More GREAT Pictures

Upping the Cuteness Factor About a Kajillion Percent

Thanks Beautymark Photography. Awesome work!!!!

As Requested - More Pics of Annalise

At the Risk of Being Sentimental....

Leave one memory that you have with Wanda & I. It doesn't matter if you known us a little or a lot, anything you remember! Don't send a message, leave a comment on here. Next, re-post this on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool/funny to see the responses (at least that's what I've heard, I haven't tried it yet).

How LIFE has changed, HOW LIFE has CHANGED!!

Hey everybody. Not sure if you all know this or not but..... having a baby really changes your life. Especially when you and your wife have been doing just fine on your own for 11 years, thank you very much!

1. We eat alone... I mean we're in the same room but one person eats while the other is with Ally. Which lead to number 2...
2. Cold food. I think we may abandon hot food all together and exist on a diet of sandwiches and cereal (cereal will get soggy... DANG, scratch that, but there's always sandwiches).
3. Sleep. Huh, what.
4. How did our place get SO much smaller overnight?
5. No more of me wearing black clothing with her around. Baby puke stains look absolutely ridiculous on black.... but blend in rather nicely with lighter colours, which is encouraging.
6. How do they get their poo that color (that one was for you DB).
7. We are a family now. We will have different goals and dreams than we had before. We will have new love come from our hearts that we've never had before.
8. Someone else needs me. Incredibly humbling and incredibly challenging.
9. NOT going out in the evening doesn't mean staying home watching TV. It means spending family time together, tickling, playing, seeing how much of my chest hair she can rip out in one handful.
10. Seeing who my wife is becoming by having an outlet for all that maternal stuff that was always inside her and never had a chance to flourish.


How LIFE has changed, HOW LIFE has CHANGED!! But I'm not complaining.

We're Home

It looks like a Baby Gap and a Kids' R' Us threw up in my living room.

Adoption Update - WE RETURN!!!

We've finally booked a flight home.

We will be back at YVR at 10:18am on Saturday May 5th. We fly Honolulu Vancouver with a 3 hour layover in San Francisco. I'm not sure how long it will take to clear customs and (more importantly) immigration. Pray for immigration that they look favorably on us as we go there after our flight.

REALLY looking forward to seeing you and sharing our little Ali Jo with you. Thanks for being part of the journey.