**better late than never, right? Again, a post started long long ago and just now getting around to finish:) Pretty crazy to look back and see all the changes in just one year!*
What a year we have had! We are thankful for the blessings poured out on us this year by our loving Father. It was a year of change and additions, that is for sure! Some highlights:
January
February
All of the Van Engen's visited!
March
Easter!
April
We traveled to Ethiopia for our first trip to appear in court and meet Elliana. We also found out we were expecting baby #4!
May
Raelynn's first haircut and Declan learns to stand in his crib
Mimi visits
June
Mommy and the kids visited Michigan
We bought our first house and announced our pregnancy using the house as a background.
July
We found out we were having a BOY!
Elliana came home forever!
Declan turned ONE!
We MOVED!
August
We took it slow. Were blessed with meals brought to us and adjusted to three kids and a new home.
September
Elliana learned to "kiss" and would stick out her tongue
We ventured to the zoo!
Made more progress on the yard
Had a welcome home shower for Elliana at Grandma and Tank's house
October
We heard Voddie Baucham and had to get a picture of him with Elliana. He was the first person to hold her in public! (she cried and we were happy:)
Pumpkin farm
We have grass!
Halloween 2013
A princess, a ladybug and a dinosaur
November:
Elliana turned ONE!
Putting up our Christmas tree (first time we've ever done it before Thanksgiving, but we had planned to have a new baby by then...)
December:
Last picture before going in to the hospital.
December 10, Colt was born!
And then there were four...
Christmas pictures (Colt three days old!)
Christmas morning
December 28 we celebrated Elliana's referral day with Ethiopian food!
What a year we have had! We are thankful for the blessings poured out on us this year by our loving Father. It was a year of change and additions, that is for sure! Some highlights:
January
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| Mimi visited!! |
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| Raelynn turned 2 years old |
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| Celebrating Mommy and Raelynn's birthdays |
February
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| Happy Valentine's Day |
March
Easter!
April
We traveled to Ethiopia for our first trip to appear in court and meet Elliana. We also found out we were expecting baby #4!
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| (our announcement to the Frazey family during a slideshow of our trip) |
May
Raelynn's first haircut and Declan learns to stand in his crib
Mimi visits
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| One of my favorite pictures I have of Raelynn |
June
Mommy and the kids visited Michigan
We bought our first house and announced our pregnancy using the house as a background.
July
We found out we were having a BOY!
Elliana came home forever!
Declan turned ONE!
We MOVED!
August
We took it slow. Were blessed with meals brought to us and adjusted to three kids and a new home.
Daddy and his helpers shoveled rock out of the backyard
We painted
Declan went from crawling to climbing on everything
September
Elliana learned to "kiss" and would stick out her tongue
We ventured to the zoo!
Made more progress on the yard
Had a welcome home shower for Elliana at Grandma and Tank's house
October
We heard Voddie Baucham and had to get a picture of him with Elliana. He was the first person to hold her in public! (she cried and we were happy:)
Pumpkin farm
We have grass!
Halloween 2013
A princess, a ladybug and a dinosaur
November:
Elliana turned ONE!
Putting up our Christmas tree (first time we've ever done it before Thanksgiving, but we had planned to have a new baby by then...)
December:
Last picture before going in to the hospital.
December 10, Colt was born!
And then there were four...
Christmas pictures (Colt three days old!)
December 28 we celebrated Elliana's referral day with Ethiopian food!
Love this!! It is such fun to go back and see all that has happened. Hard to believe all that happened in one year! God is so good and gracious! So many blessings you received in 2013!!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to look back over the year and see all the highlights and blessings!
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