The Big Texas Hill Family

Monday, October 12, 2009

First fire of the season and putting up Halloween decorations

We had a high in the 50's so it was the perfect day for both. :)

The baby was NOT liking Mr. Bones lol

Someone was eyeing the candy corn... :)

8 months old!

Our sweet baby girl is now EIGHT months old! She just went to the doctor and now weighs 23 lbs!!!!!!! Twinkle Star is in size 18 months clothes and some size 24 month tops. You assume she is a big eater but she's not. She will only eat one jar of food twice a day and takes about 4 eight oz bottles. Angelina loves music and still thinks Kaleb has God status. :) If you ask her where the kitties are, she looks for them until she finds them. Right now she babbles a lot and says mama when she is tired. Baby Girl is soooo cute and has such a fun personality. She RUNS around the house in her walker to keep up with the older kids and will chase after Poopie when he is riding his scooter. :) We love her so much and are so grateful to have her as part of our family.

Below: Helping with our Halloween lights and decorations... :)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Getting Ready for Camp

Andi leaves for 5th grade camp tomorrow. she will be gone two nights and three days. I got her a disposable camera because I am freaking out about not having pics from her trip. Hopefully I can get one or two pics that are not of something silly. :) While Andi was at soccer practice we had to drop off her luggage tonight at school to load on the bus since they leave in the morning. We only had to borrow a flashlight from Joni & Kent and a rain poncho from the Carlsons. Pretty good on supplies. :)

Below: Lillie helping Andi get ready

Monday, October 5, 2009

Yard work

It helps to have kids who ENJOY working outside. :)

Earlier that day, Andi scored her first goal of the season. :)

Friday, October 2, 2009

Joni's Baby Shower

It was a GREAT night! We had 11 awesome ladies, 4 little ladies and one baby. :) We played games, ate desserts and had wonderful conversation.

Below: Getting dessert...

Below: Dana, Girl and Shandi

Below: Angelina, Donna & Andrea

ME & Torey

SaraThe young ladies... :)

The woman of the hour. :)Below: GAME TIME! Below: Kami deep in thought trying to win the super-cool prizes... :)

Little ladies helping run the games...

Gift time! Let's see that loot! :)

Below: sisters... :) Happy Birthday Stephanie!Below: Mommy, Daughter, and soon to arrive daughter #2Congrats Joni!

About Our Family...

Eric and I married in Dec. of 2003 and we are the parents of 5 beautiful adopted children. Our two oldest children were placed with us through foster care at ages 5 and 6. We knew someone from our church who was adopting them and she could not continue with the adoption so we took them in and their adoptions were final one year later. Our youngest son was placed with us at 3 days old through private adoption. His birth mom had him in her high school restroom on the toilet. She said she didn't know she was pg. We are SO grateful that her and the birthfather chose adoption even at their young age. Our friend worked at the hospital where he was taken and she helped facilitate a private adoption. We had no idea of him until 5 hours before we brought him home! No bottles, no baby items, no car seat, nothing! :) Our middle daughter came to us through our church adoption agency. Her birth mom picked us out of a bunch of profiles after getting to know our family when she was about 20 weeks along. We were so blessed to bring her home straight from the hospital when she was three days old. Our youngest baby came home at 3 days old. Her birth mom is a close friend whom we have known for two years. She is SUCH A DOLL! We are sooo grateful to have her join our family. We moved from So.California to N.Texas in Dec.of 2006. We love it here and are glad to have an affordable home! :)