Happy 1st Birthday Kacy!

Proud parents!

Kacy was not crazy about everyone singing Happy Birthday to her.

First taste

She loved her cake!

First ice cream cone.


It amazes us that a year has already passed. Not only is Kacy 1 now, but Dathan is nearly 3 years old. We are so blessed that God has placed these 2 precious children in our care. We love watching them grow and change, and at times can't wait for stages to end quicker than others, but overall try to cherish all the time we have with them.

Kacy is best described as "sweet". She is smiley and such a happy little girl. She had her 1 year Dr. appt. today and weighed in at 23 1/2lbs and 29 1/2 inches long. She loves to play pat-a-cake, wave bye bye, cruise furniture and walks pushing toys around the house, she says "day day" for Dathan, "dada" and "na na" for no no. She can already throw tantrums when she does not get what she wants or something is taken away. She has stranger anxiety and separation anxiety so leaving her at the church nursery or with a babysitter in nearly impossible. Thankfully she seems to be more consistent with sleeping through the night and is finally sleeping past 5 am. She likes to cuddle and gets shy when people talk to her. We look forward to another fun year with her!

Jumping and Dancing

It seems we cannot keep Dathan from jumping off of stuff these days. I am constantly on him to not jump off the couch, bed, chairs, etc. I take him 2 times a week to the inflatable play place we have in town so that he can jump, but it doesn't seem to get it out of his system. Kacy on the other hand has begun dancing. She bounces up and down to music and knows she's pretty cute. I get comments all the time about what a big smile she has.

Carrots from our mini garden.

Jumping off the bed.

One morning this week Dathan came in our room at 6am and Kacy was actually still asleep (she is usually up at 5 or 5:30am), so I told him to get in bed with me. I was amazed that he fell back asleep and slept until after 7am. What a treat for me!