We are Back!!!

"We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers."  1 Thes. 1:2

This past month has been unbelievable!  We have felt more loved and spoiled than ever before!  Each gift given, sent, letter written, prayer, phone call has meant so much to us!!!  We continue to weekly open the front door to a new package-WOW!!!!  THANK YOU each precious friend!!!  (Thank you cards on the way:)  I look around our house and see each of you in the gifts you have given and am reminded time and time again how the Lord has sooo blessed us with such amazing family and friends!!!!

Here is the month of December "preChristmas" in pics!  I'm slowly catching up:)  Christmas and postChristmas pics to hopefully follow soon:)  Much Love!

Josh surprised us to see this house in DE featured on HGTV:)

We got to get out of our car and walk around...very cute!

Carrie our friend and caseworker.  She has been with Britton before us and has now passed the batton to Pam, since we are on the road to adoption: April 20!!!!!  Thank you Carrie for everything!!!

Big boy at our sweet neighbor's bday party!  Thought he was big stuff sitting without being strapped in & eating cake with all 5 year olds:)

So I can just hit these as hard as I want?

Birthday boy and Britt, they love each other!

Had to brag..hehe...our homemade Christmas decor for Josh's door at work!  Britt's hands made the angels!

Stela is it ok if I play in your basket?

Mom we should bake cookies more often!

Our record...wahoooo!  Of course it was quickly knocked down after pic!

Ok, so every year Josh designs this college football tournament among our family.  This year he printed out each team's mascot and had Britt pick which team he thought would win.  And YES out of 7 teams following Alabama's win Britton won the entire thing!!!!  Just goes to show you...

18 month pic:)

Waiting for my friends to come to Jesus's Birthday party!

At Jesus's Birthday party we made the nativity scene characters out of playdough!

Josh read to all "The Legend of the Candy Cane!"

And of course every Birthday party has to have cake!  You know it was a good time when the next morning you find green icing smeared above Stela's eye!

Before heading to St.Louis, we celebrated our own 1st Christmas with Britton!  Josh explained to an attentive audience what Christmas is really all about before opening gifts!

Enjoying our 1st taste of hot chocolate!!!

Mom and Dad gave me 3 gifts...you know just like Jesus!

Merry Christmas to all!