Family Day

Two years ago today, our little family was completed with the arrival of Noah. Unlike the pick-up trip for Alex, the pick-up trip for Noah was a nightmare since both Coici Pam AND Noah were horribly sick the whole time we were down there. I spent many nights walking the hotel hallways with a screaming Noah, and when he was not screaming, he was throwing up! The flight home was equally as miserable as we went through multiple diapers and multiple MULTIPLE changes of clothes......still it was the best day(night) of my life!!!!!

In the past two years, these two boys have not only become my sons, they have become brothers in every sense of the word. They look out for each other as much as they fight, they laugh as much as they cry, and they are as devious as they are loving! I cannot imagine my life without them anymore. They are blessings beyond measure, and I thank God every day that we are together.

We spent today having fun. After church, Coici Pam joined us for a romp at The Children's Museum--one of our favorite haunts. Even though Coici has the cold from hell, she was a trooper including riding the carousel, chasing Alex around the (EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING) Bob the Builder Exhibit and watching the train movie--AGAIN. We DID go to the planetarium show that featured Big Bird and Elmo--the boys LOVED LOVED LOVED it!!! After nice long naps (BOTH slept for two glorious hours), we had a GREAT evening with Familia Willis and Coici just hanging out at home with pizza, adult libations, and ICE CREAM SUNDAES! It was wonderful to share this special day with some of the special people in our lives.

Tonight I cannot help but think of children in Guatemalan orphanages and praying that they too, will someday, get to celebrate a Family Day of their own.