Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Newest Addition to the Fam

Isn't he sweet? He loves people and he loves to smile...I love that about him.

Baby Shower Love

A few of us girls threw a baby shower for one of my oldest friends this weekend. And by oldest I don't mean age, I mean that I have known her my entire life! It's a pretty cool thing, and hopefully one day our kids will be able to say they too have known eachother for their entire lives.

Lauren is having a boy, and she is due on May 2nd, but maybe the little guy will grace us with his presence sooner. Here are a few details from the day as documented by Shanni, one of my fabulous photographer friends. You can check out her blog here for some of her other work. Details, details, details...

So excited to meet the little Furtado!

Monday, March 2, 2009

The Weekend

We had a mellow day for Brian's birthday on Saturday...slept in, made breakfast, finished the latest "Lost" episode, etc. Then we ended up heading down south a bit to Marina with our fabulous friends and good neighbors, the McLelans. The boys needed to fit in a birthday surf session and there were no waves in town, so we decided to make an afternoon of it. It was beautiful! It's amazing how much clearer and brighter the water is down there. AnnHelen and I enjoyed ourselves on the beach chatting away and taking photos while the boys surfed their hearts out.



On our way back from Marina we stopped at Chris and Anna's house so that we could be there when they got home from the airport with their new little man. It was so special to be a part of his homecoming. This new little guy is now offically home, no more moving from place to place and he now has a family to be a part of. He stole my heart right when they took him out of the car.

He is so precious! He's 5 months old and he looks like a little peanut, I love it. You can see how tiny he is sitting next to his 6 week old cousin in the second picture. It's so neat to think that these two little ones with such different beginnings will grow up together and probably be best buddies.




The whole adoption process is amazing. I am so happy for Chris and Anna, and so thankful for their example of amazing patience and reliance on God through this whole process. They were and are such an inspiration to so many people.