Gibson's picture of Aunt Annaliese

Gibson is getting to be a pretty good photographer. Here is one he took of Annaliese.













After my visit in Memphis, I drove to Nashville. Annaliese came down to Joelton to meet me. She hung out with me that afternoon and night. For dinner, we packed up the kids and Grani and Papa and went to Olive Garden to meet Melissa Greene. She was my maid of honor in my wedding. She is a school teacher.




After dinner, Annaliese and I hung out with Melanie Simpson until Andrew's flight landed. Melanie is my closest friend from college. She is my dancing bud and I miss her very much. She danced in my wedding which is one of my most special memories from my wedding. If I hadn't moved to OK, she and I were going to open up a dance studio.







This is Bridget Philips. She is one of my closest friends from Jr. High through High School. (She is mentioned on my adoption post b/c of her adopted brother Keenan) Her daughters are close in age just like my two kids. We had a good visit. I love seeing her. She and her family moved back to TN the same month Andrew and I moved to OKLAHOMA!!! That was real annoying.









Rachel Wilson brought her kiddos to Papa and Grani's house for some more visiting. Rachel and I met and grew close through the Mother's Day Out program at Joelton First Baptist. She and I had fun teaching MDO and I miss getting to see her every week.









Haven, Katie, Alie, Wes, and Gibson.

CHEESE!







Up next........ our visit with baby HANNAH!

Our trip to see Hannah started in MEMPHIS

Here are the kids in their travel attire. Everyone needs sun glasses and a pirate hat to travel.






Aunt DiDi's house was so much fun! She has cool hats and kitty cats.


The kids left for Nashville with thier Papa and Grani, so Aunt Didi, Robin and I went out for Sushi!!

I enjoyed 2 full days with out my kids. I missed them, but I also got to see some old friends.


This is Katrina and her 3 month old Stella. I haven't seen Katrina since highschool. She and her husband moved to back to Memphis recently b/c of the hurricane.





My camera was full, but I also got to see my friend Natalie Hayes, who I hadn't seen since my freshman year of college. She and her husband will be missionaries to Cambodia next year.









This is my friend Karen. She and I went to highschool together. The last time she saw me I was pregnant with Gibson. She is getting married in July.















I got to go see my friend Dawn. (Dawn is mentioned in my adoption post) She had pitures of her wedding and her classes she has taught since graduating. I had fun visiting with her.

And here is Amy. Amy and I have been budies for a long long time. She and her husband Clint took me out to eat. She also tried to give me an Ultra sound at the Vet where she works. Dr. Cooper (amy) and I were not successful in seeing much of the baby, but it was fun trying.

We went to church together on Sunday. I haven't been back to my old church in a long time. Bellevue Baptist has a new pastor and I like him alot.

I'm so glad I had the opportunity to visit with these girls. I'm not sure when I will get to see them all again.

MORE PICTURES OF OUR TRIP TO SEE HANNAH COMING SOON!!!!!!!

Dance recital

My first dance recital ALL by myself was 2 Fridays ago. Usually I have Lyndel or someone else to organize and most of all TALK, but it was all me. As you can see I had "help" from my little ones. They wanted to stand up in front with me as I welcomed everyone.
I had to stand in the back and do the dances, but my children stayed up front to watch. (I feel kinda bad for any of the parents whose pictures have my kids heads in them) Oh well!










Here I am with one of my dancers. My older girls had to dress as children from another country. Isn't she cute with her white face and chop sticks?









The recital was a success. I'm glad it's over though. Right now I have two other ladies teaching summer dance for me. I hope to start back teaching mid September after the baby gets here.



Stay tuned for more pictures from May.........anniversary........mother's day.......AND our trip to Tennessee and Kentucky.

Well, it's OFFICIAL!!!

This cute little boy and his sister officially have a little cousin with the last name of Davis!!!!! Woo Hoo! The name, Hannah Rochelle Davis was made official by a judge yesterday in Kentucky. We are so excited! (I have 142 adoption pictures waiting for me to look at at Shutterfly.com) I can't wait.

That's the main news, but incase you were wondering what Haven and her mommy look like after their haircuts, here are some pics. (to see before pictures scroll to the previous post)


She has official bangs and looks super cute.
Also, this is the official dress I'm wearing for my recital next Friday. This will be my first official recital to do completely BY MYSELF! I'm pretty nervous, but excited.


Here are the proud parents. I know yesterday must have been so special for them. Remember, if you ever want to check in on them, then check out christyanddaniel.blogspot.com or papa's blog which is papalyndel.blogspot.com. WOW, I think I just did a link!!!!
Looks at this beauty!!!

She is so pretty in pink and I can't wait to finally meet her. I get to see her next month when we come to Tennessee. She will officially inherit all of Haven's clothes since I'm having another boy.

I DON'T THINK I EVER MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT OFFICIAL! I figure now is the time since I'm doing the whole official thing.

Haven and Mommy before our haircut

this is the longest my hair has ever been! Gibson thought he should turn and face the wall for the picture too!

Haven did a great job. She wasn't very scared. I have an envelope of her blonde hair. I still can't believe how blonde her hair is sometimes.

Gibson's photography

My son likes to play with my camera.

Here are some examples of his photography skills.

Stay tuned for pictures of Haven's first hair cut.

My sister is working on a project for school about adoption. She needed my mom to find some pictures for her. My mom sent them to us via e-mail, so I had to put them on my blog.





Aren't we cute in our Easter dresses? I hope you all had a good Easter.

my adoption post

It's below this one with Grani and papa. I don't know how to move it up. It's b/c I started it almost 2 months ago. Anyway, scroll down.

Proud Aunt, Uncle, Papa and Grani

A long long time ago, I promised to publish a blog about my brand new niece Hannah. My sister- in- law Christy and her husband Daniel are in the process of adopting her. Because adoption is so special to me I wanted to do a blog about all my friends and family involved with adoption. I am still waiting on one picture, so in the mean time I want you to enjoy some pictures of Hannah. She is so beautiful. I haven't seen her with my own eyes, but I am so proud to have her in our family.

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To see more beautiful, wonderful, adorable pictures of my niece, please see

danielandchristy.blogspot.com

(Unfortunately I don't know how to do links to other places)

Papa also has a blog. His is

papalyndel.blogspot.com

He has some great pictures of my kids and hannah on his blog!