Counting Our Blessings: Trying To Get Back To Blogging

So I figured that it was time to get back to blogging. I have been so bad about it for the past year and even though I feel like I have had good reasons for it, I won't bore you and instead just skip to the highlights...

We has a great summer, pretty much spending every day at the pool. Lillian was swimming like a fish by the end of summer and I couldn't have been more proud of her. John Whitten on the other hand still sinks like a rock.

We decided to homeschool Lillian this year. For our family, we just feel like homeschooling is the best fit for us right now. And so far Lillian and I have both loved it! Lillian has really taken off with her reading and excelled rather quickly in math. Her favorite subject right now is math. She would do nothing but math worksheets all day if I let her. She is definitely her father's daughter. We are using the Sonlight curriculum and have been really happy with it. I am already researching first grade curriculums, and it's kind of sad how exciting it is to me.

John Whitten turned THREE September 15 and it just about killed me! Three and five were both really hard birthdays for me for some reason. It just seemed like over night he was a big boy! John Whitten wanted to have a Batman/Spiderman birthday party, and being the awesome Daddy that he is Shaun made a really awesome cake! I was pretty impressed with Shaun's cake making skills. It is crazy to think that it has been over a year since we have had a child in diapers! I have to admit that I miss his little tushy in his sweet cloth diapers. John Whitten talks non stop and has really grown up a lot in the last six months. However, one thing has remained the same...he is still 110% a complete Mamma's boy! And I love every minute of it.

Shaun and I are still pursuing adoption through NDSAN, and while the waiting is getting really tough-unbearable some days for me- we are remaining faithful that God will grow our family through a special needs adoption.

Well, of course no blog post is complete without pictures. I will be playing picture catch up over the next few days, so expect some random ones :)