has done through adoption again in our family.  What an honor to watch his workings unfold!! And what a joy to watch this precious pumpkin grow... She is amazing! 

Between lots of sickness, work, school conferences, company, and life... We haven't had too much time to post...

Our hearts are a bit tired ... But so thankful and full!!!  Seriously, Could she be any cuter??



Friday, February 19, 2016

Her first few days...

The crew welcoming baby Kaliyah home from the hospital in Arizona... They were TOTALLY enamored with her right from the start...



Sisters...  I am so thankful to have this picture...


Jojo is like a little baby whisperer... seriously so good with her... 



Hopie, our very busy little girl, shone when she held her! And she still is such a big helper!


Caleb enjoying some snuggles before we opened gifts on Christmas Day!  (These were all taken before her birth mom changed her mind that day... everybody was falling in love already... it took like 1.5 seconds!:)


Totally Isaiah... in the midst of crazy circumstances this is what you get... A little bit of Zay Crazy!!


Kaliyah Joy... Christmas Day... 2 days old!


 Sweet Baby Girl!  Looking back at these pics makes me realize how light her skin was at birth... She has already changed so much!  What a treasure every moment with her is...



Sister and cousin love!

My sister came up this week...

We hadn't seen each other in 7 months... Far too long...

She cooked meals for me...
She cleaned for me...
She took care of my kids...
She drove all this way to meet her new niece, Kaliyah,
It was such a treat to be together, to be able to visit... And to be taken care of by her:) It was such a treat for this mama to 8 busy people, to not have to cook:) 

Sisters... are a gift I won't ever take for granted! 

Four of the little rascals... 

Will has shot up this year totally making Jojo look rather shrimpy... That had so much fun!!!


Anna and sarabeth!  Such dear cousins and friends!!

Lots of memories made...
Lots of laughter...
I am so thankful!  It means so much that they came to visit!!!



Friday, February 12, 2016

family fall photos

I never posted the great family photos that the wonderful Elli Be took for us last fall... 
Check out her website here... http://www.elliebe.com/

She was great and put up with all of our crazy family antics:) 
Looks like we will have to have her come back now that baby Kaliyah is here:)







Love the way they love each other:)


My boys...



My and my sweet girls!



Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Enjoying baby Kaliyah...


Louis and Emma with Kaliyah 2 days old:)


Mom and Anna enjoying snuggles with this little sweetie...



She loves Jojo so much... and he is so good with her:)

She is just the sweetest, softest, most wonderful Christmas gift ever!!!



I have gotten behind on blogging since we got home 2 1/2 weeks ago...

That was mostly due to the fact that I came home to the crew sharing a stomach bug, literally days after we were clear of that one, almost everyone got a really bad respiratory bug... Dad and mom included.  

I think we are all on the mend and praising God for that! Thankfully Kaliyah is the only one who didn't get either bug!  I still am in shock!  I think the sanitizing and donated breast milk have had a lot to do with her staying healthy!  So grateful!

We are enjoying every second with her... She is a really easy baby and is so sweet!