Another beach day!
Rhett’s new friend!
It was HOT!! Frequent water breaks were necessary.
Taking a break from the sun. Mamma and Sissy= True love :)
Drink Break!
To quote one of my favorite people- Ms. Harriett- this is a “gorgeous creature”!
I’ve always wanted to take beach pictures like this. I’m so thankful that we got our chance!
We took these ourselves with our own camera. For the pictures of all of us together, Jason and I took turns setting the timer and running back into the picture :)
When we were all done getting the shots I really wanted to get, we just played around with the camera for a while.
Rhett took this one. We were laughing so hard… he directed us to pose like this and it CRACKED us up!
And we had fun being silly when Braden got behind the camera too :)
I’ll leave you with a few more of the fun ones that we ended our evening with.
Day 2 started with letting Mamma sleep in!
Daddy took the kids for a morning walk on the beach.
Beach Day 2 there was lots of fun in the sand.
First up, big sand castle fort!
Almost done!
Here’s Gracie walking thru her princess castle. She even had seashells decorating each tower.
Next up: Burying Rhett in the sand!
He decided to sit up and he asked his Daddy to make him a back rest :)
L-O-V-E
What a WONDERFUL day!
Well… I never thought I’d have an “11 months on the waitlist” post. But, here it is. 2 days ago, we hit the 11 month mark. Looks like there will be a few more of these before we get our referral. Hoping and praying that it is no more than a few!
BUT. My God is in control. He has a perfect plan and I’m trusting in HIM alone to unite us with our little girl.
WE ARE READY. Beyond ready. But we are trying to wait as best we know how.
Some days are easier than others. Some days are just really hard.
I’ve read this on other blogs before, but I think it bears repeating:
Adoption is not for sissies!
We are praying for our sweet girl! There are SO many people praying for her—and for that we are SO grateful. We love her so much already and can’t wait to see her sweet little face……..
At the beginning of June, Jason was able to take off work for a few days and we made a quick trip down to Gulf Shores for a few days.
On the road!
Gracie started running a fever and complaining of a sore throat the night before we left. I was able to get her into the Urgent Care clinic right before they closed and even though her strep test came back negative, since she was running over a 103 temp and we were going out of town, they went ahead and gave her some meds.
She was still running a high fever when we left the next day, but she seemed to be feeling ok other than that.
We got about 10 miles down the road and she started throwing up. Poor thing! Here she is after she threw up. You can tell she wasn’t feeling too hot. We decided not to put clothes back on her while we were just riding in the car, because we didn’t want to ruin another set of clothes.
Thankfully, she didn’t throw up any more the rest of the entire trip and she acted like she felt ok even though she was running a fever even with her meds.
14.5 hours later, we made it! View standing in the living room. HEAVEN!
Rhett didn’t want to do anything but lounge on the balcony!
Yes, those silly children belong to me.
FIRST BEACH DAY!!!
Gracie woke up with NO fever!! Praise the Lord!
I kept my burn covered up the whole time! I wasn’t risking sun burning that brand new skin!
Panoramic view from my beach chair. Heaven.
I got all excited when Jas found a crab. Bummed when I realized the poor guy was dead.
Taking a little break from the sun.
Playing in the sand!
Her Sand Castle Day 1. Putting water in her moat :)
The boys LOVED boogie boarding.
Braden
Rhett
Daddy played in the water with them the whole time.
Gracie was tired of the beach and ready for the pool by that afternoon.
I found me a nice, shady spot and enjoyed watching her play in the water.
This concludes the pics of Day 1. We could’ve stayed there forever. We LOVE the beach!
