random daddy & deacon pics

weekend in salado

Deacon got to meet a lot more of the family this weekend. Everyone adored him and got to hold him. We had a great time in a house that was rented for the weekend. Here are the pics of Deacon meeting everyone:

with grand-Aunt Lady

with Nana Faulkner

with Pawpaw Faulkner

with Aunt Kelly & Uncle Boomer

with great-grand Aunt Charlie & Uncle Mert

with grand-Aunt Tricia

with grand-Aunt Cindy

first Sunday at Grace

Today was Deacon's first official Sunday at Grace. He handled all the buzz pretty well. He met a bunch of new people and got poked at and passed around a bit.

We also enrolled Deacon in TCU's summer Early Childhood Music Class. We want to give him an early start in the music world. But if he grows up and doesn't want to be a musician, that is fine with me. He can be whatever he wants to be. But I still think he'll be a musician.



Also, I'm very excited that Deacon went to sleep tonight without crying. We've been trying to keep his nightly routine consistent. He gets rice cereal, a bath, a bottle and then put in the crib. The past couple of nights he has cried when put in the crib, but tonight, he fell asleep right away. We put him down about an hour later than usual, so that may also have helped. He'll probably wake up around 2 or 3 am for a diaper change and a bottle and then he goes right back to sleep until 6 or 7. He is the best baby!!!!

Ssshhhhh...He's Sleeping...

Here is the lastest pic of our baby! He had a long, hard day on the playmat and he needed to take a little nap break. Still no word on travel date, but we're hoping to hear something soon!!!

And here is a visual reason for why I'll be taking nutrigrain bars and instant mac and cheese on our trip.

I'm not a good international eater. Luckily, I believe they also have lots of Italian food and some American stuff also. Probably no Whataburger. Which is a shame. I mean no disrespect to Ethiopian cuisine, but my first rule of eating is that nothing touch. I know it's wierd and picky, but that's just the way it is. So, there is no way I could keep this down.

Molehill

It's funny how molehills become mountains before your very eyes when you forget, for even a second, that we believe in a God that is good all the time. You would have thought our baby had died the way I was crying yesterday when I found out that the pic we having been attaching to wasn't a pic of our baby. By the way ladies, don't call your husband crying like a maniac and only squeak out "Mary called..." before breaking down in sobs unless you want your husband to think your baby died. Lesson learned. Of course, Clayton was my rock and said "That's it, a different picture?" It took me a little longer to get over it. But I can confidently say that looking back, I over-reacted. Which is so unlike me.....(Hahahaaa)

Our baby's info is all the same. Same story, same stats, same sweet little baby. Just a different head. And let's face it, Ethiopia seems to have market cornered on cute babies so it's no biggie. I love this picture even more because he's got a little grin going on and he is squishier. I'm sure that was something i put on our application: squishy baby face.

I'd also like to point out that everyone makes mistakes, we hold no grudge against Gladney and still give 5 stars (out of 5) for service. How could we be upset with the people that have helped our dream become a reality? They are over there working hard to get these babies forever families, and people sometimes make mistakes...who hasn't made a mistake?

So, we are still waiting for a travle date and it looks like we might be traveling with the Bottomlys. Yay! Now my prayers include open rooms at the hilton or sheraton and cheap flights. I still can't believe we are going to ETHIOPIA!!! I don't think I could have told you where Ethiopia was on a map this time last year. But then I took Geography last semester and I can tell you lots about planet Earth.

Also, I'm just going to put it out there because the last time I typed something it came true (maybe this is a magic blog)...But I'd love to travel on May 9th (we go wed-wed) because that means.....I'd spend my first Mother's Day in Ethiopia with our son!!!! Whoop!!! ( I can say that b/c my sister is an Aggie!)