8 Weeks!

Eight weeks of adorable! This little guy has stolen our hearts...

Go, Brewers!

My first Brewers' game!  I wasn't crazy about the sun or the noise or the fact that the Brewers lost, but overall, it was great!

What a great day really looks like...

Earlier this morning when I checked Facebook, I saw that a "friend" (who just got back from India after meeting her son) had posted a photo of Soudemani, Tom's nanny from his two years at the orphanage.  She is a beautiful woman, and we are so grateful for her intense and loving care of our little one.  Tom was just over 2 years old when he met him, and she was his primary caregiver for most of that time.

Showing Tom her picture prompted a look at other India pictures and videos...always a treasure to walk down that very important memory lane.

And then, the words from Beth, "Tom, do you remember the time when we first met at the airport?  That was a great day!"

Yes, it was, girly.  Yes, it was.

His faces crack me up!

Bart and I had a lovely time "talking" this morning...I can't get enough of his funny little faces!

6 weeks!

A beautiful sleeping Bart this morning...6 weeks old today! What an incredible blessing!

First Day Littles

Here are the littles on their first day of school. They are in the same class...we'll see how it goes. First day was a huge success! They love each other so much...precious memories for this mama!

Blink.

And just like that, in the blink of an eye,

Summer is over.

Bart is here, and life as a family of 7 is well underway.

Summer in the City 2013 is in the history books.

We have a new boarder living in our front room.

And school is starting...

Tomorrow.

6th grade, 2nd grade, and two kids in K4.
And a baby.

That's our life, starting...

Tomorrow.

New memories,

New friends,

New challenges,

New tears,

New victories, starting...

Tomorrow.

Goodbye, summer 2013.  You were beautiful in so many ways...and, starting tomorrow, a new kind of beautiful arrives.