Adoption Day!

Tuesday November 17th, 2009 was a very special day! We went to the Placerville Court House to finalize the adoption of our Maysie. As much as we had wanted to finalize sooner, it was really neat for Maysie to be able to enjoy the day and participate with us. Though she still wont remember this day when she's older, it was still fun to see her joy and happiness along with our own. This was a special day to have her adoption finalized because it was National Adoption Day. The court room was decorated with balloons and banners, there was a photographer, beautiful quilts made by the Gold Bug Quilters Society for all the babies, gift baskets from Abel's Acres, and an adorable teddy bear we now call Addie (for adoption day). It was wonderful to be able to share this unforgettable day with some of our family members including, Oma and Papa Jukes, Aunt Marie, Uncle Carl, Aunt Pam, and my cousin Megan who was adopted by my Aunt Pam 25 years previously on the same day. Megan's little boy Michael, who is 3 months older than Maysie was there to help us celebrate as well. Sending a big THANK YOU to all of our friends and family who have been so supportive of Mark and I during this long process. We love you all!

Big Girl Chair

A few weeks ago Maysie started climbing up on top of her toy basket to sit and watch cartoons. Fearing that she was going to do a face plant off the thing Mark suggested getting her very own chair to sit in. I was dissapointed when I looked online and couldn't find anything under 50 bucks. Last week Danielle and I were at the Home Goods Store (neat place) and we came across this cute little denim arm chair for 15 dollars, SCORE! We tried it out in the store and Maysie quite liked it, so now she has her very own big girl chair. Someone else seems to quite like it too:) I guess they'll have to take turns. I'd have to say her favorite place to sit and watch cartoons is still daddy's lap though; she also likes to thumb through daddy's hunting magazines (she turns each page one by one and is very careful not to rip them). The last pic was just a cute one of her and Hope (the pony) hugging in their overalls. So precious!

Cousins!

We had a great time at the Punkin' Party hosted by Aunt Sharon this year. The kids had a blast playing together. Maysie absolutely loves playing with other kids, I think she'd be perfectly content for days if I just let her run around and be a nut with her cousins. It reminds me of my childhood and makes me so happy:) Maysie was very intrigued with her baby cousin Abbie. She was the youngest up until little Abbie joined the family so it has been fun to see her reaction to her and especially her reaction to me holding the baby, which seems to be ok with her as long as she has something more exciting to do. In the middle picture we have (from the left) Jesse, Ben, Abbie, Maysie, and Lizzy. We went to visit Grama and Grampa Miller two days before halloween so they could see her in her costume. They really got a kick out of watching her toddle across their floor. She and Grampa played ball together and Maysie learned how to kick the ball and tried to dribble it too. When Aunt Pam got home she brought cousin Michael down to play. Grampa had this cute little musical flower pot with dancing gerbera daisies. Maysie wasn't so sure of it at first but when she saw that Michael wasn't afraid she got brave and went over to do a little jig with him. It was pretty cute.

Cutest Bugs on the Block

Maysie made a very cute ladybug this halloween, her costume was actually quite simple to put together. The backpack took a few hours to make, but with a few alterations can probably be used again when she's bigger. Scout will forever be a bumble bee for halloween because I'm not planning on buying a new costume for my dog every year. It suits him well anyway because he's as busy as a little bee buzzing here and there. Getting pictures of the both of them together was, as always, interesting. But I got a few good ones. Even Danner the cat came over and climbed the tree behind the bugs so he could be in the picture too!

Bundled Up

It was pretty cold out the other day but we went for a walk anyway. Maysie looked so precious in her fuzzy little hat that I had to take some pictures.

Un-Hen

This is a picture of one of my cute chickens. This one is especially manly looking because it's a ROOSTER, not a hen like I was told I was getting. Oh well, I guess that happens sometimes, now I just have to figure out what to do with him and eating him is not an option! Taska already named him Lisa before we knew she was a he. I could craigs list him but I'm kind of fond of him, he's a nice rooster. Hopefully he wont start beating up the hens and we can just keep him.

Punkins and Ponies

Maysie was so excited when she saw the ponies! Her little legs started flailing and she squealed with delight! Truly a girl after my own heart<3 As soon as I sat her down on "Peaches" she reached right down and started petting her mane. We got to pet her head too and Maysie really liked her soft nose. The people right before us tried to set their little girl on the pony and she totally freaked out, when we put Maysie up there I heard them say "look, that little baby isn't afraid." Yep that's my Maysie. It was so much fun to see her excitement, I can't wait to get her a pony of her own someday!