New Friends Made and Our First Day Home...

Benjamin and his friend, Roberto--whom we met in Guatemala with his family...





Michael--hanging in his stroller...





Roberto's mom, Mary Beth (my new friend!), and her daughter, Eliana--who is 3 days older than Michael, and his potential future wife (heeheehee).





Rob and Roberto--new friends complete!! We can't wait to see them again, as they live very close to "Uncle Bubba" and Auntie Jo!! Yay!!!!

At home on the couch with "my boys"!

Benjamin and Mommy comforting Molly. :)

Benjamin and his new John Deere. It's not motorized yet...but one of these days, maybe...

Michael (and Daddy in the background) in our room, hanging out for the morning news update!

Welcome Home!

Michael in his new home...meeting Molly...eating at the table...and meeting his new friends in his bed! :) What a great first night!!!

Me and my little brother!

While Benjamin has had a few issues with adjusting to his new brother, he is overall very happy and loves to help us with him. He loves his brother and loves to play with him. Of course, we will continue to work through some of his jealousy--but he'll figure it out! :)

Benjamin sightings!!

Benjamin took some fun and goofy pictures--enjoy!! (He certainly did!)

Embassy Day!

This was Embassy Day (Monday, August 18th)...so Benjamin and Michael wanted to dress alike! First; however, Michael had to pose with one of his new hats!

"Naked" Baby alert!! (diaper included)

Some cute "naked" baby pictures of Michael, with a brief thought from Benjamin in the middle! :)

Benjamin and Nani love Baby Michael :)

Stronger, FATTER, HEALTHIER BABY!!!

Together at Last!!

Here we are on our first day with Michael--he warmed up to all of us right away! He was exhausted from apparently not sleeping for a week due to his foster family's sorrow in losing him (he was their last foster baby)...so he slept a lot the second day! He even fell asleep in the pool with Steve holding him!!!

Benjamin loves his new brother except when I am paying attention to him. Then he gets a little jealous and starts acting up a little. We go to the Embassy tomorrow (Monday) at 7:15am (UGH) and pick up Michael's visa Tuesday. We are ready to come home already, but are very glad to be together...

More pictures to come...