Eternal Things

We were putting Kilee to bed tonight and we were saying our bedtime prayers. We always thank God for our family and for Jesus and we also pray for the Lifesong for Orphans School in Zambia that Crossings works with. Usually, Kilee likes to do "repeat after me" prayers so we started one. This is how it went.

Daddy: Jesus
Kilee: Jesus
Daddy: Thank you for Mommy
Kilee: Tanku Mommy
Daddy: and Daddy and the baby coming
Kilee: Daddy . . . baby coming
Daddy: Be with John and Dru
Kilee: Wit John . . . Du . . . Zamba.

Unprompted, she said Zambia. It is so cool to hear just a tiny snippet of a kingdom perspective coming from our little girl's mouth. Pray that God continues to teach us to teach her about His kingdom. God is so good.

The Winter Storm

Well, we did it. We went outside. As nice as it is to stay inside and be warm, Kilee could not resist the snow anymore! So far, we've gotten around 3 inches of snow mixed with lots of freezing rain so it's not too great to make snowmen with. They're calling for more wintry mix as the day goes on. We lost power last night for a little while, but the house didn't get too cold. Scott braved the slick roadways and headed to the office today. He said that he had to drive 35 mph on I-64 all the way into Louisville. I decided that Kilee and I would stay put.

Here are a few pictures of our wintry fun!

All bundled up and ready to go.

Checking everything out.

She loved getting snow on her gloves!

Little winter beauty!

She loved to sit in the snow and kept saying, "Sit down, mommy!"

She was really busy with the snow, so the only way to get a picture of the two of us was
to lie down. COLD! I was ready to go inside after that.

Our neighborhood after last night's snow and ice.

Winter Pics

Here are a few pictures from this winter. We can't believe how big Kilee is getting! Hopefully she'll be a big sister soon! We'll be sure to let you know any new news that we have on the adoption. We are still waiting, waiting, waiting!

On Kilee's birthday, we decided to try some 2-year-old hair and gave her pigtails. She LOVES her "piggies!"

Grandpa gave Scott some of his camo Kenergy hats and Kilee was trying one out.

Working the problem . . . just like Daddy. :o)

Helping Daddy put her new table together.

Kilee really enjoys playing "people" all the time. This was one of her Christmas gifts, a Little People castle.

One new thing for 2009 is Mother's Day Out! Kilee is going to a local church every Tuesday to play with other kids and learn how to be in a class. She was SO ready for this and loves to go to "school." This is a picture of her and her backpack before we left for her 1st day! It's nice for me to have 4 whole hours to go to the grocery and clean while she's out of the house. I'm not ready to give up any more days with her, though! :o)

Doesn't she look SO grown up?

We're Still Here!

Hey everybody! We're still here. Just haven't posted in awhile. We've been sick A LOT this winter and I haven't taken many pictures. Fortunately, I think we're over a lot of it finally. Kilee had a great Christmas! It was really neat, too, because she truly seemed more excited about the "baby Jesus" than about Santa, which was encouraging. She loved to take the baby Jesus out of my nativity scenes around the house and carry him around with her other babies! Hilarious. We would see her regular-sized babies lying around the house with a tiny little ceramic baby Jesus tucked in next to them. :o) She makes me smile.

We had a great time with family over Christmas. Lots of good food, fun, too many presents (but great ones -- thank you family!), and laughs. We'll be sure to accumulate pictures from the grandies to post so that we can all share each other's best pictures.

Happy New Year! May 2009 be full of opportunities to glorify God and make him known to others.