Our baby boy is 3!!!!

Jacob celebrated his 3rd birthday in 4 states!!! Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and finally Colorado



These beautiful pictures were taken near Nonnie's house in

Estes Park, Colorado

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our family to yours

The love of Jesus Christ

......there is no greater gift

Thanks Angel

Angel, a very special mommy with a huge heart, made this beautiful slideshow. The families in this show were created by the miracle of God called adoption.

You may see a familiar face towards the end :)

Thanks Angel for your huge heart and awesome faith. You can read all about Angel and her precious family here http://thevoiceofadventure.blogspot.com/.

A peek into our house at Christmas

Mommy's favorite ornament
Jacob's new favorite...Santa's gonna bring him a big chew chew twain if he's a good boy :)

Jacob's favorite last year

Our tiny manger scene. We are going to a blessing tomorrow of our baby Jesus. We bring him and a box to mass with us. After the blessing, the children will wrap our Jesus in a small box. On Christmas day, we open the "present" and place him in manger.

Our Advent Wreath. I won't actually light it, because it is within Jacob's reach. We do pray the daily Advent prayer, we just don't light it. (Gotta straighten up that pink candle)
I didn't do any garland around the tree this year. Looks like something is missing. I think next year Daddy, Jacob and I will make some popcorn and cranberry garland for the tree.
I bought that snowman screen online. I didn't realize how small it was. I think it looks good in front of my acutal screen though. What do you think?

IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!

IN SOUTH LOUISIANA!!!!!!!!!!

My boys aren't as excited about it as I am. Jacob wouldn't let Daddy put him down....too cold he said!!!

Ornaments

Not a great picture, but I love this Forever Family ornament from Hallmark.





I bought these personalized ornaments last Christmas and forgot how much I loved them until I unpacked them last weekend. I also bought a few for family members as Christmas gifts, they are of high quality...and they're cute! I got them here http://ornamentshop.com/


I'm still working on getting everything together for this year. When I do, I'll post some pictures.

Fun at the Aquarium