First Costume Party.

We went to Lakin's first birthday yesterday and being so close to Halloween it was a costume party. Here are some pics of our little pixie and some of her friends. Here she is granting all of Gavin's wishes! Or more likely our little flirt was trying to get his attention, I think it worked. LOL. I think she likes to dress up, she kept the floral wreath on almost the whole time and made quite a beautiful little pixie. Of course that's just my opinion but I think you'll agree. Aunt Alexa thanks for the costume and wand. We only added the floral tiara and a new set of wings. :)

Getting to know everyone!

Here are few shots of Julia throughout our trip to Maine. She really enjoyed showing Aunt Kim and Riley her pictures from China. Great Grammy Kinney was still recovering from her surgery the week before so I think Julia was a little bit intimidated, but she more than made up for it the morning we left. We stopped by Gram's to say good-bye and she got some of the best "bye-bye kisses" that I've ever seen Julia give anyone! They made quite a game of it. Of course then the camera was packed.

Julia seems to have a fascination with animals. She adored Cleo and Cleo tolerated all the love quite well. She's such a sweet dog.

Aunt Alexa Julia is showing off her "Children's Place" outfit for ya! Actually she was just showing how good she's getting at standing up. Her legs get stronger every day and her confidence is building. She's going to take off on us anytime now.

The last shot is of her and Daddy kicking back in Tulsa, getting some down time before we headed back to Texas. We knew Grammy Hall would want to see this one.

Visiting the Pumpkin Patch

Finally getting around to posting these. While we were in Maine we couldn't help but stop out to Stewart Farm and visit the Pumpkin Patch. We took Brendan with us and let him pick out a pumkin since Julia really didn't get it but she was happy to be outside, despite the wind and the fact that for us it was a little chilly. At least we managed to get a few pictures and it was a nice fall day.

Dedication Sunday!



Sorry it's taken so long to post new pictures. I've been exhausted since getting home and Julia has been giving me zero time on the pc! Here are a few shots from Julia's dedication and visting Great Grandma's after. It meant so much to know that our church family still supports us so many miles away. And even more that my family came out to show their support as well. Love you all!

Riley and Julia spent lots of time together with him lugging her around. She's sure missing him since we've been home and so is Mama, what a break for my arms! Julia definitely discovered the joys of cousins and uncles on this trip! She did quite well with Aunt Kim, Aunt Sue and Kylee as well!! The uncles took the longest for her to warm up to but she finally did, I'm sure this week she's wondering where everyone is at and why we couldn't stay longer. Hopefully next time, though we of course have no idea when that will be. Julia handled the travel much better than Mama or Daddy did I think. We were completely worn out!

I'll post more pictures from the trip in the next few days, as soon as I get another few minutes on the computer.

Keeping Busy!

Sorry it's been so long since we've posted. It's been a bit busy here and then Ray and I were both sick with Strep last week, (Thank God Julia didn't get it!), and now tonight we are packing for our trip to Maine. All of that, along with playgroup, a quick trip to Tulsa to leave Lacey with the only friends I know that will spoil her more than she already is (thanks Carm!!) and we hit the road tomorrow for Dallas and fly out early Thursday morning. In the mean time, here are a few shots of Julia to keep you all happy til we get some of her with her cousins in Maine. The dog in the shot belongs to my friend Christi from our spouses group and Julia just loved Delilah, she's truly a beautiful dog and very sweet! And since we did have that quick trip to Tulsa it wouldn't be right not to put a picture of Whitney and Sydney holding Julia. They both clamored to take a turn and sure had a lot of fun entertaining her! It'll be nice when we get back from Maine to actually spend a day or so with them as opposed to a couple of hours. Looking forward to that too. :)

Julia's definitely keeping us busy. She's getting stronger every day and now has decided that she likes to climb. She can get onto the couch all by herself and I turned today to find her sitting on the end table just like she belonged there. I have the feeling we're going to have a few bruises, doesn't help that her skin bruises so easily too. She just has to get a little bump and she's instantly turning colors. Poor baby. She's definitely going to be hard to keep up with! More baby proofing is going to have happen when we get back from Maine! LOL. She's doing great though and is such a wonder to be around. People have started commenting how strange it is that she acts so much like Ray and I...too funny...they are referring to how she will take a few minutes to decide about a new person but once she decides then she is very open and happy around them. Guess I didn't realize Ray and I were like that. haha.

Anyways. I got no sleep last night so I really need to get some tonight because tomorrow is going to be very busy!! Wish us luck and those of you in Maine we'll see you very soon!!