Sister Schofield is leaving...

Last week we received an email letting us know Sister Schofield is leaving LDS Family Services. For those that haven't heard of her - she is the one who was inspired for us to have David. I am so sad she is leaving because she is like family now. I am very excited for her though and all the good she will do.

Some of you may not know, but she needed to place David in a family ASAP and all the families she looked at weren't right. I had called and left a message for her to call me because I was going to tell her we were expecting Evan and waiting on the adoption process. When she saw that I had called she knew right then that we were to be his parents. She called and left a message at 11:30 pm on Halloween telling us there was a baby boy and we needed to pray if he was ours. I listened to the message at 3:30 am and woke Robert up saying they have a baby for us. Needless to say we didn't sleep a wink for over 24 hours after that. When we talked to her the next morning at 9:30 she still didn't know we were expecting. But after a few phone calls getting us aproved (because we were pregnant), we were in Detroit, MI by 8:30 pm on November 1 (my birthday).

This is Sister Schofield holding David when he is a couple of weeks old.

This is our new family as of November 1, 2007. David Hiram Himes is our son.

He is one week old.

Our family on August 29, 2008, the day David is sealed to us.

David has become quite the little Mozart and loves playing the piano.

Aren't they so cute and loving (right now). I think they are adorable in polo shirts.

Stairs

Yesterday Evan, who cannot even stand by himself, climbed the stairs. I only let him go up 5 or 6 before I took back down. Well tonight Daddy got to see his new stunt and Robert followed him all the way to the TOP!!! Yep, he's 10 months and climbing stairs. I am not ready for it but he watches what David does and has to keep up.

The Power of a Kiss

So this afternoon David was sitting under the piano and bonked his head. He started rubbing it and I asked "Does Mommy need to kiss it better?" He sits there for a couple seconds and comes over to me and bows his head so I can kiss it better. He then holds it there for a couple of seconds so I can kiss it a few times and give it a good rub to make it feel better. He then went on his way. Now you have to realize David doesn't really like kisses - he tries to get away. He gives kisses but won't except once every few months. I realized how much he loves me and he is still my baby.

Only ONE!!!

So it's interesting Christine asked about multiple babies because just other night Robert joked that I could be pregnant with twins. It wasn't funny because he's gone to work all day. I'm only planning on one and if by some strange miracle it is two - our stake president will really be needing the relief society to help or I would go crazy with Robert gone on Sundays and doing it myself.

We are still making lists of things we need to get done before November and what gets done - gets done.

Due Date

For all of you who are wondering the babies due date is November 7.

stroller derby

David and Evan love to push the strollers around. David is sometimes willing to push Evan around though he usually prefers to push an empty stroller.

General Conference

So I'm wondering how many years it will be before we can listen to conference and get something from it? We were able to get a few talks in, but most were missed.

I have to speak in Sacrament on reverence in our meetings and I am anxious to read the Primary Counselor's talk on reverence. She covered things that I had been thinking about. How do you teach about something that most of the people in our ward have no clue about?

It's Really A BABY!!!

On Wednesday morning I was able to have an ultrasound done of the baby. I was feeling a little bit overwhelmed with the fact that David will have turned 2 a couple of weeks before the baby is born and this means 3 children 2 and under. When the technician showed me the baby (it's only about an inch long) and I could see and hear the heartbeat a feeling of peace and love for my child came over me. It was truly a blessing for Heavenly Father that I was needing.

David is a Kind Big Brother

Yesterday David gave Evan his little push toy (it's like a popper only it chimes) all on his own and didn't take anything from him. I just thought "ahhh. He is starting to learn." Evan and I were "walking" and here came David with the toy and put the handle next to Evan's hand. Evan couldn't push it but it was the thought that mattered.

Funny Funny Little Boy

There is something funny everyday in our house. This afternoon I put Evan down for a nap and 1/2 hour later I went back up to put him to sleep! Lately he doesn't want to go to sleep on his own but would rather play in his crib. I go in his room and there he is standing up against the backside of his crib - now this would be fine except that he doesn't know how to get DOWN! I whispered his name and he started wimpering because he was stuck and needed help. It was cute but then I spent 15 minutes rocking him to sleep and then I laid him down. I think I liked it better when he fell asleep in bed instead of playing. It will only get worse though. I do like rocking and singing David and Evan to bed and will miss it when I cannot do it any more. They are still my little babies even though they hang over the edge of the chair.