Getting props (which helped them keep arm position while sashey-ing across the floor. (don't know how to spell that!)
The waiting room... not sorry to not be keeping Jordan and Maggie entertained and quiet in there any more!
Last day at the Shute Park Outpost!
I have awesome children. And an awesome stroller.
Jordan can play in the grass now if he's supervised! (We haven't been letting him down, because he was eating the grass and choking. But now if we watch him, we can tell him 'no-no' and he understands!)
Jordan didn't go in, but he did go over to see the inside.
Maggie loved it!
Peek-a-boo!
Anna with her two best friends, Trey and Shaylee. So sad we aren't neighbors any more. 🙁
Best friends + siblings
My girlfriends!
This is some of our moving help trying to look handsome. (I asked them to turn around and look handsome) I think anybody moving heavy stuff for me is pretty good looking. (Brian was smokin' that day!)
Getting moved in! Everything in and in the right spot by 2pm! (boxes not unpacked, but all the rugs and furniture set!)
That couch is sooooo heavy.
Lookin' good! (How many men does it take to move a heavy piano and put pads under its feet too?)
Thank you SO MUCH Tamara and Brandon! You made a huge difference!
Feeling at home.
Really feeling at home.
Not exactly a poser yet. But... he does look over at me when I call his name!
We’re just a typical, atypical family in the Pacific Northwest. We homeschool, love Jesus and are learning as we go.
We have three beautiful daughters, born in 2007, 2009 and 2012 and two handsome sons, born in 2009 and 2013. (My sons are Bulgarian – arriving home in 2011 and 2017. If you’re curious about Bulgarian adoptions, I blogged about our experience.).
After learning about the need for adoptive families of children with disabilities, (and here and here) we began the process to adopt our son Jordan (who has Down Syndrome). He arrived home on December 3rd, 2011!. We were in process for Daniel (who has arthrogryposis) January-October 2017. You can see photos from our trips to Bulgaria by looking at June and Nov/Dec 2011 archives and May and October 2017.