He is Risen!

And so it begins....

We are officially entering the world of sports! Brody started T-ball this season and is LOVING it! We are having a hard time explaining to Levi why he cant be out there with his brother, but he is doing a great job cheering on his brother from the sidelines!

Toddling

Aven is finally walking! She took her first steps a few weeks ago (right at 14 months old)

and is starting to walk around quite a bit. She is SO proud of herself! She loves the fact that we (especially her brothers) clap and cheer for her! I keep thinking about how grateful I am that we get to cheer her on in these milestones. All kids deserve to have a family that gets excited when they do new things….alot of children will never have that chance.

Created For Care

I had the privilege of attending the Created for Care retreat at Lake Lanier, Georgia this year with my sweet friend Keri. Our husbands met each other in college and Keri and her husband adopted from Ethiopia 2 years ago. Our girls lived in the same Care Center and had the same sweet nanny. They were such a blessing to us while we went through our adoption process.  We decided back in the fall to attend this adoption retreat together. I am so thankful to our amazing husbands who let us have a weekend away. It was a refreshing and exhausting weekend. It was centered around adoption, but a lot of the weekend was just refreshment for mommies. But the messages were HEAVY.  Adoption is beauty and brokenness all rolled into one. Just because Aven was adopted at a young age and will never remember what she came from, does not mean we will never face tough issues. It will be hard. But she is our daughter and we will be here to walk with her through it. I am looking forward to many more years of going to C4C. I am sure it will be a vital tool in helping us as we parent Aven.