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It has been a long time since I’ve blogged. Last time I wrote about the heartbreaking experience of saying goodbye to the two girls in foster care who were living with us. Now we have two wonderful children who we were able to adopt and a beautiful baby boy who I just gave birth to three weeks ago. We’ve been through a lot of changes and it has been tough but so worth it. I love our little family and I can’t wait to tell you about it. And now that I’m sitting at home recovering from a C-section, I have time to sit down and blog. That’s one nice thing about not being allowed to do the cleaning. 🙂

Adoption

These are our kids. Aren’t they adorable? Shortly after we had to say goodbye to our girls, I got a facebook message from one of my cousins. There was a family in her ward who was looking for a family to adopt their kids. Their grandma had adopted them several years before but was unable to continue to take care of them. It was time for her to become Grandma again instead of Mom. We talked with their grandma and scheduled a time to meet Olivia and Joziah. We got to hang out with them for a few hours one weekend and then we had them come stay at our house over Easter weekend. Then we met their caseworker and before we knew it, they were moving in with us.

Olivia is very loving towards her parents but is hesitant to give hugs to others. She absolutely adores animals and small children and is the best little caretaker when given the opportunity. She’s a bit of a tomboy, which I love. I was nervous to have a girl and thought I’d have to do hair and paint nails and buy princess things. Turns out I don’t have to do any of that, in fact, she’d be very upset if I tried. She also LOVES softball and Michael Jackson. Thanks to her grandma and aunt for teaching her to like good music. 🙂 She is also very smart and likes to get straight A’s in school to earn a trip to Leatherby’s for ice cream.

Joziah is very loving towards absolutely everyone. He loves to do anything that is fun and exciting. He has a ton of energy and recently ran his first 5K and won third place for male child. He also loves climbing things -poles, hills, trees, etc… He is very smart and is quite proud of the fact that he got put in the advanced class this year in school. He wants to join the army someday like his dad and he loves anything that is camo or has planes or tanks or guns on it. He also loves ABBA and Michael Jackson (especially dancing to Michael Jackson). Once again, thanks to his grandma and aunt for teaching him to like good music.

On November 12, 2014 the adoption was finalized and they became ours legally. On November 29, 2014 we were sealed in the temple and they became ours forever. They are our kids. We’ve loved these kids since the day we first heard about them and we only love them more each day that we get to spend time with them. Of course it isn’t always easy, parenting never is, but it is definitely worth it!