Just the Same

Sometimes-

God sends rain

Straight from the sky

To nourish the young flower

and it grows.

Sometimes-

God sends rain from the sky

To the mountaintops,

Then over hills and through valleys

Until it reaches the flower

and it grows just the same.

Sometimes-

God sends a child

Straight from His realm

Into a mother's arms

and love grows.

Sometimes-

God sends a child

From heaven to another's arms,

Then over hills and through valleys

Until he reaches the arms of his mother

and love grows, just the same.

April 2011 Ensign

Diana Lynn Lacey

Joshy's Party

Okay, so Josh's birthday is on March 4th. But to be more accomodating for our extended family, birth family, etc., we ended up having his actual party on March 19th. Aside from some major wind gusts, the weather was perfect to celebrate at the park. Here are some pictures of the super fun day!

Diego and his dad made a Sesame Street cake. All of the characters, presents, table, street sign, just everything was made by Diego out of fondant. So so so cute! Josh's favorites are Cookie Monster, Grover, and Elmo.

Josh loved playing with his aunt's dog that came from out of town. He took it for a stroll.

Opening presents. I love his face in the picture to the right. Hilarious! I don't know what he was saying...

I can't believe only two years ago, this boy was placed in our arms and instantly became our whole world. I can't remember what life was like without him. Very different, I think. Sometimes I don't feel worthy. Why we were chosen out of so many other wonderful couples to be his parents, we will never know. We're just grateful to have him in our home.

Family Photos

A button and a blog.

I've been waiting to make this post because I wanted to do a triple-post and include our family photos along with it all but I still haven't gotten them yet. And I'm dying! Seriously dying for them to get here (ok, so I may have stolen a couple of our family photos from the photographer's own blog. But they're ours. I'm entitled, right?). Anyway, this isn't a rant post.

Do you see our sidebar? I finally made a button that all of you wonderful people can copy into your own blog if you desire. It's a link to our adoption profile with LDS Family Services. Just tryin' to spread the word. I wanted to wait to make the announcement because I plan to change out the main pictures in our profile with our new family photos. But I'm getting antsy. Just know that I do plan on changing that main photo in the profile.

Also, I made a new adoption blog. It's mainly for potential birthmothers to look at. We will have a link to the blog in the profile too. But if you want to look, be my guest! It's a work in progress and I have only made one little post. It will look better when the posts start piling up I think. Um, that's all!

Two.

I can't believe it. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! My baby is two years old today. The fastest two years of my life. I've had him longer than I worked at my last job. That's weird to me. I have spent the majority of my marriage working full-time so it's strange to think that I've been a stay-at-home mom for the last two years.
I just love Josh so much. He is busy. He climbs, runs, sings, dances, and climbs some more. Sitting quietly and reading a book is not something on Josh's agenda. But I wouldn't have him any other way. I think he's perfect.

Happy 2nd Birthday Joshy baby!

Party's in a couple weeks. I will post more pictures.