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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Our Whole World
I don't write on here often but tonight I had a burst of energy so finished writing some posts I started a long time ago and decided I would write on here again. I think these blogs are a GREAT way to keep up with your daily life and almost a journal for your little one! That is IF I can ever find the time to get on here ..... facebook and instagram are easy - take a pic and write something and done! These are a little tougher but lately I have had LOTS of people asking about adoption - that is the REASON we started this blog to begin with was honestly in hopes of spreading the word we were looking to adopt and a blog is just another way to do that. Please feel free to share this with ANYONE looking to adopt... or send them our way! We love sharing our beautiful story of how we became a family. Our daughter is NOT our "adopted daughter" she is our daughter, our pride and joy, our prissy girl (we call her this cause of her PRISSY walk ha!), our crazy girl as Eli Young Band likes to say, our Baby B, our Lynna (as daddy calls her), my sunshine! We forget we adopted her and as much as I like talking about adoption we truly forget she didn't come from us - she has a temper like her daddy and is funny like her daddy but LOVES people like her mama and people actually think we look alike which is funny! Her birth mom even tells me that, she was meant to be ours! She means everything to us and more and if you are tired of hearing about her, well don't read this blog cause she is about all we talk about! When you wait 7 years to have a baby of your own and when you finally get one your whole world revolves around her even more than we dreamed it could! Life isn't always beautiful as Gary Allen I think says but It is a BEAUTIFUL LIFE! We aren't perfect (those who know us BEST know this) but we LOVE this little one with our whole heart and she is ours through and through! Tonight she has had a few bad dreams, it is mommy and daddy that pick her up and comfort her, adopted or not, she knows we are the ones who save her from her bad dreams! Sidenote - I asked daddy what she was dreaming about - he says probably someone stealing her wagon LOL! If thats the worst thing that could happen in her dreams we are doing good!! I want to try to post on here at least once a month, not necessarily for the world to read, just those that are bored LOL! But to remind myself of these precious days that are going by way too fast!!!
A Year Ago....
***if you want to see something sweet go to the bottom of this LONG post and watch the YouTube video, daddy loves to sing to B and she has loved to listen since she came into the world!
A year ago at this time we were at our house, had just finished all the fun Christmas stuff with family but this year was different everyone had given Brooklynn (our unborn daughter) gifts.... I was very nervous about this. Our baby wasn't ours yet, our birth mom had told me she never would change her mind that she was 100 % sure that B would be going home with us but a part of me had this fear that when she saw her it would be understandably hard to let her go. So a part of me was a MESS, a BIG part of me. It wasn't like we were going to the hospital to have a baby and bring her home, we were going to the hospital to watch someone else have a baby, give birth to her and hold out hope she would send her home with us..... I worried would she change her mind and I worried about her. How hard this would be on her, how heartbreaking this would be for her and her family. I had no idea what awaited us as we left in the early morning hours of December 28th to go to the hospital and meet our baby.
This is funny, maybe a month before B's due date I got this in my fortune cookie while I was working, so excited and of course CRIED when I read this. |
Now here we are one year later and we are about to celebrate her turning one! She isn't having a party till the summer! We decided we would just do supper with our parents and sisters and us tomorrow on her birthday and then have a party with the rest of our BIG family and friends in the summer to celebrate her turning 1 1/2 and also to celebrate her "gotcha day" the day she legally became ours - June 28th! Here are a few pics of our girl over the last year, everyone knows I take lots of pics but here are just a few.
this is a horrible pic of me with a towel on my head LOL but I love it because its "real life" - introducing my mom and sister to their granddaughter/niece |
another pic of our pretty porch - we were so proud of how pretty everything looked for B! |
My dad, sister and niece meeting B |
Daddy introducing B to her Nana B for the first time! |
Yes you are perfect my sweet girl |
My Ma with her great granddaughter, there is so better place to be nuzzled up than a grandmas! |
The moment we first saw our daughter AFTER papers had been signed and we knew she was ours, this picture can't put into words what this moment felt like, I will never forget it. |
My Mema and Papa with their newest great grandbaby, they love her so much and that is so precious to me! |
Never ever been so happy! |
her birth announcement, we were so proud! |
her first Panther game!! 5 days old and supporting her Panther Basketball team! |
You are my daddy and I love you already! |
Sisters and friends! Lucy loves Brooklynn! |
My sweet girl, about to go to her Gotcha Day party! |
this is my favorite, daddy singing her song to our crazy girl! couldn't love her more!
