Oh dear, who made that mess?!

I am sweet and innocent and did not make this mess although the evidence is stacked against me.

Ha! Maybe I did :)

And this is Maddox one month later! She is so much fun and continues to ooh and aah us with her sweet nature and her outgoing little personality....and her curiosity continues to get the best of her, example shown above. We now know not to give Maddox a cup full of milk and walk away, even for a minute. She is such a cutie, though, that taking pictures and laughing with her seemed to be the most appropriate thing to do after her "milk bath!"

This time....

This time, twenty months ago, there was a birth mother who chose life for her baby girl.

This time, last year, our family contacted our agency to adopt.

This time, seven months ago, there was a phone ringing and two very excited parents learned of their baby girl.

This time, one month ago, there was a little girl still waiting for her forever family in China.

This time, right now, there is a little girl, our little girl, who is sleeping peacefully surrounded by the love of her forever family.

Maddox blew her first kiss tonight. The receivers, her brothers. Her teacher, MK. They are all eating her up!

Maddox went swimming for the first time today. She has a complete love for the water!

MK said a prayer the other night with Ryan. She said, "Dear God, please help baby Maddox to grow up soon so we can take her to get her fingernails painted. Amen."

MK has a hurt foot. Tonight, after applying medicine to her infected spot, she said, "Hey, mom, can I please have one of those boo-boo bands?" AKA - bandaids.

Masters 2011

Masters has been our theme this week. When you live in Augusta, you live with the Masters....and you love it!

Ryan and I had a day with the boys. What fun for all four of us! The weather was beautiful, the Augusta National was amazing to see, the sandwiches were scrumptious and the golfing, well, it was different - being that we went during a practice round day, the golfers were, you know, practicing.



Pryce relaxed a bit during the early afternoon.....

Our favorite hole....there aren't many patrons who don't call this one a favorite, especially during practice round days. Here, the golfers will "skip" the ball across the water and attempt to make it to the green all in one shot....sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but always it is fun to watch.

Another favorite during the Masters, the people. This guy was seated in front of us. We thought his hat was very creative....he attached his tickets from previous years. The people you meet from all over the world are so fun to talk to and they all have something to share. It is great fun to meet people of different cultures who are gathered here for a golfing event.

As we were leaving, a kind gentleman offered to take our pic. Loved that we were able to get this shot in front of the leader board.

Little Maddox fell asleep early today and Finley decided to cuddle up with her too! So cute.

Funny Masters quote from MK: "Dad, you mean Holy Macaroni didn't win?"

Ryan: "Holy Macaroni? Who is that?"

Colin: "Dad, she is trying to say Rory Mcilroy!"