Happy Mother's Day

I hope this post finds everyone enjoying their Mother's Day weekend. I had several people suggest that this holiday would be difficult because of my grandmother's passing. It's true that we miss her, but it is also the first Mother's day that we have Andrew home and there's much to celebrate. Yesterday we had a fabulous day as we visited the historic M.C Illions carousel and Kingwood Center's tulip fields. It was a very fun day.

Lily opted to ride the panda on the carousel...


while Andrew enjoyed the stationary horse. At first, he wasn't sure what to think, but on his second ride he really got into it. Doesn't he have a "little boy" look in this photo vs. a baby look?


Lily enjoyed all the tulips and wanted to be photographed with flowers that matched her coat.


Andrew couldn't believe how many flowers there were and he had to touch many of them.


Both kids had a blast running, playing and exploring the grounds. Even though Andrew has been walking for months, he still gets great joy out of walking in wide open spaces. I love how he looks so serious here as he marches along and I love how Lily looks like she's out exploring in the jungle in this picture!



One last thing I have to share. We know so many families who are in the process of adopting a child from China and Taiwan. Sadly, right now it's a tough time in the adoption community in general. Wait times are way up, parental restrictions are tightening and the number of children being referred are down. All of this leads to a lot of frustration heartache for all those involved. I've always said that it was ok that adoption was hard, but it just shouldn't be this hard. To all my friends, I'm thinking of you and wishing that this is the last Mother's day without your precious children.