Our Caleb turned 5 on June 6! It is hard to believe how much he has grown and that we've been blessed to have him in our lives for 5 years! He has brought us so much joy and has taught us so much too. We had a busy week leading up to his birthday, it was VBS week at Maplewood. We had a great time on the Boomerang Express, and with Caleb's birthday that Saturday we had a full week of fun to celebrate! Here are a few pictures from his birthday morning....with his birthday being on a Saturday, we were able to have his party on his actual birthday! I'll post that separately. I have to say how sweet he was...when he woke up, I had made strawberry muffins for his breakfast and we had all his presents wrapped and laying in a chair and the "Happy Birthday" banner hanging. He looked at me and said, "Mom, thanks for making my birthday so special!" PRECIOUS! He was so grateful all day with each thing we did to celebrate...it just makes you smile. After breakfast and presents, we headed to his t-ball game where Pepaw, Grandma Sue and Michele joined us. Afterward the boys played at the park for a few minutes before we headed to Vallarta for lunch (the boys insist on going there for birthdays because they LOVE having "pie" in their faces...they think it is so funny!) Corey and Bennett even got in on the action!
We are children of God, our loving Father. We are the parents of two precious boys, Caleb and Bennett, they are truly blessings from God. We are in the process of adopting a little girl from Honduras, who we know God has planned to be part of our family! Corey is the pastor at Maplewood Baptist Church...too many exciting things going on there to list! And I am a stay-at-home mom which keeps me super busy, but it is another blessing that God has allowed me this privilege!
October 2009-After much prayer, placed our name with a local crisis pregnancy center for possible adoption...continued praying June 2010-God affirmed our decision to adopt July 2, 2010-Online application with America World (AW) August 2, 2010-Committed to AWAA and international adoption through Honduras August 14, 2010-God affirmed decision to adopt from Honduras... met a college girl adopted as a baby from Honduras at Corey's triathlon...wow! August 27, 2010-1st Home Study Interview (Corey & Melody) September 16, 2010-Individual Home Study Interviews September 30, 2010-Final Home Study Interview at our home October 30, 2010-Received our completed Home Study November 2, 2010-Mailed paperwork to US gov. in Texas for USCIS approval December 14, 2010- Fingerprinting appointments in Nashville December 20, 2010-Received out USCIS approval...Merry Christmas!!! January 2011- Paperwork being certified...mailed to Sec. of State on the 27th. February 2011- Received completed (apostilled) paperwork on the 18th. Sent paperwork to Honduras with a Florida mission team on the 26th! March 2011- Paperwork in Honduras with our lawyer and taken to Office of Translation.
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Happy Birthday to Caleb!!
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