Cribs are for Babies

We were hoping that Ike could move to a big boy bed at some point in the near future, but we didn't think the transition would be so easy and quick.  I put the guestroom matteress on the floor and bought him a ball quilt (he still has a thing for balls).  We would put him in there at night when he would wake up in the crib and during naptime.  Now he wants nothing to do with the crib and will only sleep in the bed.  This is good news for us becuase the new baby can have the crib right away, but Ike is turning into a big boy so so fast.

T-Ball Christmas

Aunt Danielle, Uncle Clint and Krissy gave Ike a TBall set for Christmas that he clearly loved, and we all loved watching him play with it.

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas with the Vigil family!  Ike is a weeee bit out numbered when it comes to boys vs girls, but he loves every minute of all the attention he gets from the big girl cousins.

 Look at all those pretty girls!

Ike helping Nana rearrange the village.

One of Ike's favorite things these days is falling on pillows, and Krissy is always up for playing with Ike.  These two are so precious together!

December

What has Ike been up to this December....

He unrolled a whole roll of toilet paper into a nice pile.

Ike really wants to share a binky with Dante....

and he just doesn't understand why Dante doesn't appreciate the generous offer.

He loves playing with his cousin Krissy.

Fascinated by the tree...

This is my best effort to get a picture of all three boys by the tree. Three boys looking at the camera...a lot of work and luck.  Three boys smiling and looking at the camera....IMPOSSIBLE!

Sporting Dino jammies

CUTE!

Awww so sweet.  Sometimes Sam reads the words in the book and sometimes he just makes up his own story as he goes.  Ben and Ike don't care- they just love being read to.

up....down....UP

The ups and downs of our journey to have a second child continue.  I am happy to say this time I have "up" news.  Last week we received a call from the adoption agency about a potential match.  They asked us if we would like to have our book shown and after a lot of discussion and prayer we said yes.  I emailed Sandi (our adoptive parent counselor) in the morning and she called me that evening telling me the birth mother had picked us.

This is what we know..... Shamel (birth mother) is 20 years old and has a 18 month old son (Hayden). She has decided to give this baby up for adoption because the birth father is not interested in parenting and she does not have the means to support another child.  Yesterday Shamel had an ultrasound and mom and baby are both doing well.  Baby had his or her legs crossed so the gender will remain a mystery until the birth.  The due date is February 10th so induction will probably be the 3rd of February.

Denny and I are cautiously excited.  We pray that all goes well and we will be welcoming baby #2 in February.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

Where are...

I felt like it was time for a video of this cute little guy!

It is a no go....

The adoption agency still has not heard from Hope and we have not heard from her either.  I did really want to find out what was going on though so I created a fake facebook page (with fake info and name) and requested the birth father as a friend.  Sadly, for us, it was very obvious by his facebook page that he and Hope are both planning on parenting this baby boy.  We were not surprised by this but it is nice to know that it is now time to just move forward.

We are sad that Hope felt like she couldn't just tell us what was going on and let us know she had changed her mind.  However, we are forever grateful for her and her blessing us with our amazing baby boy, Ike!

There is still more to come for us in our adoption story, and I will keep everyone up to date when I feel like it is the right time to share.