Happy Birth Mother's Day

May 9, 2009

May 8, 2010

A year ago tomorrow was the Saturday before Mother's Day. It was Birth Mother's Day. And coincidentally, it was the first time we met Katrina and her family in person. It was also the day we learned that this year would be the first time our little family would celebrate Mother's Day. Tomorrow wouldn't be complete without today. We feel so blessed that we were able to celebrate this special day with Cohen's amazing Tummy Mummy. Thanks for being a part of our family, Katrina. We love you!

22 Days in England

Megan’s sister Allison has been living in England for the last couple of years.  She, her husband Shayne, and their oldest son Josh went to Zambia to work with Mothers Without Borders for a few weeks.  We stayed with their other kids, Hailie, Ethan and Olivia while they were away and toured the beautiful country of England.

We were traveling on Easter, so Cohen got his Easter Basket the next day.  Here he is enjoying his first chocolate bunny. 

Cohen checking out his shadow at Stonehenge

Sitting on a cannon at Dover Castle

The British Museum

Inside Rochester Castle
(check out Cohen's shoes--Sam made them!)

England was much cooler than we expected.  It was beautiful and there is so much to see and do.  We also got a taste of what it will be like when we have more children since we were taking care of four of them then entire time.  They kept us so busy that both Sam and I lost a few pounds!  It was great spending time with all of them and Cohen loved getting to know his cousins.  We're excited to see them again this summer when they come to Utah.

Happy Valentine's Day

It's Legit!

Cohen is finally legally our son.  What a relief!  In Utah (where we live) adoptions aren't made final until at least 6 months after placement.  Of course Cohen has felt like our son since we first brought him home, but it's nice to know that the law now sees it that way.

Our legit family outside the court room with
our adoption attorney and adoption worker. 

The very next day (which also happened to be Megan’s birthday—talk about THE BEST birthday present ever!) we went to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity.  This experience was truly a sacred event that will stay with us forever. 

Then, the day after that, Cohen had his baby blessing at church.  Below is a picture of him with Katrina at our house after the blessing. 

What an amazing few days!  We are truly blessed!!!

Merry Christmas

Adoption Walk

Last Saturday we went to Liberty Park for the annual Families Supporting Adoption 5K Adoption Walk. The walk is to raise awareness of adoption. It was great to see some of our friends from the adoption world and to see so many people whose lives have been blessed through the miracle of adoption.

The fire department even showed up to give kids tours of their trucks. This was a lovely coincidence since Katrina is a trained firefighter.

Happy Holloween!

Our family dressed up as a pumpkin patch. I think this costume will probably still fit Cohen next year, so we may do the same thing next Halloween. We went to Megan's sister Lisa's house for their annual family Halloween party and ate Chili, donuts and homemade rootbeer. Cohen was definitely the hit of the party, but he didn't seem to enjoy his costume as much as everyone else!