Standing tall!

Finally!!!! at 11 months Ava stands without holding on. No steps yet, but look how happy she is at her new skill.

First Day taking the bus to Preschool

Carson has been going to preschool for speech therapy since October. Today was his first day taking the school bus. He was very excited. He asked me if it was a big bus, not a little bus.

Funny Photos of Ava

Halloween 2009

Big Girl!

Trying out her sippy cup.

A Summer Evening at Coney Island

Ava - 7 months old

Florence Freedom Baseball Game

Buddies

Carson's Best Bud, Max, invited him to swim at their community pool. They had a great time!

Random Photos

For some reason, Carson likes to soak his feet in the sink. If he's every missing this is where you will find him.....

Ava's 6 month pictures....

Big Brother, Little Sister

Ava's First Teeth

Ava has her two bottom teeth. Look at this cute smile.....

Carson's Bone Scan

Here's Carson right after he got his IV. He did great. He didn't even cry.

Poor little guy - he's been through alot.

Adoption Day

Today was Adoption Day. Everything is final. The pictures of the family with the judge didn't turn out because the camera was on the wrong setting.

Mother's Day out for Dinner

The Batmobile

Carson has been wearing a Batman costume for the last 2 weeks. Today I found him in the Batmobile.

New Kids on The Block Fan

In a former life Carson must have been a NKOTB fan. He started humming this song and we have no clue where he learned. Of course, Uncle Brent, claims that Darren must be secretly listening to the CD.



Carson sings it when we tell him to sing the lollypop song.

Easter 2009

Spring Break in Gatlinburg

We joined my cousin Natalie for spring break in Gatlinburg. We had a fun trip. Carson enjoyed the rides at "The Track" best.

Ava's getting big!

Ava will be 4 months old next week. My how time flies. As you can see we are so busy now keeping up with 2 that it's hard to keep the blog updated, but we will still update it at least once a month.

Ava is 14 1/2 lbs and has the cheeks of a chipmunk. He eyes are remaining bright blue, but we'll see if they start to change in the next month or two. I'm hoping for a blue eyed baby girl. She has lost most of her hair which makes me sad.

She can roll over from her tummy to her back, she was motivated by the fact that she hates being on her tummy.

She's such a sweet baby girl!

Lunch Time

Carson's favorite meal: Cream of Wheat and an apple. Ava trying cereal for the first time.

Click this link to read about how to help. Please take the time to help adopting families like ours who depend on this money to bring their babies home.

http://adopttaiwan.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/federal-adoption-tax-credit/

Happy Valentine's Day

Snow Days

Carson loved playing in the snow this year. He played for hours outside with Daddy and the neighbors.