Cara's World: 2007

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Georgia Aquarium

Talia hangs out with some fish.

Daddy J and L pose in front of the pirana!!! He's only 3 1/2 months old and so close to being eaten alive!!!

I think this is a dragon fish...very ethereal.

Momma B and Liam!

Talia insisted she was Superman (she had her camera that was her cape) and insisted that I call her Superman. So when she walked off from me, as she did every 5 seconds (she IS my daughter) I only got a response when I called for Superman.

Liam had to get his diaper changed so Talia immediately took possession of his stroller. She wants to be 17 half the time and a baby the other half.

Strange fish...I like it.

Liam...tasting the Georgia air.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

And then we eat!

We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.

Andres' sister, Paola, sent "crackers" from England. They are kind of like mini firecrackers with presents inside.

Some people got a crown and presents!

Eating her second plate of shrimp. Yum, yum!

Christmas is a time for love...and paperball fights!

We always end up using the paper to attack each other, but this year I think it started with the first present opened!

Mom gets Mike Jr.

Dad is collecting amunition.

And then it deteriorated even more...Nothing says love like a noogie on Christmas!

Santa Came!

Isabella got her own table.

Talia got the guitar she'd asked FOUR Santas for.

Buzz Lightyear!

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Adoption Update

The Green Blanket fund is growing slowly but surely! Joy asked for donations to our family instead of gifts for Brennan's birthday and we got some donations there. Joy's friend Jay donated $200 from his profits of handmade wooden pens to the Green Blanket fund and Paula gave us some Christmas cheer with a ChipIn donation! Awesome!

We have made 30 copies of our Family Profile and shipped it to everyone. Actually, we sent it to 3 agencies and to our facilitator in Georgia. We have gotten the official approval from another agency, meaning we are active in two agencies and with AIS (our Georgia people). Tuesday as we arrived at gymnastics, I got an email asking if we were interested in sending our profile to a birthmom! We read the birthmom's profile and the answer was a definite yes! So Wednesday morning I FedEx-ed our profile to her agency. Now, this is our first "hit" so we aren't really expecting anything, but we are only 1 of 3 families from which she is choosing...Stay tuned. This is better than Vegas!