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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Happy 3 year Gotch ya Day, Mary Elizabeth!!

Yesterday, January 9th was the 3 year Anniversary of the day we had Mary Elizabeth placed in our arms forever!

For those of you who don't know our story, here is the short version: we adopted Harrison and Mary Elizabeth at the same time from Guatemala. Harrison came home November 2005 and Mary Elizabeth came home 2 months later.
This is the first time we met Mary Elizabeth on Harrison's pick-up trip. She was just 4 months old and had her Daddy wrapped around her finger from the start!!
We spent a week in Guatemala before we brought Harrison home, so that we could spend some time as a family of 4.
Mary Elizabeth was the cutest little baby girl we had ever seen!
Mary Elizabeth and her Daddy!
After this shot is when Jason made the comment that she can have what EVER she wants!!
We loved spending that time together.

This picture below was taken the day we had to leave Guatemala and leave Mary Elizabeth behind (not knowing when we would return). We were so excited to have Harrison coming home with us, but leaving my baby girl was the HARDEST thing I have ever had to do!!
But, Praise the Lord, we were able to return just 2 months later to bring our beautiful baby girl home.


Embassy Day

This was taken the day we were headed home.

The picture below was taken a few minutes after we arrived home. I love that Harrison is looking at her like he is thinking, "Where have you been?"

Our Baby girl has always brought joy into our lives.
And she has always been a little Baby Doll!



This look is so true to Mary Elizabeth's personality
Little Miss Attitude!!

She and Harrison have always been inseparable!!


They have always been double trouble!

But Mary Elizabeth was so excited to finally get a sister last year!

Mary Elizabeth is a little princess and we could not image our lives without her. We praise God everyday that He chose us to be her parents!
Happy 3 year Gotch ya Day, Baby Girl!

Friday, January 9, 2009

Favorite Foto Friday- COLD!!

This weeks theme is COLD!! This was hard for me since I HATE cold weather! However, snow pictures are great! So here are some snow pictures of our family before moving to Alabama.
This is our family in 2006 in Gatlinburg, TN a few months after Harrison and Mary Elizabeth came home.
This was in 2007 at our home in Louisville, KY
Mary Elizabeth not happy about the snow in 2007.
(Louisville, KY)
Harrison ready to go inside in 2007.
(Louisville, KY)

Harper enjoying her FIRST snow in 2008, but then again she is this excited about everything!
(Atlanta, GA)

Dixie and Shelby in snow.

Here are the kids in 2008 wearing warm hats.
Mary Elizabeth
Harrison
(I love that this picture really shows his personality)
Harper
I hope everyone is staying warm today!!!
For more Favorite Foto Friday Pictures go to http://kissthefrog4me.blogspot.com/
Also check out then previous post of my little Hebrew scholar, I am so proud!!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Hebrew Scholar at 3 years old!!

When Jason was in Seminary, his favorite classes were language classes. He wants the kids to love language as well, so he began teaching them the Hebrew alphabet right before Christmas. Harrison and Harper do OK with it, but Mary Elizabeth has picked it right up and is even writing the letters!! Here is a video of her recieting the Hebrew Alphabet from flash cards, and the cards are NOT in the correct order!






Jason is so proud!!

Lucinda Bell

Monday, January 5, 2009

2008 in Review...

I saw this on other blogs and thought it was a cute idea. So, I tried to find my favorite photo from each month in 2008 of all three kids together. It was hard to narrow each month to one photo, but I managed!! Hope you enjoy our 2008 in review and see how much the kids have grown in one year!
January
February
(Jason played on church softball team, the kid's outfits say Team Glas)

March
(Easter)

April
May
(packing to move to Alabama)
June

July

August
(started Pre-school)

September

October

November

December

God blessed us with so many wonderful memories in 2008!
We can't wait to see what is in store for us in 2009!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Playing in 2009!!!

We have enjoyed playing these past few days!!
Jason has been off work and he has enjoyed spending time with the kids.
Guess why the kids are smiling so big in the picture below!
They just saw their new trampoline that Mimi and PaPa got them!

I can already see we may be in the Emergency Room a lot in 2009!

I have been feeling better since surgery (1 week before Christmas), so today was my first time on the go-cart. The kids are much better at driving it than I am!

This is a trail that run beside our house. It is suppose to be for horse riding, but we are using it for go-cart riding!

Of course I have to put in my sweet babies looking cute in 2009!



And this is what Lucinda Bell has been up to... laying on top of Harrison's lizard tank watching Dora and Diego (the lizards) every move!

Just wanted to share a little bit of our play time in the New Year!