Mandi's Birthday (Pajama) Party

Mandi's family came to visit last weekend for her birthday. She is now the big 3-3! We aren't sure how it became a pajama party, but along about 4:30 Brayden and Audrey decided to put theirs on.

Michael already had his on...check him out in the background.

Eric wasn't wearing his jammies but thought naptime sounded good anyway. (That's Doug he's cuddling with.)

It was quite the wild party, as you can clearly see!

Update

And that's all I have to say about that.

-Forrest Gump

We spent some time with Mandi's family on Valentine's Day and for Audrey's birthday.

A family portrait

Mandi and Brayden

Michael practicing holding Yohan like a baby

Audrey and her new skates

So proud of her birthday cake!

M & M

AND...

Conversation with a 3 1/2 year old...

Brayden: Aunt Mandi, can you spend the night tonight?

Mandi: Where will I sleep?

Brayden: You can sleep in my bed with me.

Mandi: But where will Uncle Michael sleep?

Brayden: Umm... he can sleep with Mommy and Daddy.

Mandi: (Hysterical laughter) Sounds good to me!

Cookie Fun

Mandi and some friends learned how to roll, cut, bake, and decorate sugar cookies Tuesday night thanks to Shelby's mom, Patty. Patty is a professional...she is the Wabash County Jail Matron, so she knows what she's doing when it comes to food! It was loads of fun, but Patty said we were the most rebellious group she's ever taught. Really? I'm not sure I believe that considering she works with criminals every day, but whatever!

Shelby and Christine working hard

Mandi getting the hang of it

Mandi and Theresa cheezin' it up for the camera

Cooper helping Patty make frosting

Group shot

Mandi's masterpieces

Random stuff

Kramer, during a recent snowstorm

Watching a 3D episode of Chuck (one of our favorite tv shows)

Where's Yohan? (Clue...he's the bump under the covers.)

Our picture for the new church directory

The beautiful quilt Mandi's mom made for the baby

P.S. We called our adoption agency last week and they said our scrapbook has been looked at a couple of times, but we haven't been the final choice for those birthmothers.

Brrr...It's cold out there

It's been very cold here and we've had plenty of snow. Michael had two days off school because of the below zero temps, but of course Mandi had to go anyway. Here's what he did to entertain himself. It's a good thing Michael had some time off because he's been on poop patrol. What is poop patrol? Well... Kramer swallowed a whole hambone inside a Ziploc baggie. We were afraid it might get stuck inside, but he seems to be fine. (No sign of baggie or bone!)

In case you are wondering, we have no adoption news to report. We will call our agency soon to see if anyone has looked at our scrapbook lately. Other than that, we are just "patiently" waiting for a call saying our baby is here!

I found these pictures of Michael when he was little and thought I would share.
What a cutie! Check out the suits Michael and David were wearing in the second picture. Hee hee.

Crean and Crimson

No bandwagon fans here. Mandi and her dad truly love the Hoosiers no matter what.