Today we went to the Wild Animal Park for a little afternoon of fun before it rained. We got to feed these birds some nectarine juice. It freaked Thomas out when about 3 birds landed on his arm. So Daddy helped him hold the juice cup and the birds landed on Daddy. They were a little intimidating especially when like 4-5 would land on your arms or head.

We stopped at the Fischer Price playground to run off some energy. Thomas loves to go down slides...........weeeeee!!

We saw a few animals in the petting karal, before it started to rain. Thought this was a funny picture, since the deer (like animal) is sticking his tongue out.

Saw the gorillas, fed the birds, visited the petting karal, saw the ducks and made it back to the car when the rain started really coming down. It was kind of fun to not worry about getting wet.........it's only water. Thomas took a nap on the way home and snuggled into his blankets for more naptime when he got home. What a nice family afternoon.

Thomas's Dedication

Last Sunday we dedicated Thomas to the Lord and as parents we made a promise/commitment to raise him up to know Jesus, be a good example of Christians and read the bible to him everyday.

Thomas getting dedicated by Pastor Dave.

 Pastor Dave DeChape and Thomas

Happy Parents

 Family Picnic

Routine visit

Today Thomas' SW came to visit us. Until the adoption is final, she has to see him every other month. We are so blessed to have a great SW. She shared with me some more information on the process. It's a lot to explain over the blog, so in short, she's thinking it might be more like early summer before we see finalization happen. The system just has a bunch of hoops to go through, I guess. Anyways, she shared with me the results from his developmental and she was happy to report on a few things he was average, but on most he was above average. She couldn't believe how tall he'd gotten since our visit in December. He talked with her and showed her his toys, and she was again impressed with his development. The visit was nice and Thomas said "Bye-Bye Sawra" (Sarah) as she walked out.

A mumbled prayer

Last night we watched Thomas do something we've been teaching him. We've been working on praying before dinner. We pray slow enough for him to repeat some of the words. We thank God for our food, our fun day and for all our friends, family and animals (list them one by one). Well last night I got him in his booster chair at the table to eat. All the food was on the table, and I walked in to tell Jim dinner was ready. When we both walked back into the dining room, Thomas had his hands folded, head bowed and was mumbling. I guess he was saying his own prayer last night. I know that God understands his heart and can decifer the mumbles.

Thomas Rocks Out!!!

The next Stevie Ray Vaughan.

G-R-O-W-I-N-G Part. 2

Me thinks Thomas had a GROWTH SPURT last night!!!

Grrrrrrrr!!!

This is a 3T?

Oh well, time to go shopping (Again)!

G----R----O-----W-----I-------N-----G

Growing up fast!!! We measure Thomas on the 1st of the month every month. Last February he measured 31" and this February he's 35 1/2". So in one year with a 4 1/2" growth spurt, something is telling me he's going to be tall. We heard a wives tale that when a child is 3, double his/her height and that's their adult height. So let's do a little math. He's 2 now, so let's say he grows another 4 1/2" by next year. That would make him 40" (double = 80") so that's like 6'6!! We think height like that is good for a quarterback in the NFL. But Nama & Papa are hoping for a basketball star.

On average we're going through 4 1/2 gallons of milk in 3 weeks, so let's do the math on that. Oh my goodness...........that's just a lot of milk!!!!! Prehaps we should invest in a cow.

In all you could say he's healthy and GROWING. His evaluation test proved that he's right on target for his age group. He was a real trooper, being the fact he hadn't napped and was almost asleep in the car.

His vocabulary is expanding day by day, too. He is actually putting sentences together now and with sound effects (i.e. Papa vroom vroom oud TRANSLATES Papa's chainsaw was loud).

Parenthood in the Huston home is a wonderful journey and we feel so blessed.