Backpacks and New Shoes...

...We're ready for preschool!  

Anna Corbin's teachers had mailed her a picture of themselves...genius!  She has been walking past it for a week saying their names.  She was the first one in the room.  She walked right in, hung up her backpack, sat at the table, and never even looked back at me.  This girl was ready!

 

Chesson was a little more hesitant about going into his room.  I think it was just first day of school jitters...I always got them!  We found his cubby, then he saw those toys on the table and he was hooked.  

I promptly went to the grocery store all.by.myself!  I bought everything on my list...this is no small feat people.  I always forget a couple of things...even if they are on the list.  Then, I came home and put it all away in a semi-organized fashion (not a really organized fashion...let's not get too carried away), and I didn't leave anything the in car.  

We all had a great morning:o)  

Weslyn's Fun First

The very best part of our trip to Jacksonville was celebrating Weslyn's first birthday.  Let me tell you, this is one cute, cute girl.  You know the kind, you just can't take your eyes off of her.  We love her so much and were beyond excited to celebrate her birthday!

Lawton and Sarah made this sprinkler out of pvc pipe -- incredible!

cake time

i think she liked it

this is a dream come true for chesson - an entire layer of cake in one hand and a cupcake in the other!

the graves families

stop it - i can't handle all this cuteness

Happy Birthday sweet girl!!

Jacksonville

We spent the long weekend in Jacksonville with Corbin's family!  What fun!

Lincoln Logs - hours of entertainment

2 of our favorite girls!!  Weslyn turned one while we were there....her birthday party will get it's own post!

looking cool

Sarah taught us how to cut Chesson's hair.  Here's the before

And the after - love it!

Gigi and G'daddy - everyone is looking AND smiling...whoohoo!

Thanks for having us!  We had a wonderful time! 

The Sarah Era

Recently a man spoke to Corbin's Bible Study about family.  Someone asked him what he did to raise such an incredible children.  The man said, "My wife and I prayed for our children, and we loved them, but what impacted them the most what not what we did, it's who we brought into our home.  Other people impacted them the most."  That statement truly captures how we feel about Sarah.  As our year with her draws to a close, we are confident our lives are forever better for having her join our family.    

 Her smile is contagious,

 

 her laughter is joyful,

and her love is real. 

Sarah Werner, we love you and we'll miss you from the tops of our heads to the tips of toes.  

Act Cool

Anna Corbin has been a yogurt and fruit kind of girl.  For almost a year most of her meals consisted of just that.  Clearly, she would eat goldfish, animal crackers, and the like....but as far as 'real' food, it was limited.  

On a whim this spring I planted some carrot seeds.  I pulled one out the other day to see how big they were and much to my surprise, Anna Corbin wanted a bite.  So, I just calmly handed her the carrot, like it was something we do everyday.  I've learned that if she senses my excitement she will immediately reject a food:o)  

I must have been acting very cool, because she ate the entire carrot!  People, this is HUGE. And if we're going to be honest, it the first vegetable she's eaten since she moved to table food.

WAHOOOOOO - I do not have to act cool on the blog do I?

Honey!

I spilled my stir fry all over my lap at dinner tonight.  It was just one of those evenings....with a big sigh I started to clean up the sticky rice.

Anna Corbin looked at me with a big smile and said, "Honey. You made a mess."

I guess she's heard that a time or two:o)

Soaring into 4

The elementary school teacher in me can rarely resist a play on words....I know it's cheesy, but I just can't help myself.  We celebrated Chesson's 4th birthday at the airport!

showing off his new plane

pretending to be planes

talking about planes

planes taking off 

getting ready to eat airplanes

Thanks friends, for celebrating with us!  We love you Chesson!