My sweet bride has a birthday tomorrow!! I know she would love to get some digital birthday hugs from all of you that have been such an encouragement to her this past year!
BTW, Abe is doing great. Bummer of a night but that comes with the territory!
Appreciate all of you,
Moody

Hey guys, it's me Abe! I'm just chillin' here with my fam- so far, I think they are pretty great. Here are a few pics of me and a few hanging out with my bros. Mom keeps saying she is a little rusty on her time management skills with an infant.  I have no idea what that means, but maybe that is why she doesn't blog very much anymore. :)

This was one of my favorite photos of Abe that we received while we were waiting for him! It just made me happy.

Today we were so blessed by a precious 15 year old! We have been friends with her family for years and they have been so supportive during the entire adoption process. Her mom was with me the day that we lost our referral, they rejoiced with us over the referral of Abe and they greeted us at the airport upon our return to Texas.

Her little brothers are in science with my kids and she brought us the most amazing gift today after class. I wept at the labor of love and absolute beauty! This was her first portrait........Moody told her we may sell it for millions when she is uber-famous. Can you believe how talented she is? What a treasure.  
She signed the bottom left corner with her name and God.

I think we are finally back to reality! We are settling into our routine as a family of 7. We have officially started our homeschool year, and the kids are back to all of their activities. I don't love the busy schedule, but we sure love the addition of Abe to our family.  He makes each day brighter- just look at that face! :)  He is sleeping great (getting up once for a bottle and right back down) so I physically feel so much better now.  

Here are the final two slideshows!  Kristin is so amazing and has such a gift.  We were so blessed to have her with us each step of the way.  

I am so thankful for all of Melissa's help while we were gone!  Go read her current post and let her know how fabulous she looks! :)  She cracks me up!!

I finally feel like I am coming out of the fog.......I am still tired and it doesn't help that little man still has his days and nights a little confused!  We are working on it and enjoying him so much.  The kids are such great helpers, often competing for his attention.

We are back.  We are tired.  We are in love.