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My husband and I, the Dynamic Duo, have been married since 2003. We've weathered the storm of chronic disease (diagnosis 2006), infertility (diagnosis 2007), turning 30 (2006/2007 respectively) a first adoption (2009) of a tender hearted, compassionate Ukrainian BIG boy (born 2006), who has told us he'd like a baby sister, baby brother, big brother, and REALLY big sister. We recently completed our second Ukrainian adoption journey, which brought us a daughter (born 2005). We'll see what else God brings our way!

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Eli's Birthday Fun

A few days before Eli's birthday I let him open his gifts from Bop and Grandpa Stobie.  



They even got a little something for Amelia!




Here he is reading...he LOVES reading, especially since this was a Chapter Book for big kids.


That's ma boy!


On his birthday, he got to wear a fun birthday hat.  


And of course, we had cake and ice cream with presents from Mom, Dad!  Grandma Karl even came into town.












Fun Pictures

Mid Febrauary:  Having fun while on break :)  A mustache tatoo that made Eli look a little like Hitler...


And Spiderman tatoos make us pose like Popeye...


And make us pose like we're constipated...

And like a wrestler.


Then there's the girl who decided to choose very different places:  The wrists...


And the calf.



Bop and Grandpa Stobie sent toys that they LOVED!  Eli had to put his truck together right away.


And Amelia was Cinderella for quite a while.  By the end of the evening, she had taken off the rubber band off her hair and within a week, she had torn off an arm (not fixable).  Lol  She's true to form!



Early March:  Eli fell and whacked himself.  Doesn't he look so pathetic?  He's really a tough guy.  He was just really tired when I took this picture!


And I got a new "rockstar" haircut!