Time for a Visit from the Tooth Fairy!!

A very loose tooth!!Open up wide!!

It hurts a bit, but Braylen never cried! I think if mommy or daddy would have been pulling, there would have been plenty of tears, but she was brave for Brittany!!

There it is! A bit freaked by the blood :)

Something's missing!!!

Tonight, Braylen lost her first tooth!!! Brittany had the honor of pulling it. Braylen has been working and wiggling it for weeks now and when I picked her up from Awana, it was hanging there! She is so proud to finally be able to chart it on the tooth chart at school tomorrow!!!

Happenings

Brittany's Brownies for school!

Brittany's new hair cut--isn't it so cute????

Tonight at Student Impact, they went bowling. If they came dressed up as something related to bowling, they won a gift card to Walmart!!

They were very sleepy!!!

At the Pow Wow last Saturday

Pillow Fight with Daddy

Daddy and his girls

Not too much happening here lately, just having fun being a family of 5 now. Braylen got glasses on Friday, I'll take a picture this week and post. We are gearing up for Braylen's 7th birthday. She will have a party with family on Saturday and then a party with friends the following weekend. Should be lots of fun!!

Gotcha Day

Yesterday we celebrated Braylen's Gotcha Day. We started the day off at a birthday party for friends at the Y. The girls swam and had a great time. Then we met Mamaw and Papaw at Outback for dinner. Then it was off to Chuck E Cheese for games. We ended the day at Toys R Us. It was a great day of celebrating Braylen!!! Let me tell you about the cake. I asked Braylen what kind of cake she wanted me to make for her and she totally came up with all of this on her own. She said, "I want a volcano with strawberries shooting out of it. Then I want a purple dinosaur made out of blueberries!!!" So, I make a white cake and covered it with whipped cream. I made the volcano out of mandarin oranges, the lava from strawberries, a blueberry dino and a "B" for Braylen out of grapes! It was YUMMY!! You may not be able to tell what it is, but she loved it!!!

6 Years Ago Today

"We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life. But those who make their journey home across time and miles, growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them, are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us by God's very own hands." Kristi Larson

Today we celebrate GOTCHA day for Braylen! Six years ago today she became officially part of our forever family. She changed our entire world! She changed us in ways we never dreamed possible, and you know what??? We have never looked back! Thank you Braylen for making us who we are today...thank you God that our "Plan B" was your "Plan A" all along!!!! Thank you for the blessing of adoption. It truly is a miracle how a little baby halfway around the world was placed into our lives forever! We are BLESSED!!!!!

What We've Been Up To!!!

Brittany's room

The Hallway

The bathroom

Brad and I are officially certified foster parents and our first foster daughter will be moving in with us this weekend! Brittany will be the newest member of our family. She is 16 years old and needed a space of her own, so we finished the basement! We've always had the playroom down there, but we finished the back half into a bedroom, bathroom and utility room. It is not complete, but close! Still needs some trim, hardware, that kind of thing, but basically it is finished. Brittany's room still needs things hung on the walls, but all that will come with time! We have been working late into the night and all weekend longs for several weeks now and it is finally almost done! YAY!!! Brad, my dad and I did all the work except mudding and sanding the drywall. Brad and Dad did the majority :) We will be glad when this project is over because then we get to start the kitchen flooring!!! UGH...........