Playdate at McDonalds

We met Joshua and his grandparents at McDonald's this afternoon for a little bit of playtime. It was great to see him. He is doing well... walking (with shoes, not so good; without them though, he is doing really great) and he crawls at the speed of light. He is weighing 32# and is 33" tall. He still has his little chuckle laugh and beautiful smile and is still flirting with the girls and making friends all over the state. He says choo choo, luv you, blows kisses and was trying to give Abby hugs. We will see him again in June when they come to town for court hearing.

Joshua was our ninth foster child, he was with us for six months nearly from June to December 2008. He had been mauled by a dog after being left alone in the living room. He was a very sweet "little" guy to have around the house. He went to live with his "grandparents" and will hopefully be adopted by them before the year is over. They have been sweet enough to keep us involved with him and to keep us updated on how he is doing.

March for Babies Walk

This morning, Abby, Mema, Riley and I participated in the March of Dimes "March for Babies" walk at the Legends Crossing. We had a great time walking around the "pond" there. It was amazing to see the photos of little bitty newborns and to see them as they are growing up now. In hearing the different stories, I had to look down at Riley and say a little prayer to God that he is as healthy as he is, considering his start in life.

Vet School Tour at Texas A&M

Blaine has her arm inside a "real live" cow. She was feeling what was in the cow's rumen. Her response was that was warm and had wet hay inside there.... this is called a fistulated cow -- she is used to obtain good rumen bacteria that is transferred into cows that are lacking this, she has this hole all the time and it is plugged until needed.

San Antonio -- Alamo Garden Photos

We spent the weekend in San Antonio at the Starbound Dance Competition. Blaine performed several numbers and all the kids from her dance company did a great job. Here are some photos from some of her rountines.....

"Back to School" from Grease - received Gold Medal

Blaine's Solo - Crush -- High Silver (we thought it was better than that though....) She did agreat job with it.

Isn't she beautiful?

Dancing in the stairwell for me before she performed with her dance group for Hey Jude, they received a Gold Medal for this performance as well.

Starbound San Antonio Dance

Blaine, Melana, and Patrick performing to "I am a Shine" - received Gold Medal

Yabba Dabba Doo Time -- Flintstones, Meet the Flintstones..
(Pebbles, aka Blaine is the one with red hair, back far left). They received a Gold Medal for this performance as well.

Blaine and Kelsey, performing along with the rest of the Junior Dance Company in "If My Friends Could See Me Now", a jazz number.
They received a Gold Medal for this number as well.

Easter Egg Hunt

Here are pictures of the kiddos at our Easter Egg Hunt...don't know how much hunting is required with as many eggs are placed out in our yard, but the kids have a blast gathering them all up and getting them into their baskets.