Fall Leaves

Sunday we had snow and cold blowing winds. Today is a beautiful sunny warm fall day! Only in MN can you appreciate this kind of weather changes!! Peter loves to play in the leaves and with over an acre of oak trees, we have LEAVES!

We have had a very busy late summer and early fall with kids activities. Taylor just finished tennis team, Hannah finished the volleyball season and then jumped right into hockey. Ricky played adapted soccer in the fall and now starts adapted floor hockey. Greta finished a fun season of soccer and now has started basketball. Peter loves going to all the various games to cheer on his siblings! His passion is hockey, though and he seldom is outside without a hockey stick in his hand. I will be very surprised if he doesn't play hockey some day!!!

We spend as much time as we can outside knowing that Minnesota winter is just around the corner! God bless....

Monster Mash

Peter loves this halloween decoration. When the button is pushed, it plays "Monster Mash." He looks like Frankenstein as he dances along with the music so I couldn't resist buying this Frankenstein costume for him! It's also appropriate for a little guy who wants to eat all day long! The pocket says FEED ME!" He is at such a fun age and we enjoy him more and more everyday!!

One Year Ago...

Wow! What a difference a year makes! Last year at this time we were anxiously awaiting news from Guatemala on when Peter's paperwork might be complete. Although we found out after he came home with us that he was officially our son on Oct. 3, 2007, we were not able to bring him home until Jan. 30, 2008. His paperwork was sitting on someone's desk one year ago while we were waiting and wondering why we weren't hearing anything from Guatemala! He should have been home with us for Christmas (and Halloween and Thanksgiving!). You forget all that however once your child is safely in your home! We are just so blessed to have brought him home at 9 months when so many others are still waiting for Guatemalan officials to release their files so their children can also come home. Please be in prayer for the waiting children and their families. We follow so many of their stories on their blogs and it breaks our hearts to see the pain they feel while waiting so long...it certainly could have been us too!

Peter is almost 18 months! The time has flown by. What a sweet little boy he is. He is all boy too. He LOVES airplanes, cars and trucks....anything that has wheels and makes lots of noise. He loves his siblings and plays so nicely with Ricky, especially! They are roomies and lifelong buddies! It's so fun to see how brothers bond. In a house with 3 girls it's a refreshing change! Peter is a big fan of Barney and Seseme Street. He loves music and does the funniest dances when he hears a song that "moves him"!!! What a difference one year makes. We could never have imagined the joy that this little boy could bring to our family!!!