The Big Texas Hill Family

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Family fun at the Ball Game...

Yesterday we went to the Frisco RoughRiders game with Miguel baseball team. It was a LOT of fun and included in the discount tickets was an "all you can eat" dinner with hot dogs, burgers, drinks etc. It was a GREAT deal. The stadium is awesome and has a POOL and a playground. :)This was the baby's first "professional" game and she did sooo well considering the game started at her bedtime. She made it all night and LOVED the fireworks. The night ended with 4 babies fast asleep for the ride home. :)

Below: the pool in right field...

Below: Baby watching the fireworks...

Below: sleeping babies

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Ready, Set, RUN!

On Easter morning Goosey decided she was going to take off walking. She had taken about two or three steps at a time for the pat few weeks, but something clicked on Sunday and she took off. Now, she thinks walking/running is a game and won't stop. :)

Below: The day after Easter... she is perfecting her "running"... :)

Easter 2010

Below: Dying the eggs the night before...

Below: Easter Morning

Below: I gave her the entire Easter Bunny to see what she would do with it... She finished it off in about three bites. lol

Below: Easter dinner

Below: Our "outdoor" Easter Egg Hunt. We also had one inside earlier in the morning.

Below: I know was not her "first" Eater but that was the only clean bunny bib we had. :)

Below: Andi holding our annual Bunny Cake...

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter Baskets from Grandma

Tonight Eric was talking to Kaleb about my Grammie who passed 3 years ago yesterday. He was explaining that Grammie is Grandma's mommy and she is his great-grandmother. To that Kaleb replied... "No, my Grandma is the Greatest Grandma of all because she does fun stuff for me!" :) That about sums it up. Grandma never misses an excuse to send them gifts or cards with kisses on them. Although we live states away, she manages to stay very close with the kids.

Below: As soon as she took the baby out of the bag she gave it a kiss... :)

Brotherly Love

This weekend the baby was showing her love for her brothers. She spent half the day trying to sit in Miguel's lap and even gave him a hug! (She NEVER hugs him. She will hug everyone else in the family except him...) Then, we went to another one of Poopie's games and she was clapping and cheering for him. (some of the time) The rest of the time she kept screaming out.."Dada!" trying to get Eric's attention when he was on the field as the third base coach. lol

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! :)