Referral Day – 2 years later

Two years ago today we saw this photo for the first time and it literally took my breath away standing in Mike’s office.

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Here she was this morning helping me make waffles. We love her so much and are so blessed that she is ours.

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The Garage – Before and After

There is nothing like a new car to motivate you to park both cars in your “2 car garage”. Nine and a half years after moving in our house we now have both cars inside and the shelves organized 🙂 Moving the bricks was the worst of it. Whoa!

Before:

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Before

And after – with the bikes and Nadia’s trailer hanging from the ceiling. New shelves above the freezer and on the left side. And a whole lot of stuff given away on Freecycle.

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Thankful Thursday

  • For Nadia when she runs up to hug my leg and say, “I love you mama.”
  • For the amazing progress that Cynthia has made.
  • For sweet baby Kate and 2 parents who love her.
  • For my friends who just told me that they were about to have a ‘suprise’ baby added to their family. Congratulations! I can’t wait to meet her/him.

A little Nadia

Here are a few photos of Nadia just for fun 🙂 First with her new toy I picked up today. She played with it for about 3 hours and did NOT want to stop.

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Finger painting fun.

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But then her paper wasn’t good enough so she moved onto her belly!

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