Monday, October 22, 2007

Carolina Hope Adoption Agency - Greenup interview

As many of you know, adoption is on our heart and a big part of our life. We recently did an interview with an adoption agency that is just beginning their adoption program from Ethiopia. Here is the link to the interview if you are interested in reading it. http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/ is the site of their blog, which by the way is probably the best Gospel-centered adoption blog I have come across.

Here is the link to the interview we did: http://www.carolinahopeadoption.org/blog/archives/120

Friday, October 19, 2007

Heidi's birthday is the 1st of October and Julie's is on the 4th...so it was a mutual celebration.
The two sisters!I highly recommend Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes!
Suprisingly, Ezra didn't like the high concentration of sugar, so most of the cake was uneaten. We celebrated all three of these birthdays at the same time, even though Ezra's is September 1st.
Compliments to Heidi for a nice birthday cake for Ezra!
Connie, Dustin's older sister, turned 30 on the 11th of October. Yogi organized a huge suprise party for her at the Spaghetti Factory. This isn't the greatest of pictures, but it was a fun celebration.





Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Ezra and Mama

Well, here is the update I told you I was going to post several weeks ago. Ezra is growing, and continues to reach milestones each week. (That is about as detailed as I am going to go.)
We needed to take some pictures of Ezra in his Ethiopian outfit before he outgrows it, which will probably be next week.
Ezra's favorite place is in his mama's arms
He is pulling himself up to the couch and walking alongside the couch. Probably only a few weeks until he trys to walk by himself.
There have been several occassions that Ezra crys for a while before he actually falls asleep during his nap time, but this is a favorite position of his...face plastered to the mattress sheet while he is perched up on his knees and his little bottom sticking staight into the air. We kind of think he is going through a growth spurt...he has been taking 2 1/2 hour naps, twice a day, and sleeping between 12-13 hours at night.