We have been so blessed to have Grandma come up every Tuesday since Mollie was born. I hope that Mollie understands how great it is to be able to see your grandparent(s) every week.
At Christmas time this year, Grandma brought all her stuff to make cookies with her girl. They had a blast baking and decorating every last one. This will be a special memory for my mom and I, and someday Mollie will look back and remember it too. So sweet!
December 11, 2016
I love that Mollie likes to go to the children’s things at church. It helps that my best friend and her former baby-sitter is the Children’s Director and she absolutely loves her. But one of her favorite things is Children’s Choir. I can’t even handle the cuteness of her singing…. especially on the stage. She should be pretty comfortable with it, since she is there all the time and sometimes gets to sing while we wait for church to start.
This year she did awesome! They sang one song during big church and then presented their whole show that evening. She took Fluffy up there with her for support…. but by the end she sat her on the floor. She was too cute up there by her sweet friend Lily Beane.
Grandmama, Grandma and Papa came to watch her cantata debut. I forgot to take pictures with them… but we had a good time at Braums afterwards.
December 7, 2017
Adoption is a long and hard process. Over the last 2+ years I have watched Zack and Hollie go through every step. There have been so many prayers and tears... A few big changes... And so much anticipation leading up to this night, when we finally got to see Zack and Hollie with Lydia in person. Such joy! She is just so precious!
Mollie picked out a sweet little toy to give Lydia, and late after church on this Wednesday night we loaded up the church van to go to the air port. I held it together…. thankfully…. and we got to see Hope and Gage meet their sister for the first time. I even got a couple hugs from my new little buddy!
I can't help but think of what a beautiful picture I've witnessed. Ephesians 1:5 (Msg) says "Long, long ago He decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!)"
Thinking about how much my friends went through to take this sweet girl home as their daughter will always bring a tear to my eye and give me such peace about how much THE Father wanted and planned for me, His daughter.
Feeling such gratitude for answered prayers, the Fuller FIVE, and salvation through Jesus Christ!
Melissa and I are too cheap to hire people to take our pictures these days… So we took turns taking each other’s family pictures and they turned out great! (Taken November 11, 2016)
Like I said before the news about our new baby kind of quietly trickled out…. but our friends that don’t live in Yukon were surprised by our Christmas card. It was fun to let it out of the bag that way for sure. After we sent it out, I got a lot of fun messages and texts!
Highlights Include: Seeing the new Trolls movie, Hollie’s shower for Lydia, Celebrating all three of our birthdays, Taking Fluffy everywhere, Decorating for Christmas, Birthday donuts an flying a kite, and Mollie’s first nose bleed.
Thanksgiving came and went very quickly this year. I was still struggling with pregnancy sickness so the being away from home was not too fun. But we made it to Mamaw and Papaw’s and got to see everyone. We went for a walk, had some good food, and stayed the night. Mollie got to sleep on the fold out couch while we slept in the bedroom. The next morning we said our goodbyes, but this is always the easy one…. because we will be back for Christmas in a few short weeks!
