Decorating for Halloween!
Face paint!
Piper rarely gets to have icing (usually has milk in it) so she was excited!
Walk to the park
My brother Dan came in from MD so we met him in Raleigh for the day. The girls had a BLAST playing with him!
What it looks like after you play with Uncle Dan! Nice quiet ride home
I know I’ve said it before but I LOVE this time of year! There is so much fun stuff to do- so many memories to build! The girls were really excited about carving pumpkins this year!
They took the tops off and scraped for a minute but didn’t want to get messy so we did the rest.
Tim took the girls to Trunk or Treat at their school. They picked mermaid and pirate drress-up clothes to wear 
On monday the girls had Fall parties at school and they dressed up- a unicorn and a cat this time.
I really enjoy this time of year!! Seems like there is so much fun stuff to do! I usually have lots of fun things planned for our weekends! The girls love to go and do and Tim & I enjoy making the memories! On Friday night we had a social with our Sunday school class at a friend’s house. The girls dressed up and we had a blast! Izzy took her costume off because she couldn’t climb on the play set very well with it. I painted (or attempted) to paint their faces. After I got done with Izzy’s she told me “that it doesn’t look like the picture….. I look African.” She was still happy with it- looking at the picture now it does resemble tribal paint- but hey I tried!
We had a fire, food and lots of fun hanging out with friends!!
Saturday morning the girls danced at a nursing home with their dance class. They got to dress up again which they thought was awesome!!
They had a lot of fun and the residents seemed to enjoy it too!
Sunday afternoon we headed to a local church’s fall festival. There was face painting, a bouncy house, horses to ride, a hayride, funnel cakes, hot dogs, games and a fire for roasting marshmallows!
So glad our friends came to enjoy the festivities with us!!
We also had a birthday party on Saturday and Tim & I had a date night. We went to dinner with another couple and then went to see Tim Hawkins- a Christian comedian. It was a great show! Tim & I keep bringing up different jokes and cracking up! What a wonderful weekend!!! We are so blessed!
This is Izzy’s picture of our new baby- complete with diaper, crib, paci, lovey and bottle
Both girls continue to ask when our baby is coming home- we don’t have a specific answer for them yet. We are still waiting to be matched again.
God is teaching me a lot through this waiting period. I trust completely in His timing. I can’t wait am excited to see the cool way He is going to work to bring our new baby home. (I’m trying to take I can’t wait out of my vocabulary- because I can wait and I am 
Izzy prayed this week “God, like Mom, I’m getting tired of waiting on our baby sister, so please bring her home soon.” So I’ve changed the way I pray a bit asking God to help me as we wait and stating that we are so thankful He is in control. Praying for the safety of our new baby and birthmom and for our new baby to get here at the right time. I’m so glad our kiddos are a part of this process. I think they will remember praying for our baby and it will be cool to walk with them as our prayers get answered.
Milk update! I am still pumping. For the most part I don’t mind it and it is pretty routine. Every now and then when its “that time again” I get a little frustrated/tired of it. But I know it is all going to be worth it. I know God not only has a plan for our baby but also for all this milk I have!
I love fall! The girls and I went to a local church for some fall fun on Thursday. They had a blast with all the photo-ops
Then took a hayride!!
At school on friday both girls got to go out to the pumpkins and go for another hayride. They were so excited!
It was a little bright
Piper had a blast running around in the pumpkins….. she is such a ham!
It was fun to see her play with her classmates- one friend came over to show her a worm- their little conversation was so cute!!
Too bright!!
Much better!
Looking forward to more fun things this weekend!! Bring on the costumed events!!
