Drew is 12!!!

Drew's birthday--He is turning into such a great young man! I love you Drew!!!!!!

Birthday pics

I finally have taken time to put a few pics up of the girls' birthdays. They are both such blessings to us and we love them both so much!!!

Miss Maia's 4th Birthday!!!

And...here (still 4 months late ;-) are my sweet angel's birthday pics!

Little Ladybug's Birthday!!!

OK, this is only 4 months late ;-) Here are some pics of my beautiful little ladybugs 2nd birthday. She did have such a great day! Here are some pics of the day!!!

I love this time of year!

OK, I am still not doing great at keeping up with this. I absolutely love this time of year--fall, my girls' birthdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas--wanting that first snow!!! I will try to actually get some pics of these events up in the next couple of days. Maybe naptime will bless me with some time today ;-)

More summer pics!

Just wanted to add some more random shots of our family. These are all still courtesy of my dear sister--I still have to add some of my pics to my computer. Here are some more shots of my FAB FIVE!!!





Just wanted to add some more random shots of our family. These are all still courtesy of my dear sister--I still have to add some of my pics to my computer. Here are some more shots of my FAB FIVE!!!

the clock will strike midnight...

The smallest Koreans decided to give Aunt Melia the welcome that should have been upon her return from Vietnam, complete with flowers, a balloon and a hug from 2 awake girls.


From earlier this summer, Dad giving Drew some advice on the diamond..

summer 08

Maia's 3rd Birthday!

Maia is 3!!!

Ok, a bit late on getting these pictures out, but Miss Maia turned 3 years old on the 10th. WOW! I can't believe she is 3 already! She had a great day. Her aunt, Katie, and cousins, Ally and Brooklyn, came to spend the day on Tuesday with us. We had a fun lunch at the park and lots of playground time. Wednesday was a very busy day, so we just had cupcakes at the Baugher's that evening for her actual birthday. Saturday we FINALLY had her party (poor girl...and Noah who just has NO patience waiting for the party!)
She is growing up so fast. She is such a special little girl, who for all the drama ;-) is such a sweet, sensitive and smart girl. We are so blessed to have her in our lives! Happy (late) Birthday our beautiful Asian princess--we all love you so very much!!!

Emma's Birthday!

Wow, I can't believe my sweet girl is 1!!! She is only 6 weeks old to me ;-) We had a fun day Saturday at her brothers' ball games, which she loves because she is outside! It was an emotional day for me, but how fun it is to celebrate. Sunday was her birthday party, and it was so much fun. The poor girl didn't know what to think of everyone singing to her, but she loved the frosting on her cake.
We also took some pictures of Emma and Maia in their Hanboks (Korean formal wear) at the park. Enjoy the pictures!!!

Yeah! For Good News!

We have had GOOD news with Emma's health the past couple weeks! Two of the things that made her a "special needs" baby were a hole in her heart (ASD), and ROP (retinopathy of prematurity -- yes, I butchered it). In the last week and a half, we have found out that the hole in her heart has finally closed and that her left eye (the one they were more concerned about) is fine as well! God has healed our sweet angel of 2 needs that could have had lasting affects for her. YEAH!!! There are a few other things to keep an eye on but nothing serious. We are so excited to have this good news! Thank you for your continued prayers for Emma and our family!

Natalie and Tenasia are officially...

Baugher's! I am so excited for them that the journey to making them their's is over!!! Praise God! Now we can all just focus on the fun of the kids' instead of having court always looming in the back of the mind. All praise to God for making it an easy enjoyable day, with right's signed over, instead of long and stressful.

11 months old!

I can't believe that our sweet angel is 11 months old already! Boy, time sure does fly...oh, I guess it has been only 2 weeks home ;-) Really, I am SO not ready to be celebrating her 1st birthday in less than a month. October 6 she will be 1 year old!!! We are still having a few grieving issues, but it is much better. I think she is starting to get used to this place, and these strange looking people. She adores her brothers and sister. Mommy and Daddy can't get her to laugh, but the boys especially have her laughing in a heartbeat! I put a new picture on the side, but it didn't post very well. For some reason it stretched out or something. Thanks for keeping up with our crew, and for all of your prayers!!!

Emma at home!

Home Again!

Ok, for a week and a half now, but we are home! Emma is an absolute JOY, and her brothers and sister are in loooove with her ;-) We have had some issues with jet lag, thankfully getting much better every day. We also had some definite grieving on her part--poor thing, I would too!! She decided to save that for the middle of the night as well. I think she has done very well for the amount of change this sweet little thing has been through, especially at almost 11 months old. I will post details about our amazing trip later, but wanted to let you know we are slowly coming out of our lack of sleep selves, and SO enjoying our family of 7!!!!! Thank you all so much for your prayers. They were definitely felt--especially on the flight home ;-)

1 more day!

Hello all! We get to see Emma again in about 4 hours. I can't wait! We leave tomorrow morning at 8am from here after Dr. Kim prays over our sweet girl (know I'll cry at that one!). Please pray for our sweet girl as she has so many new adjustments coming her way. Also lift up her wonderful foster family as they give her to us. We found out that this wonderful woman only keeps children with special needs--what an angel!!! She has definitely helped our little one! Thanks for all of your prayers. Will try to post pictures tonight of our visit today.

btw--really wish I could read hangul, it would be much easier to post as I don't know what to click on ;-)

Our first visit with Emma!!

Hello Seoul!!

After a VERY long day yesterday, where the sun never went down, we are HERE!! I am so excited to be in the land of my babies' birth! Will try to update as we can. We are off to hold some babies in the nursery and give them some lovin' ;-) then on to see the city! We are exhausted and are so messed up with sleep (@4 hours in 48 hours...not much to go on) but hopefully can push through it all and have a blast!
We'll try to post soon--we don't get to see our baby girl until Monday morning at 10:00 here (8:00 Sunday night midwest time) but will let you know, if we can even describe it, how our meeting goes! We can't wait to see her!

To my wonderful kids at home--mommy and daddy miss you SO much!! We can't wait to show you pictures and share with you how wonderful Korea is! We love you!

If you see my kiddos, give them a big kiss for me ;-) and make sure my mom is making it ;-)

Here we go!!!

We are leaving in the morning for KC. Thank you all for your prayers for us, and can't wait until we get back with our precious girl! Please pray, as it is hard on all of us leaving the boys' and Maia behind. We will try to update this as often as we can. See you in a week!
Love you all!!!