Super huge update

Such blog neglect happening this year! I need to do a better job to document everything so I can turn my blog into a kind of family yearbook. We’ve been a little busy. 🙂 We are finally a family of four & are loving it. Lily is a wonderful addition to our family & she fits right in. Since I’m so far behind, I’m going to just post pictures of what’s been happening the last several months.

 

Created for Care 2014

 

Tee ball!

 

 

My birthday & the referral of our beautiful daughter, Lily

SO excited we have a daughter!!!!

 

Easter

Washing my first load of mostly PINK clothes

 

Meeting & bringing home our daughter

 

 

So, these were just the highlights. Of course a lot more went on, but because I didn’t blog it, I don’t remember all the details. Hoping to do better from now on since we are settled as a family of four. However next week I start back to work! 😦  That’s gonna throw a curve ball & will take some getting used to too.

Home

We have been home for about 7 weeks! Here’s a small update with pictures.

Our adoption from Japan

Yes….I know! We’ve been home almost 7 weeks & you haven’t had an update. I’m SO SORRY!!! If we are friends on Inst*gram or F*cebook then you have seen our updates there. 🙂 I haven’t had the time or made the time to sit down & update the blog. Our family blog hasn’t been updated in forever! I’m so behind.

We have been getting used to being a family of four & absolutely love it!! I have also enjoyed my time at home with the kids (I wrote kids!!!! Eek! I still cannot believe she’s home & she’s ours!! 🙂 ). Lily is the perfect fit for our family. She is a cuddly little love bug. We’ve been busy with bonding, doctors appointments, play dates, swimming lessons for Samuel, church, lots of visitors for Lily, & everyday life. Just trying to find our new normal & get in that groove…

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Baby shower

We had a baby shower! So much fun! We are getting ready for baby Perry!

Our adoption from Japan

We had a baby shower at our church a couple of weekends ago. Thank you to the ladies in the church for the yummy food & especially to my best friend, Beth, for making it so special for us. We had some Japanese treats & cherry blossoms! How exciting it was! We were so excited for this day & it was wonderful to see how excited our family & friends were too! We are thankful to everyone that came & to everyone that blessed us with gifts for our little one. We had a good variety of gifts & didn’t get many duplicates except for diapers & wipes, which are definitely needed! Samuel wanted to tear through the gifts just to open them. 🙂 He was a good helper & he even got a gift too. 🙂 That kept him occupied for a little while.

The cutest idea! We had…

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The nursery

We’ve been getting ready for baby! We are ready to meet our son or daughter. Please come home soon! We pray for you daily & think of you often.

Our adoption from Japan

We’ve had the baby nursery mostly complete for a little while now. We didn’t want to not have it ready for when the call came. Plus it kept us busy for a little while. Right now, we like busy! It keeps us occupied. We are still #3 & have been for about 2 months. Trying not to think about that too much & trust that it’ll happen soon. We are all praying (Samuel included) that our son or daughter comes home soon. We would love to travel this spring, but aren’t sure if that’s gonna happen.

So, back to the nursery. We did a gender neutral color & I love it! I had been looking at different ideas for a while (yeah….we’ve been in this adoption process for 2.5 years now) & really liked the idea of stripes on one wall. We have Samuel’s crib & changing table. We will…

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4 year old photo shoot

 

 

Fun with my boy! 🙂

More birthday fun!

We had a lot of fun on Samuel’s birthday. We went to Marbles museum since we have a membership there that was given to us as a Christmas present (Thanks Mimi & Pop-pop!). My brother & his girls met us there for a few hours of fun! After the Marbles fun we came home for a nap & then daddy got home in time to celebrate before we went to church. 🙂

He decided to fix his own hair with his new hair gel!

Sweet babies!

Bedhead! He had just gotten up from a nap. Now it’s time to open a couple of small gifts from mommy & daddy. 🙂

Officially 4 years old!

The day before his birthday we celebrated with his preschool class with cupcakes. He got to celebrate all week!

Then on Friday night Bill & I took him to see Dinosaur Train live! He loved it & had fun. It was a fun family night! Dinner at Moe’s & then the show.

Samuel’s 4th birthday party

We celebrated Samuel’s 4th birthday with family at our house on the 22nd of February. He has been so excited to turn 4 for months!! He couldn’t wait. We are so thankful to all of our family that came to celebrate with us. We love you all! Thank you for joining us in celebrating our special boy & what he means to us. I cannot believe that he is 4 years old! Where does the time go?

Samuel, mommy & daddy love you so much! You are our joy! We are so thankful that God gave us you. You are so smart, caring, loving, & fun. 🙂 We pray that God would bless you & watch over you. We also pray that you would come to know Him at an early age & spend your life serving Him. We are forever grateful to your birth mother for choosing life for you & being so brave! We will always have so much respect for her. We will also be thankful for your foster family that took care of you & loved you until we could. We cannot wait until you are a big brother! You will be the best big brother ever!

The birthday boy!

Yes, you will see there is a mixed theme. Hey, it’s what the birthday boy wanted! 😉

Taking a nap with Juju before the party got started.

My life!

So, here’s the themes. 🙂 He wanted 18 wheeler, Cars, & Avengers. So, that’s what he got!

Cake is not perfect, but made with love from momma. Thanks for the idea Beth!

There were food themes to go along. Mater’s Dip Sticks

Luigi’s Tower of Tires

Thor’s Hammer

Captain America’s shield

He loved it & that’s all that mattered!

So thankful for the women that loved him before us.

We were blessed with beautiful weather so everyone could go outside!

My sweet boy! How are you 4?

Proud of his UNC jersey

He melts me! Love you sweet boy! Happy birthday!

The grant & what we are doing now

It’s been a while since I’ve posted these pictures:

We are #3 now on our agency’s wait list. Pray with us that our baby boy or girl comes home soon. Also, take a look & see if you are able to help us out any with our grant.

Our adoption from Japan

Update on our grant: We have now received $1,100 towards our grant!! We only have $1,400 more to go before we reach our goal. We are blessed!!! An anonymous donor gave $1,000 towards our grant. I wish that I could thank whomever it is. We are truly so thankful. Thank you for your generosity & kindness! You are helping bring a child to their forever family. ❤ We are so thankful to everyone that has given to any or all of our fundraisers. Our goal date for this grant is February 15. Can you help us out?! That is right around the corner. Please consider donating $5, $10, or whatever the Lord would have you give.

Here are the ways you can give:

• Checks should be payable to “Lifesong for Orphans. In the memo, note “Perry/#4024” to assure it goes to the correct account. Please mail to Lifesong for Orphans…

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January fun!

The quickest way to catch up! 🙂  Here are some pictures (not all) of our January fun!

The New Year!!!

We celebrated bringing in the New Year of 2014 by being together. My little sister Mary came over & we had a lot of fun playing games & being silly. Samuel wasn’t able to hang to see the acorn & NYC ball drop, but the rest of us celebrated with sparkling grape juice & I did get a kiss from my honey! 🙂 Mary almost missed ringing in the New Year. She fell asleep right before & I woke her up (by accident) telling her to get her grape juice. Being with family is the best way to bring in a New Year!