Alea Loves Cookies

Alea LOVES cookies, I mean she really, really LOVES cookies! She enjoys every bite. She often will be "mmmming" after each bite she takes. She talks about cookies all the time and will do ANYTHING for a cookie! Her favorite movie is a Boz Christmas video and in the movie the mom is baking cookies. They name all the cookies, talk about how they smell and taste and they even sing a song about cookies. When this segment is playing, Alea is licking her lips and saying, "Mmmmmm...." Many times she will then ask for a cookie!! This video is such a temptation for her!

Here Alea is after eating and enjoying a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie.

Gotcha Day Continued

Don't look too closely at the cake! I always decorate my girl's cakes and I'm usually proud of them. Braylen wanted a lemon cake and she wanted the Kazakh flag on it. I didn't have much time and picked up Lemon Icing and a tube of blue icing. I should have gotten my tips and bags out, but didn't and ended up with the following. Bray loved it and said it was the bestest cake! That's all that matters :)

Gotcha Day Dinner

We went to Pizza Junction for dinner tonight. It was YUMMY!!! Alea did not want her picture taken, which is why she has her hand over her face!!!

Gotcha Day!!

Today we celebrated Braylen's Gotcha Day. We have been so blessed to have Braylen in our forever family. She is a ray of sunshine each and everyday. Thank you Lord, for answering our prayers!!


Daddy always buys Braylen flowers on Adoption Day.

We always set up a Kazakhstan table with all the things we bought while there.
A gift from Mamaw and Papaw

The girls playing with the new gift.

Open House

Tonight we had Open House at Braylen's school. Alea loved visiting Braylen's classroom. They both had fun in the sand and the loft!

Celebrating with Friends

Our great friends, Rick and Jennifer just got their referral for a BEAUTIFUL baby girl in China! You can read all about it at their blog: www.ourjourneytomalia.blogspot.com

Also, we are thrilled to be walking along side our good friends Dan and Megan as they adopt their precious daughter, Avery from Taiwan (same orphanage as Alea!) You can follow their adoption journey here: www.awaitingavery.blogspot.com

We love adoption! It has been such a blessing to our lives and we love rejoicing with friends who are experiencing the same miracle!! There are no words to describe the miracle of adoption, but we love fellowshipping with others who totally understand!