Yesterday we dedicated the boys at church. They looked super cute in their Ethiopian outfits.
The Family
Noah
Ezra
As you can see the boys were a “little” interested in the stage behind us and all the instruments up there.
After church we came back to our house for a lunch and a little fun.
Ezra and Ethan giggling together.
Abby
Michelle attacking Noah
Ez with Grandpa’s camera
For some reason, the boys really love to get down and dance, but only to specific songs. They do it pretty much on their own. Last night Beastie Boys came on the radio, and within seconds we had two booty shakin boys. They love almost every Beastie Boys song. Probably because its the only CD I have the car for emergency radio replacement.
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Funny I’ve been seeing a lot of the same from Ez the last couple days.
Noah took him up on the offer and licked the little the spilled off the floor, and then giggled.
Dancing bucket head and his brother
Ez is really into sharing food and drink right now, and apparently the grapevine looked thirsty.
Why is my child purple? I used California Baby sunblock on him.
Noah climbed up on the couch all by himself last night, he was so proud.
The real reason I didn’t want them climbing on the couch, they are obsessed with the side tables and lamps.
Noah and the hose.
The other night Noah was still in his high chair practicing his fork skills, because he is obsessed, and Ez was done. So Ez decided to tickle his brother. It was super adorable. We, of course, tried to capture the moment on video, but toddlers have some sixth sense when it comes to video cameras. Anyway I caught two short snippets of the giggling fun.
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The cousins and the Bunny
Thrilled
My bro, me, and the kids
Dancing Noah
Dancing Ezra
Ez contemplating
Abby mowing
Abby hunting eggs
No Winny
Ez checking out his basket
Noah finally picked up an egg, then ran off to take it apart and put it back together, again and again
Ez eating an egg
Abby and her juice
Such Determination to get to the lamp
Noah and his Nana
Hut, Hut, Hike
Cutest little face
Grandma handing out their favorite snack sidewalk chalk
Jason getting hit by the ladies in his life
Grandma and Ez just hanging out
Grandpa and Noah
Abby flying high
Ez wearing two pairs of sunglasses, he likes to put them around his neck just like daddy
Noah hiding in his favorite peek-a-boo spot
Can you guess Ez’s favorite snack?
Not eating his dinner
The last two just sum up the majority of our week, we are teething, emotional toddlers this week
As our Family Day quickly approaches, I thought I would start a series of post celebrating the photos we were so lucky to receive as we waited to travel. Shortly after our referral our agency lifted the ban they had on traveling families taking photos of the children. We were so lucky to have many traveling families take photos for us. Thanks so much to those families, because of them we have photos of much younger babies. In the world of international adoption this is an amazing blessing.
These photos were taken March 31, 2009.
This following photo is honestly the one I treasure the most. It’s not the best photo of them by far, but we are beyond privileged to have it. It was taken January 1, 2009. Yes you read that right, before our referral! Another family visited their orphanage and had captured twins boys. After receiving our referral they tracked us down through our agencies yahoo group. They were so kind to call us and tell us all about our boys’ orphanage. Plus they had managed to capture a shot of the two tiniest babies. 🙂
The boys’ received a membership to Phoenix Children’s Museum for Christmas. (I had asked for memberships places since we have lots of toys already.) We waited until now to actual purchase, so the boys could enjoy it a little more and enjoy it they did. They had lots of fun and kept us very busy! It will be a great place to go and play once the weather is hot and we can no longer play outside for hours on end.
Thanks Nana and Papa!
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