Happy Thanksgiving!

Maysa with her spoon ready waiting for her Thanksgiving meal...this girl loves to eat!

Say, "Happy Thanksgiving!"

Maysa loved playing in this box with mommy's empty wine bottle

Devin and Danilo with their cousins after a game of football

Isn't she the cutest!

Danilo and his first turkey...he said, "It's just like us and has two legs"

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday!
I can remember sitting at the table last year looking at empty chairs wondering if they would ever be filled...It was pure joy this year seeing Maysa and Danilo around the Thanksgiving table...as if they had always been seated their.
We have so much to be Thankful for this year!

So Thankful....

Maysa is pretty reserved, but in the last few days she is really becoming much more independent and did I mention silly!
She is defiantly more silly with her brothers around and she loves to copy everything they do.

I also wanted to post how thankful I am that Maysa and Danilo are home forever!
I still continue to read blogs everyday and I'm so saddened that their are still so many family's waiting to bring their children home from Guatemala.
There is a little girl named Kinsey and a little boy named Max along with a few other blog's that I check almost daily to see if their is any progress in their case's.
I don't know how their parent's are getting through the waiting and uncertainity...and it angers me that these adoptions are being held up way to long when these children need to come home.
I know the frustrations and helplessness you feel...and sometimes I feel bad for posting how wonderful everything is for me, when I know the waiting and wanting is pulling at your hearts...I hope reading other family's blogs and updates of completed adoptions will give you hope that your children will be home soon as well. Keep the faith and keep fighting!

Two months Home

Maysa has been home exactly two months today.
I can't ever imagine not having her in our family...it feels as if she has always been here. Time goes by so quickly!

Happy Halloween & Happy Birthday Grandpa...

The kids had a blast last night trick-or-treating and it didn't take long for Danilo and Maysa to get the hang of it.
It was also grandpas birthday!
I love the picture of him with all of his grandkids.
Now, I'm on official candy patrol making sure no one eats to much candy and gets a tummy ache. They ended up with so much...and I have to make sure they don't over do it...or sneak it!

Activity wind down...

Danilo finished up his last Soccer game on Saturday. He loved going to soccer and playing with the kids....although he spent most of his time going the wrong direction, or falling on the ground..LOL!
In any case he had a great time and can't wait to begin a new sport.



Devin just finished up football season yesterday. His team the "Cowboys" were in the playoffs for first place, but were defeated by the Raiders and took second place in the league. Although, he is bummed out for the loss he can't wait to play again next season.




So what does this mean for me? That I will be driving less and I will actually be able to begin cooking for the boys instead of going through drive thru Windows. Devin will no longer have four days of practice a week and a Sunday game day. Danilo won't be having practice's and I can finally sleep in on Saturday mornings without getting up for 8am soccer games. Maysa will be spending less time in her car seat. Don't get me wrong I love watching my kids play sports, but it's nice when the sports begin to wind down a bit for all of us to have more time together as a family. They still have Hip-Hop, Break dancing, Gymnastics, Church and what ever else they will be signing up for next week. Whew!

Oh, and I had to sneak one in of Maysa...we are still enjoying Indian summer!

PUMPKIN PATCH...

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Gotta' Love This Weather...

Here it is mid-October and our weather has been wonderful!
It's been between the 70's and 80's with a light breeze since summer ended.
Maysa has so many summer clothes and I'm so glad she is having the opportunity to still wear them. I was worried with her coming home in September we would go straight to the cold mid-west fall and winter.
Maysa is so wonderful and she loves to play outside, hopefully I can't get the boys to stand still long enough to get some photos of them over the weekend!