In the meantime

I CANNOT believe (okay, yes I can) that it has been nearly a MONTH, since my last post!!! I have TONS of pictures to organize, stories to tell, and updates on these beautiful babies to share. I just need more time to myself, in order to do that. Ha! Hopefully that will be soon, but in the meantime, click here to see a few pics I have posted on Facebook...saves me from doing twice the work right now ;) Enjoy!

Thank You, Nanay & Tatay!

This little boy is so very blessed with not one, but TWO sets of amazing grandparents. Thank you for the card and present, Nanay and Tatay! We can't wait to see you in a few weeks! :)

From the boy with a stuffy nose and dry lips:

You've Got Mail!

I have to say that I am TERRIBLE at sending things out in the mail. It is something I desperately need to get better at because I think of a million things to send people to let them know that I love and appreciate them and think of them so often, but I either (1) never get around to buying it, or (2) buy it and leave it sitting in my house for no apparent reason (like your wedding card, Tara...I'm a ridiculous friend...sorry :/ But if you only knew all of the things I bought you in my head that should have gone out in the mail with the card that has been sitting on my kitchen counter for...oh three months now!!! And why do I do this repeatedly? Who knows because the guilt is overwhelming at times :/

Only adding to the guilt is that people seem to always send us the sweetest, most thoughtful things...not to mention all of the generous things that are done for us on an almost weekly basis. This week proved no different, when we received the following, very unexpected gifts in the mail:

Thank you to Jadon's Nanay and Tatay for this awesome package for Jadon!

He LOVES the books and has started watching the first DVD every morning. We plan on starting the flashcards this coming week :)

The other unexpected package we got in the mail this week was from the mom of one of the girls who used to be in my small group at our awesome church in Morgantown. Since we left there in April 2006, Sheila (Kylie's mom) has done the most awesome job of making me feel missed and loved in WV. She has kept in constant contact with me, keeping me updated on her two beautiful girls in their journeys through high school. She is one of the most amazing women I know, and is right up there with my mom and Jamie's mom as one of the sweetest, most thoughtful moms ever...truly born to be a mom...you know the kind...one I aspire to be like, always putting her kids' needs above her own. Just an awesome mom!
So anyway, I open this package from Sheila, and it had a bag of the best smelling Fall leaves ever! That's right, she sent me a bag full of leaves from WV, since she heard I miss the Fall there :) How sweet is that??? Along with the leaves she sent a card and a picture of her BEAUTIFUL girls at their homecoming dance a few weeks ago. Thank you sooo much, Sheila! I have a running list of cards, letters, and gifts that I've wanted to send you and your family over the last few years...yes, years! One day, you're going to get a surprise in your mailbox too! I promise ;)

Thank you to everyone who always makes us feel so loved and thought of. There are too many of you to list. We are truly blessed to have so many thoughtful family and friends!