9 months old - took her first steps! Fell and didn't walk again till 13 months! |
Playtime with daddy before bed is so fun |
Already a Cowboys fan - like it or not! |
Officially BB - Brooklynn Blackwell |
Happy girl! Early mornings at our friends lake house - so fun |
She loves hanging at the lake, she is going to be a little Sun lover like her mama! |
She LOVES LOVES LOVES going to all of Daddys games already! |
Daddys' lucky charm and biggest fan |
Our little Sunshine!! |
She is such a happy baby girl! |
She loves daddy singing to her and playing his guitar! |
She LOVES her bath time! |
Our first Christmas with our little angel! |
Merry 1st Christmas Brooklynn Faith!! |
Brookylnns' first football season
Brooklynns FIRST football season!!
For years now I have wanted my own little baby to take with me to football games, to enjoy travelling to away games with me, to root dad on with me, to dress up (not gonna lie - I LOVE me some cute Panther clothes!).... little did I know how much work it is to have a baby at games!! But.... it was FUN! She had a blast and made it to almost EVERY Varsity game with the help of family and friends Mama was able to watch some of the games too!! Brooklynn was Dads good luck charm this year! The Panthers made it to the Playoffs for the first time in years and the first time ever in District 5A! We truly are in one of the TOUGHEST districts in the state of Texas - to make it like we did this year was amazing and to know we could have made it easily further was heartbreaking! We were so proud of our boys this year and I was so proud of my little girl for doing SO well at the games! My husband pours his HEART into his job just like many other coaches do. Coaching is NOT just a job, it truly is a lifestyle, its what they live and breathe. It is so much more than just "his job" - it is our life -I literally revolve my work schedule around his schedule. During football season I work Sunday afternoons thru Tuesdays - Wednesdays we do Running Back Supper, Thursdays are JV Games, Friday we bring dad good luck lunch and it is of course GAME night, and Saturday night is our only family date night where dad usually takes us to dinner!! I LOVE this time of year even with all the craziness - it truly is our life and we love it!
SO excited for her first football season!!! ha! |
our riding buddies to away games, the Rye kids and Abby - they keep B very entertained |
here she is with Mim and one of her MANY BIG bows - love it! |
trying to get a picture at the end of the night is tough! she is TIRED ha! |
our awesome head coach - proud to have my husband work for such a great man |
she LOVES Mamas bling! |
one of our traditional Friday good luck lunches with daddy! |
BDAT is the Panthers slogan - i love having custom stuff made for her -this mom has quite the Panther imagination - so much fun coming up with fun baby stuff!! |
asleep in my moms arms! so grateful to have my mom at so many home games this year with me to help with her baby grandbaby! |
she loves her Uncle Jerod! Passed out at the Pep Rally!! |
adorable Panther fans at the Pep Rally - my niece and nephew are the two shortest in the middle! |
my little Panther girls! |
she loves Aunt Stephanie - Stephs kids are old enough that it is a real blessing to have her be my away game driving buddy - she is MORE help to me than I deserve!! |
Abby and one of her BFFs - Morgan - these two love cheering for the Panthers together!! |
we love Pat - B's big brother - she has many big brothers on the football field! |
one of my favorite pics - Coach B getting big congrats from his girls after the game! |
he is so crazy about her! |
All bundled up with my girl! |
Gotta LOVE Ruffle Butts |
Midlo girls wear Bows and Bling is what I had put on her shirt - yes we do!! |
Homecoming parade with her best friend- her daddy |
Lets Watch Some Football baby girl! Homecoming 2012 with her Homecoming present from the Moores |
Love these sweet Panther fans - coaches kids and niece! |
they were crazy about the Seeton boys! |
She loved her Homecoming Mum! |
another Wednesday night picture with a few of the sweetest boys! |
Friday good luck lunch with daddy!! |
She did wait her WHOLE life for Panther playoffs! |
Bless her heart!! it was so late at night - but one day she will be proud to have a pic with our Team MVP and a boy she will grow up lovin! |
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