3rd Anual Trip to Boise

We had another great trip to Boise to visit Miranda. This year we went in November. It was cold, but it was nice to experience an actual fall season complete with beautiful fall leaf colors. Incidentally, Nevie had the most fun ever playing in the leaves. Among other things, we visited the Nature Center, the Old Penitentiary, the park, and our favorite pizza place, Flying Pie. We enjoyed our time with Miranda and her family. We also got to see some old friends who live in Boise too. All in all, it was a fabulous time!

Love chatting with this girl.

Two of my Loves

Close encounter with some deer.

Pretty fish.

This is what fall is all about.

Sweet face.

Daddy made our family with sticks. Well, only the human members. :)

Halloween 2013

This year Nevie was a fairy princess and Mila wore a spider covered sleeper. It was the only Halloween outfit that fit. Ha! Nevie learned a couple of cute Halloween poems (see video) and we participated in lots of festivies again this year. Halloween cookies. Halloween party at the FTW Club. Pumpkin carving. Halloween parade and party at school. Trick-or-Treating in the neighborhood. Good Times!

First Weeks Home

Say it isn't so.

So Tiny

Flower Child

Sisterly Love

Neighborhood Watch

These two know what's going on in the hood. 

Dora!

Nevie's first play and she loved it. Completely enthralled and was smitten with Diego. I hope that is not a sign of things to come. :) She got the cast to sign her program and took pictures with all of them. She was a little apprehensive when taking the pictures, but that's all she could talk about afterwards.

Mila's Newborn Session

Some of my favorite shots from Mila's newborn session.

I'm A Big Sister!!

Another chunk of time has passed since my last post, but I have a good excuse. I have been a little consumed....we all have....with a sweet baby girl that we call "Mila". I'm still not sure how this happened or how we got so lucky or what we did to deserve this amazing blessing.  The crazy thing is she was a complete surprise!

The super short version of this amazing story is that someone we met three years ago remembered us and still had our contact information. We got a phone call on the day this beautiful baby girl was born and were asked if we wanted to adopt her. Talk about God's plan. Of course our answer was yes. The unfortunate thing was she was six hours away so by the time we talked to the social worker, etc. etc. we had to wait until the following day to meet her, but the moment she was placed in our arms we all were in love. We didn't know we had enough room in our hearts to love another child as much as we love Nevie, but we did. Now we have two of the most amazing children in the world. Mila is so sweet and is quick to brighten your day with her huge gummy smile. And, Nev, well Nev as you all know by now is a charismatic toddler with an adorable personality and lots of love to share. God is great and He must love us for sure.

We named her Milan Maris. Nevie affectionately calls her "Miler-Milers" and is the sweetest big sister. Mila lucked out in that regard. This little bundle of joy was born on October 4, 2013 at 8:32a weighing in at 4 lbs 13 oz and measuring 17 inches long. Needless to say, we are overjoyed!!

The first time we saw her sweet little self.

Admiring my baby sister.

I'm a big sister!! Nev just kept saying "she's so cute."

Precious blessing.

Finally going home! We were lucky to be able to stay in the hospital with Mila. The unlucky part was we were there for 5 days. She would gain an ounce, then lose it, then lose more weight. You wouldn't guess that if you saw her now. :) BTW, she hates the car seat.