Showered with Love

My friends gave us the most fabulous baby shower! It was extra special because my mom was able to attend and meet my friends who re my family here in Illinois. The decorations were gorgeous (notice how Molly's name is spelled out and hanging from the mantle). The food was beautiful. And my amazing friends, who have been such a strength and support to us, poured out their love and affection for our precious Molly! Thank you for your love and friendship! I love you!

"Sunday Shots"

3 weeks old

My friend Cheryl gave me the idea of taking a picture of Molly every Sunday after church so that we could see how she changes week by week (not like we're already taking a hundred pictures a day anyway...)! I thought it would be fun to post these photos every Sunday so that you can watch our cute girl too.

3 Weeks Old

Our sweet Molly is 3 weeks old! We finally made it back home last Thursday after living out of a hotel for 3 weeks. It's wonderful to be home and we've had a perfect week getting settled in. Here are some of our highlights from the week:

Hanging out with our farm animal friends on the cute quilt that Grandma hand quilted with love.

The three of us!

Getting loved to pieces by Grandma!

Falling asleep in Daddy's arms.

Holding Mommy's finger while walking around the outlet mall.

It's Official!!!

We got to bring our litlle Molly home from the hospital today! This has been a wonderful and emotional day and we feel so blessed to have Molly become a part of our family. Thank you for all of your love, prayers and support!

Molly is all cozy tucked safe in her car seat!

All dressed up and ready for her first trip into the outside world!

The football hold! This position calms Molly down within seconds!

Molly is such a good little baby! She loves her bottle and is a great little eater!

Shane is already a master at swaddling Molly. She loves it!

Hello precious one!


Watching (or rather sleeping through) her first BYU football game with Daddy!

Look at those beautiful brown eyes!

It's a girl!

Molly Makayla

6lbs 15 oz

20 1/2 long

September 3, 2009

We were planning to wait until the adoption papers are signed on Tuesday to tell everyone, but we've waited so many years to make this announcement we can't contain our excitement any longer. Thank you for your love and support.

Adam-Ondi-Ahman

We're in Missouri visiting family and some of the local church sites. This is a picture taken at the Adam-Ondi-Ahman Valley viewpoint - the valley being behind us. It is a beautiful valley! We're enjoying our review of church history and having a blast playing with our Flip video camera. I'll post a video once I get a hang of the editing and such.

We love our Flip!