Firsts...

Over the past few months H & M have experienced some "firsts"...

Misikir's 12th Birthday in September

Hawi's 13th Birthday in November

 

 

Hawi's 1st choir concert in November--she intentionally slouched behind the girl in front of her so we couldn't see her!  She did a great job even though we couldn't see her :)

SNOW!

Building a snowman!

Thanksgiving with family & friends

I'm so excited about our first Christmas as a family of 7.  The house is decorated and there are even a few gifts under the tree (all the gift tags are hidden so nobody knows which gifts are for them!--I'm so sneaky!).  I think I may be enjoying these "firsts" as much as H & M are!

Oh, and we completed our re-adoption in the state of Wisconsin, so the kids will be getting Wisconsin birth certificates, their middle names have been changed, and their birth dates have been changed (because the dates on their previous paperwork was off by a couple of years for each of them).  Yay!  Time to relax and enjoy Christmas!