Happy Mother's Day 2013!

I haven't had a chance to post in a while. Mostly due to the fact that I am busy doing something that I can't seem to/nor want to break away from- and that is taking care of our newest little miracle Tyler!

Ty was born on April 9th, 2013 at 1:26 a.m. He was 7 pounds 7 ounces and 20 inches long. His birthmother gave me the chance to be there for his birth and I will always be so grateful to her for that, but I will always be extremely grateful for the precious gift that she has given us when she placed Ty with us!  What a true blessing he is in all of our lives.

Now since I'm totally not willing to share any of my time away from Ty and Hayden right now, I will tell his birth story later. Plus it's getting late and I don't think that I will ever be able to catch up on my sleep again! ha ha

Meet our newest little miracle Tyler... we are so in love.

Moments after he was born!

We love our little man so much! First moment Kyle saw and held Tyler.

Hayden is such a proud and wonderful big brother! First time Hayden met Ty in the hospital.

 

We had to do a lot of traveling in the car since Ty was born in California. Look at this adorable 3 day old. Content as can be!

Ty always falls asleep smiling... always! Here he is at 8 days old drifting off to dream land!

Nothing better than brotherly love!  Finally home and all back together again after 1 1/2 weeks. We sent Hayden home with dad after being gone for a week, so that he could get back to school while I waited with Ty until California acknowledged the adoption and told us that it was okay to go home. 

First real smile and coo on Mother's Day morning... BEST. GIFT. EVER! 5 weeks old.

Happy Mother's Day to me! My cup runneth over!

 5 week old smiles are the best. We are over the moon about Ty. He has brought so much joy and peace into our family. We are so in love!

I promise to write down and post our adoption experience. It was extremely beautiful and such a miracle.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!

Adrienne

Spring Break Part 2

The rest of Spring Break was spent down in Saint George with the family!

Hiking the red rock and exploring caves with Nana and Papa!

Having a very uplifting conversation at dinner!! ha ha

Running around with Finn and Jude and some kid we didn't know! ;)

Puzzle time in the condo!

Lots of swimming!

Enjoying some relaxing moments on the deck!

Eating at the Painted Pony... YUM!

Running into and swimming with our buddy Zac!

Park time with Finn!

One more sleepover with Finn and more puzzles!

Meditating brothers, ha ha!

Playing tag in the condo!

Dumpster diving for Papa's lost keys... so sanitary!!

We got the exciting phone call at 3:30 in the morning (the night we drove home from Saint George, of course!!) that Tyler was coming into the world and so we hopped right into the car at 4:00 a.m. with Hayden and my dad in the other seat.  Needless to say, we were all super grumpy but excited for Tyler by the time we arrived in California for his delivery! 

This will always be a memorable Spring Break because it will always remind us of Tyler's birth. We are so, so blessed to have his sweet spirit in our family!!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!!

Adrienne

Spring Break Part 1

We had a very fun Spring Break, mostly spent with our family! 

We went to Get Air and loved every minute of it with our cousins and Grandma!

Hayden got invited to his first sleepover with his cousin Finn. He asked me to pack some pictures for him of Kyle and me because he said, "I am going to miss you so much!"He decided to pack a picture book full of pictures so that he could look at "all of our fun"!

Kubla enjoying the view!

The day after his first sleepover he took a super long nap in the car!! :)

We made a visit to the living planet aquarium with Nana... our favorite place!

We also enjoyed a movie/video game day with just mommy and Hayden!! It was a super fun stay-cation!

KEEP MOVING FORWARD!!

Adrienne