My babies

Matching for church! Big brother loved that Lola was just like him!

The Castle is Complete

We finished the treehouse! AJ and all the Block neighbors were over to inspect it and break it in. It took a few weekends but we got it done!

Stage 3

It was a great holiday weekend! We accomplished some much needed gardening and Jason continued to work on the tree house. 

Project Treehouse

Ever since we watched the TV show Treehouse Masters AJ has been asking Jason to build him one. Well after some serious thought and brainstorming we came up with a plan. So far this is what we have made!!

Firsts

We all have our firsts, this past weekend AJ got his first handful of slivers after swiping his hand on an old bridge plank. Here Jason is desperately trying to get out the big ones. AJ still has a few small ones left in his finger but I think he won't do that again! :( poor boy. 

Wet Day

We took advantage of the rain today and AJ finally got to use his squirt gun from Christmas!!! Nothing better than a bike ride through the puddles and backyard play. 

Vacation

We had a wonderful time in Duluth MN with Family. We stayed in a log cabin and spent a day in Duluth. We saw Split Rock Lighthouse, went on a boat ride, hiked around Gooseberry Falls and went on a train ride! We fished in our spare time but the trout were not biting. 

Superman

"Mom look!" "I can fly."

Happy Mothers Day

All the love in the world to my children's Birth Mothers today. Their choice of giving life to my two amazing children I will forever be grateful and thankful for. You have given us our Dream Come True and we Thank You with all our hearts!

Snow

Happy May Day!

Just might stay inside today... Good day for books and baking, movies and cuddling!

And Hot Coco says AJ!

The Best Help

I'm so glad to have the best help with my second child! What would I do without little feet to run get me a spit rag or a bottle and best yet the diapers! He brings entertainment, drama, loud roars and the biggest appetite around. Oh how the monsters would rule our house if we didn't have such a knight in shining armor to slay them every day. Oh my Azariah I love you so!

First of many!

Kelsey came to visit Azariah today! I am so proud of her and thankful for her strength to come for AJ! We hope this is the first of many visits!

Phone to God

I'll remember this one forever: I was talking to God in the shower the other day when AJ yells in the bathroom "who you talking to?" I reply back "Oh, I'm just talking to God." A few minutes later both my son and husband come walking in to the bathroom and my husband informs me that AJ wanted to know if I had a phone in the shower that I was using to talk to God with! Oh my beautiful boy how you steal my heart!

Spring Time!

Day One

Two kinds of tomatoes, peppers and marigolds!

Counting the days!

AJ cut up paper to help me make a paper chain to count down the days to our adoption. The Kirchner house is getting ready for our baby girl!

A Life Touched, Thank You

I walked into my office this morning and found a small surprise. See Jason and I are preparing for a new family member and I've let family and friends in on our fast moving second adoption. As a matter of fact just this past week I've opened up and shared it with my employees because at any moment our girl may come into this world and they deserve to know that I'll be leaving soon. However, I've shared with only a few how I've sold some boy things so I could bring our little girl home in pink and not blue. And not that blue would be so bad but I didn't have any newborn or 0-3 outfits as I brought my son home when he was 2 and a half months old and he was so tall to begin with that he didn't fit into anything smaller than 6 mo outfits anyway. So needless to say I had nothing for a newborn in either pink or blue. I remember how I felt so overwhelmed when I went to a second hand store to sell some boy clothes so I could buy a few newborn outfits. I have raised a child already why was I so overwhelmed? I would say I had an anxiety level I've never experienced before! I did pick up a few things I needed and since then I was so blessed by my family to receive some more needed items. So today when I came into work and found a gift bag full of Pink Girly clothes, hats, hair ties, shoes, dresses, tights and even a blanket! I was overwhelmed by God's grace and humbled that He would answer such a small and silly prayer to have some pink things for our soon to be daughter. A month to prepare has sent me flying and I'm just so thankful to this secret giver for doing more than just passing along a few girl things, whoever you are you have truly been a message from God for me that no matter what or how small and silly the hopes and dreams I have are, He will provide. And that hasn't been the only act of kindness my family has received. I am so grateful for good friends who have helped us with larger items that we are able to borrow such as a swing and a car seat. Everything combined made today's small gift break me of my anxiety as I am reminded how God will always provide even when we least expect it.Thank you for touching my life in such a small but truly large way!

Music

This week I took AJ to a band concert that my sister was playing in. After he got his foot stuck in the chair I held him in my lap and he finished the concert off by playing the drums on my knees!