Happy Fall

Matt's Great Game

***Caution: This is a post for grandparents****
Matt had a great soccer game today. His team won. Matt scored 3 great goals for his first ever hat trick. My friend J shot these pictures. They so capture Matt's excitement after goal number 3.

Although we do not have a picture of Jake playing soccer he too scored a goal today. Yeah Jake!

Not to be left out, Josh had a great baseball game this weekend. Josh was able to pitch 2 innings for his team. He got his first ever strike out as a pitcher and did a fantastic job.
Our boys had a great weekend.

Life with Lauren

I have been a very bad blogger lately. I have to say that life has gotten in the way of my computer time. That's a good thing though:) Here are some pictures of happenings around the house. Lauren LOVES our cats. She squeals with delight when either cat walks in the room. On her first day home she was not too sure of our furry friends. I do not think she had ever met a cat before. Here is Riley letting Lauren pat him.
Last weekend in the middle of October we got snow! This is definitely not the norm here in New England. Even though it wasn't super cold Jake just had to put on full snow gear. He worked hard on the 1st snowman of the season.

Lauren and I stayed indoors for the snow storm. You can see the snow flying outside her window. The snow flakes were HUGE.

Lauren spending some time in her garden

Lauren and Daddy hanging out in the toy/lego room. Phil was helping the boys build a cool ship and Lauren wanted in on the action
She tried her hardest to get into one of the lego bins.

The picture is for my cousin Tracy. Thank you for all the great gifts for Lauren and the boys. We had so much fun opening everything. We can't wait to see you all at Christmas

Thank you also to my great book club. I know everyone did not get to see what was in the wonderful basket so I took a picture.

I have more pictures to upload and share. I will have to make a separate post after all the sports today. I just wanted to get some new pictures of Lauren out.

Off to the Game

Josh and Phil are off to the Red Sox game today. Josh is truly one of the biggest fans in the Red Sox Nati*on . At 9 years old he knows more stats, both current and not, than many adult fans. He has on several layers of Red Sox apparel, his glove for catching fly balls, and a ball and sharpie for getting autographs. He is so excited!!! Have fun Josh and GO SOX!

Meeting Friends

Lauren and I got together this past Friday with friends from our old Playgroup. It was so good to catch up with the moms. There are 4 of us who have grown our families through international adoption. My friend S lovingly refers to this crew as the Asian Invasion. Little girl A and sweet boy M came home from Korea this past spring and have been waiting for Lauren to arrive. Another sweet girl, M is a little bit older and is in preschool. Here are the 3 youngest playing in the baby friendly area of my kitchen

Here is a picture of Lauren's face after M gave her a kiss. The stunned look on her face is too funny.

Happy Nine Months Lauren!

Little Miss Lauren turned months old today. I was so happy to finally be with her on such a special occasion and to take her month picture in the chair like we did for all the boys. Sigh...Maybe we can make 9 months last for 90 days. I would really like to enjoy her babyness longer:)
Here is big brother Matt helping to get a picture. She is such a mover!

We are ALL so in love with this girl. She is the perfect baby girl for our family. Happy Nine Months Lauren! We are so happy you are home.

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