She's 1!

Eliyah Grace Tuleen is ONE! Saturday we celebrated with Grandpa Bruce and Grandma K (my parents), our dear friends Grammy and Poppy Wilcox, and Eliyah's birth-parents. She was surrounded by love! Eric is in Honduras on a medical mission so we'll have a second celebration when he gets home.

We had a really great day and I'm so glad that my parents were able to be here. Eliyah's birth-mom is with us a lot (Yeah! She's one of our favorite people!) and it was great that E's birth-dad could travel a long distance to be with us for the weekend. The birthday girl loved the attention, her cake, her Snow White doll and especially her new hair bows. Justice and Aedyn think the hair bows are pretty great, too.

Eliyah is saying mama, papa, 'us'is (Justice), a'en (Aedyn), and she does some great animal sounds. Her favorite activity is singing and dancing and she would be content for an hour if I would continuously sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "5 Little Monkeys." Eric and I are so, so grateful to be her parents. Eliyah brings true joy to our hearts.

Happy Resurrection Day!

Aedyn's Potty Party. He's trained! Diaper at nap and night but he's waking up dry.

Finding the easter eggs that we had just dyed moments before.
A cool and sunny day last week.
Potty training day. It took about an hour to discover the second best place for underwear.
Justice pulled Aedyn's paint project onto the floor and both babies enjoyed themselves.

It's 78 degrees, the kids are all napping, Eric is resting on the couch, Sara is asleep in the chair and I've been wandering around the yard. Next year I will have a huge 'yard' to wander. We are in a contract for a house on 65 acres, 50 of which are wooded, the rest are cropland or pasture.

I've been really overwhelmed as we try to get the house ready for viewing and feeling concerned for the price we probably won't get, but do need. Three years isn't much time to build equity in a house. We would consider renting the house and are praying that we find someone to buy or rent soon.

The kids are all doing great.