in love with this girl

I know, I know. 

Some posts should come with a cuteness alert.

Consider yourself warned. 

We love this girl, even when she's just in a dirty pj top. :)

And yes. She's as joyful as she looks in the pictures. 

She's such a good and happy baby!

And she's ours. ALL ours!!

50th Day of School

I forgot to post these pics. 

They were taken the day before her birthday, on November 1st. 

It was the 50th day of school and so they celebrated "50's" style. 

I so love this beautiful and sassy little girl!

19 Years Ago Today...

Alexandra Lillian was born!

{Helper of mankind, Pure and Beautiful}

And what a perfect name for my Lexie girl!!

Here are my original two girls! Such beautiful girls and sisters! Sometimes, it feels like De Ja Vu with my bitty girls! What a joy!!

Lexie was such a good and sweet baby!

Oh how we adored this bitty little girl!

And we loved her beautifully curly hair!

Before we knew what was happening she was growing up. 

Her first day of Kindergarten. 

And she totally surprised us with her bravery and got up in front of a crowd of people and sang in a talent show!

She's a friend for life. She's one of the best friends you could ever have. I know, 'cause she's one of mine! :)

Almost a teenager. 

She spent her 13th summer helping her Aunt Sarah after she delivered twin boys! Here she is a bit older....as are the twins! :)

A silly teenager! A love her silly, sweet Spirit!

She's always been a loving big sister.

And a silly one.

Yep. And sometimes an annoying one. :)

 I love how she prayed and loved her Mei Mei home. How she loved her from the very beginning!!

And Mei Mei loved her right back!

 I have loved watching her love the least of these. 

{on a mission trip to Uganda, loving on orphans}

I love her heart. 

We were totally surprised at the beautiful speech she gave at Katie's wedding. I'll never forget how beautiful, elegant, and poised she was. 

And I love how she 

 fully and completely fell in love with the bittiest, Annie. 

 Lexie, I am so very proud of you!! I LOVE who the Lord is growing you up to be. It's a joy and a pleasure to watch you, as you continue to seek Him in your life. 

I love you, my baby girl!!

Annie Day!!!!

It's official!! Today our Annie girl became our girl forever!!!

It was a great ceremony, with 124 children being adopted!!

Needless to say, it was a bit chaotic. Didn't get the usual pic with the judge. They just called our names out. 

When it was all said and done, we asked a stranger to take a pic of us with our caseworker. Sweet Maegan. 

We laughed so hard at this pic, because he totally left little Annie out of the picture! HA!

Much better!! There's our darling little Annie girl!!

Just missing Katie and Blake and Lexie! Stinks sometimes that kids actually have to grow up. :( But, in just a couple of more days we'll all be together celebrating Thanksgiving!! How thankful we are this year!!!!!

Did you HEAR??

In only TWO more days...

we are going to be sisters forever and ever!! 

Tooth Pulling

The first time this girl heard that she would be losing teeth, she was horrified! How is that a good thing?! 

But then she saw cousins and friends losing their teeth. And she heard about this mysterious tooth fairy. A fairy that brings you $$!! 

So when her first two little teeth were just a tiny wiggly, she was excited.

Very excited.

Yesterday at school, her dress snagged on her tooth {how the heck?!?!} and it became quite a bit looser. 

And so, she began working on this one wiggly tooth. 

And pulling at this wiggly tooth.

Serious stuff. 

 {oh my goodness. she's so beautiful. I love to stare at her}

Until that little wiggly tooth just popped right out!!

And it's a good thing, 'cause that other tooth was a'waitin her turn to take her place!