So Thankful 17 + Months with Jailyn and 28 months old!

French Lick Resort 2012

Our Happy Family

Katie and Billy at French Lick Resort

On the Polar Express Train and Jailyn with her Jingle Bell from Santa.

On our way to go Swimmin!

Silly Picture on Santa's Sleigh French Lick 2012

Self Portrait on the Polar Express.

West Badin and on the left are Billy and Jailyn Playing.

Wow it is Thanksgiving eve and can't believe another month has gone by and our 2nd Thanksgiving has come and gone with Jailyn.   Also it is a day I love as it is a special anniversary day for Mike and I.  We met 14 years ago today.   I am married to an incredible man and love him more every year.

Today was a day of reflection and day of thanksgiving....we have come so far with Jailyn and I started to reminisce and played the adoption song "When Love Takes you in"  and totally lost it balling my eyes out with tears of thanksgiving.   The love and blessing I feel daily everyday with Jailyn just totally overwhelms and rocks my world.  We are so blessed to be a family.  Jailyn is an amazing little girl learning and growing so much in speech, cuteness and how smart she is figuring new things out and singing, dancing, playing the drums and just so dog gone happy....and the best part full of so much love and that love brings us home to the place God intended for us to be family.  To this day our journey has been an amazing adventure I would not ever change to bring us to where we are to day and know GOD still has incredible plans for us. I love my life and our life as a family.

Busy is the word for us and looking forward to the holidays with Jailyn and our whole immediate family....Jailyn is so cute and knows HO HO brings toys and knows she needs to ask HO HO for toys thanks to Katie coaching her what to say.  We also started our Elf on the Shelf Tradition this year.   Our elf is named Twinkle and Jailyn liked watching the video about elves.

So let's bring you up to speed on our lives.  Halloween was so much fun and the weather had a lot to be desired however Jailyn loved the candy and loves "Choc it" and "Kitty Kats" candy!   Mommy pushed Jailyn in the stroller in rain thru the neighborhood.  Kind of bittersweet to know next year we will be in our new neighborhood and leaving the home we have know for 11 years.  Love our neighborhood however getting excited as our home is under roof and starting to come together.  Still very overwhelmed with all the decisions to be made on our home, the shopping and the decorating to be made however we have professionals to help it all come together.  They are saying March to move in however I believe it will be more like late spring or early summer.  We had our fun family fest for pumpkin carving day and the everyone had a great time.  I was able to attend my Fall retreat for Mary Kay and be away from Jailyn 30 hrs.  She did well and says now I miss you mommy.  Daddy and Jailyn and the help Mike had all survived just fine. 

We just came back from a fun weekend at French Lick Resort with Katie and Billy.  Hoping to make it a tradition to go the weekend before Thanksgiving each year.   Love starting to make family memories with Jailyn.  It was the weekend they lit all the Christmas trees and we went on the Polar Express Train ride.  Jailyn did well travelling, loved swimming in the indoor pool,  we went bowling with her and she loved the rolling of the ball down the track and even made a few strikes with mommy's help (Jailyn liked high 5ing after each bowl) and Katie and Billy taught her how to play ping pong too.  The Polar express train ride was kind of scary at first then she loved the singing and dancing and seeing HO HO come on the train when we arrived at the North Pole.  She got a jingle bell and her picture with HO HO!  Katie and Billy enjoyed the down time and were able to take advantage of a couples massage and time relaxing before the craziness of the holidays, baby showers, remodeling of their home and ultimately the arrival of Baby McSparron in early February.  Katie tires easily and looks fabulous and is starting to put the babies room together and start the nesting.  We are thrilled for them and will be grandparents before we know it.  

Scott and Wan are coming home Dec 17-26 for the holidays.  We will meet Scott's long distance girlfriend, Wan, who is moving to the states Dec 1 to be with Scott.  We will get to celebrate Scott's 29th birthday on Dec 18 and the holidays with them.  This will be the first year we have all been together as a family in 3 yrs for Chirstmas.  We are thrilled.

Below are Jailyn's 28th Month Photos and Minnie Mouse Halloween Photos!

We had a day of festivities with the family for Thanksgiving and looking forward to a great weekend.  We will celebrate our Thanksgiving with Katie and Billy Saturday.  Billy is frying a Turkey and they are having it this year since Mike is preparing for surgery on Tuesday to repair his rotator cuff.  We are decorating the house tomorrow and making preparations for my Mary Kay Open house next weekend.  We have a Happy birthday Jesus and Breakfast with Santa this weekend at Church with the girls.   Not to mention Mike being home for a few weeks healing.  Pray for him and our holidays with the challenges he will have with limited mobility.  I will have two kids to take care of along with all the holiday craziness.  I know God is good and we will press on and it will all come together and be okay.

We are so loved and blessed and know the best is yet come!

Happy Thanksgiving and being a part of our lives!
Love,
Linette