Family Reunion

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Here is my 1st podcast.  All those hours in class paid off.  I learned something.

Time Flies By

Well since school got out I am rarely around a computer. So I haven't updated anything. Right now I am learning how to make a podcast. So I am going to try to get one together about the kids and upload it to here. It may take a few days. New adventures that is for sure.
Now about the kids:
Zack is enjoying his summer now that the sun has finally come out for a few days. If it is a little warm then he thinks he should be playing in the water. He wears his swimming suit at least once every day. He is excited to be going to Kindergarten soon. While he waits he digs in the dirt searching for worms. He checks the garden every day to see if anything is ready yet. Of course there isn't. He is just loving being a kid.
Abby is getting bigger all the time. She is sitting up for short periods of time now and if you lay down next to her she attacks. She is enjoying food so much that if she sees us eating she throws a royal fit until she gets something. She is a smarty pants that is for sure. We are just waiting to hear from the lawyer about her court date so we can get things finalized.
We had a great time with our family in Goblin Valley at the end of May and Zack is counting the days until he can go to the Lehi rodeo. He looks forward to that all year. I'm not sure why but at least it is now called the rodeo grounds and not the video grounds. We will go this weekend and then look forward to another long wait.

April/May

So April just flew by. Easter was a lot of fun. We had my family around and it was fun to see the kids looking for eggs. Zack had about 6 egg or candy hunts. He had one at school then Saturday morning we went to the local Smiths and he did the candy hunt. Then we went to Thanksgiving point with my sister Shari and her kids. They did an egg hunt there. Then we stopped by my aunt Lynette's house and Zack got to do another one there with all of their family. Sunday morning the Easter bunny left eggs and goodies so Zack got to find all those eggs and then Grandma and Grandpa Gibson did an egg hunt for all the grandkids and then finally that night his cousin Bryanna came over and they did a little mini egg hunt. Zack loved every minute of it and I was exhausted by the end of the weekend.
Abby is growing and getting so big. We had our last home visit for the adoption finalization and they are excited for us to finalize. We will hopefully get into court to finalize the first part of July. The lawyer is working on getting us a date now. Abby likes to talk to everyone. She really likes to talk to the curtains. It is pretty cute. She is grabbing at everything and gives us big puppy dog eyes when we are eating. We will be heading to the doctor for her 4 month appointment next week. We are wondering how big she has gotten. I will post pictures soon.

March

It has been a busy month. We started out by celebrating a cousins birthday. We went to the Discovery Museum in Salt Lake. The kids had a great time. We got some great pictures. We also went rock climbing with Brad's sister and her family. It was fun to spend time with them. Abby is growing and getting bigger. She is now talking and smiling like crazy. Zack is signed up and ready for kindergarten. He went on a field trip to Cabella's that is one of his favorite places. Here are some pictures from the month.

Busy Busy

We have been home and getting used to life with two kids. Abby has been really good. She is a sweet baby. Zack loves her. Sometimes a little too much, I have to tell him to get out of her face and to leave her alone. He likes to pick her up and carry her around. Sometimes she is content and he thinks that is a good time to bug her. She is a pretty content little thing. So far we have all enjoyed her and are getting back to normal. This week we get to register Zack for Kindergarten, go visit the doctor and then Abby gets to have her two month check up. It should be a fun week.

We get to come home

Well we sent Brad's parent home early tonight. Their flight left at about 5 and we heard at 6 that we were cleared to go home. We missed our flight by one hour. Fortunately we had switched our flights. We will now leave tomorrow at 5. It will get us home at midnight and we are excited. Today we spent in the hotel. We did run to the local walmart to get some snack food to hold us over for a few days. I only got stuff that we can bring home with us. Zack in the process of the last week has gotten all the McDonalds chimpmunks toys. We had to get the last one today so that he could have the whole collection. This is the first time we have ever collected all the toys for one thing. I just tell myself that we were in unusual circumstances. Everyone of us is relieved to be heading home. This has been quite the adventure but we are ready to take Abby home and get the pictures posted that we have been taking. Zack wants to get back to school and Brad is ready to go back to work and school. I am ready to sleep in my own bed and not feel like I am in a small padded room. We have met some wonderful people and have lots of memories. We have gained our sanity back since Brad's parents left. I have come to realize that they needed to come with us so that they could experience the people here to better accept Abby into our family. They have been very skeptical throughout the process, but have learned to love her. Besides who couldn't love this precious spirit from our Heavenly Father.

Monday in Maryland

So we are still waiting to hear that we can leave. I don't think it will be tomorrow. I am anxious to get home and get back to normal life. We are sending Brad's parents home for sure but will stay till we are legal to leave. Abby is doing great. She sleeps for about 4 hours at a time and in the middle of the night it takes me about 10 to 15minutes to feed, change, and put her back to bed. She is a sweet little thing. I hope that when we get home the dream doesn't end. I am to practical for that. Zack and Brad went to DC today to the National Zoo. Some of the exhibits were closed because of the weather but they had a good time. They wore Zack out. He took a nap on the way back in. I'm glad they have done a few things. Well that is all for today. We will all be relieved to go home.