The Big Texas Hill Family

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Cheyenne's Adoption Finalization - May 8th - 2012

The day started out VERY early... We had to be at the courthouse in Fort Worth (which is about an hour and 15 minutes away) at 7:45am. My friend Meghan took Poopie and Goosey at 6am (and took Poopie to school) and our friend Sarah took Andi and Miguel to school. Everyone was dressed and ready to go at 5:45am. It was nice to be able to really enjoy the moment with Cheyenne. After the finalization we went to Mimi's for breakfast before heading home. Later that night we all went out to dinner to celebrate as a family. (Olive Garden)

It was a wonderful day. :)

Below: this was the same dress Goosey wore for her adoption finalization three years ago so I made this side by side pic... :)

Football sign-ups/tryouts

Poopie is all signed up for flag football in the fall. The tryouts were held at one of the local high schools. Can you believe they have an INDOOR practice facility for high school? Only in Texas. lol He was so excited to see the our neighborhood high school football players helping out during the skills testing. You would think they are famous. :)

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

School Dance and sleepover

Last Friday Andi had a school dance. Before the dance her friends came to our house for pics. Afterwards they came back to our house for pizza and a trip to the mall. Later, we rented a movie and the girls had a sleepover. :)

Below: the girls in our van ready for me to drive them to the school... :)

The dance was a Hollywood theme so they got to walk in on a red carpet. :)

They changed clothes after the dance and had pizza before we headed to the mall.

Goosey was very excited to go in the mall like the big girls. Don't worry, we stayed out of sight so the girls would not lose any cool points... lol

The girls bought matching plastic BFF rings and bracelets. So Jr. High... lol

They camped out in the game room upstairs. I love having a house with enough space to throw the tweens during sleepovers. :)

Ears pierced - 6 months old

Before...

We went to the same place we took Goosey for her ears...

Cheyenne only cried for a few seconds and then was fine...

As per our ear piercing tradition, we then headed over to the mall play area for the kids to enjoy. :)

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! :)