Omigosh… 300!!

This is my 300th post! And there are actually people still coming to visit us 😉 It has been almost 2 years since I started this blog, it was meant to be a way to keep my husband connected when he was deployed to Iraq. How things have changed since it’s debut on January 28, 2006 🙂
Tori ~ now at Georgia Tech and loving it. She’s a biomedical engineering major with a fancy big-time boyfriend! Her grades weren’t what she was hoping for, but I’m still proud my girl has a respectable GPA at a very competitive school. She is such a joy to have come home to visit… it makes me realize how much I miss her on a daily basis!
Zach ~ recently turned 13 and has become quite a handsome, thoughtful young man. He has set the bar high for himself, recently he’s been getting straight A’s on his report cards and plans to continue despite the fact that classes are getting harder as he gets older 😉 He’s a pro at finding hilarious YouTube commercials that keep us all laughing.
Asher ~ our big smartie pants! Asher recently was tested and actually qualified for the gifted program at his school! This is a huge pat on the back for him… he is loving the fact that he gets to spend all day Friday hanging out in the ‘cool classroom’. He loves to ask really tough questions and recently queried, “Mom, why do all words have vowels?” Uhhhhh….
Dalton ~ celebrated his big 6th birthday in December and is obsessed with all things football. His daddy is thrilled that his boys can now discuss the latest game, whose favorite team played and who won. Yes… makes for super exciting dinner time conversations. I’m going to have to start my own discussion with the girls’ over favorite colors of nail polish, how to properly care for split ends and when you really can’t wear white shoes anymore.
Sophie ~ a complete crack-up. She has conversations directed at someone, but she really doesn’t care who is listening and/or answering. I was cleaning out under the sink and she was disgusted when she looked into the box of (unused I might add!) SOS pads. She said, “Ohhhh, gross!! I don’t want to eat THOSE!” Where in the world did that come from? As if we make her eat dog food or something! She keeps us in stitches and never fails to keep us occupied with her running commentary!
Isabelle ~ is amazing. She’s come so far and has so much to say now! She still babbles sometimes, but always ends the sentence with something she wants, and wants NOW! Her patience and ability to share have grown by leaps and bounds this school year, she rarely has a melt down and has become such a joy to be around almost all the time (except when lil’ bro is pulling her hair!) She loves school and has recently begun to draw people with faces, naming the parts as she goes. Incredible that not even a year ago, they had diagnosed her as autistic!
Jude ~ our newest addition who is now officially walking. It is finally his chosen form of ambulation and we couldn’t be happier or more proud. He’s talking more and more and recently put two of his favorite words together as we drove past a balloon-covered car lot he exclaimed, “balloon! bye bye!” He’s smitten with daddy too now, and gets so excited when he sees him come home in the evenings calling, “BABAAAA!!”
Shepherd ~ our second new addition since this blog began! We feel so blessed that God has chosen this precious boy for our family. We’re doing everything we can to bring him home as quickly as possible and can’t wait to cover him with hugs and kisses 🙂 We’re hoping and praying to have him in our arms by the time the Olympics arrive in Beijing!