Cody's 1st Birthday Pictures

9 months ago a we received a wonderful phone call. It was the agency saying that they would like to turn our profile into a birth mom out of San Antonio who had signed up with an agency out of Abilene. We were informed that the baby was a male and that he had some problems as birth. We prayed about it and decided that God knew what we could handle and gave her permission to show our profile.

A couple of weeks went by without any more information and we figured that God had other plans for us. On April 20 I got that phone call at work that the mom had accepted us as the parents for her son. We were so shocked that it came together as fast as it did after almost 3 years of waiting for a baby.

We left on May 1 to go and meet our new son...Cody James. We have loved having him apart of our family. Shaleigh is a wonderful big sister and we have had the pleasure of watching another precious child grow up in our household and watch all the new adventures that he has encountered in the 1st year of his life.

Happy birthday Cody we all love you and look forward to many more years together conquering all the challenges that God has in store for our family.

Valentine's Day

Well another Valentine's Day over and done with. This year was Cody's first experience at Valentine's Day. I took him and Shaleigh with me to the store so that we could pick out what to get the grandparents for the special day. I sat Cody on the floor with some toys and he proceeded to follow me around the store. He was very patient with me and just followed me around. While there I picked them up some balloons and two dinosaurs for them to have. He had so much fun playing with his dinosaur and chasing the balloon around the house.

We have definitely been blessed this year as with previous years with the most precious, beautiful children God created just for us. I look forward to many more years of this special day and watching them grow up.