Adoptions are final!!!

Well the day we were all waiting for has now come and gone. May 27, 2010 we all became Rowland's legally. Mike adopted Landon and we both adopted Mikaela. It was a special day. I took the whole day off work, My dad and Bonnie were there and Mike's parents were both there.

Here are a few pictures from that morning at the court house.

Landon waiting for our turn to talk to the judge.

The Rowland's with the judge.

After court, everyone left and went their separate ways for the day...so I took the kids and went to Rockwall for some pictures of just the 2 of them on this big day. They both did such a great job.

Well, I am giving up on adding new pictures...more are posted on my facebook or they are all in kodak...message me if you would like to see more pictures.

May was a big and busy month...Landon turned 7 this year on May 14...can't believe that he is already 7, time flies.

T-Ball continued and I think only 1 or 2 games got rained out, which is good compared to past seasons.

At the end of the month, after the adoptions were final, mom, Luke and Luke's girlfriend Beth came to visit us and stayed to visit for Memorial Day weekend.

Well, I guess that is a brief update on what has happened with us.

I will try and do much better at updating this blog.

Time to catch up with the Rowlands!!

Sorry I have not been good at updating this since February. It has been pretty crazy around here and not that school is out for the summer things will slow down a lot.

Mikaela has been enjoying her daycare and all the wonderful ladies that take care of her everyday. She is learning so much and really likes being around the other kids during the day.

Landon has finished 1st grade and now on to 2nd grade. He did great!! He started the year reading below 1st grade level and finished the year at a 3rd grade level. He made all A's for the year on his report card. Those were his goals for the year and he was successful on both.

My first year as a school counselor is now under my belt, not an easy year to say the least, but I did learn a ton and learned and I am pretty sensitive when it comes to my students. That has worked out for me for the most part but not always. I really LOVE what I do and think I have finally found what I want to do when I grow up. Grad classes for my masters degree are over half done...should be Master Rowland by the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year.

Mike has been busy with his sound company earning some extra money for us but gone most weekends working. Still working at the parole office but not really enjoying it.

The big news in our family is that we are all now ROWLANDS!!!! On May 27th we went to the judge to finalize the adoptions of both kids...we both adopted Mikaela and Mike adopted Landon!! It was a very exciting day for all of us.

Now time for some videos and pictures from the last 4 months.

March 2010

The kids on St. Pats Day

We had an egg hunt at Mike and Janet's house the week before easter...here is a picture of the kids from that day.

April 2010

Mikaela at her 6 month check up with her Didi.

Easter Sunday...my two beautiful kids!!

Landon played T-Ball again this year...Mikaela, Mom and Mikey were his biggest fans. He had a GREAT year and next year will move up to baseball.

Big accomplishment for Mikaela

This weekend Mikaela started rolling over. Just to make sure it wasn't an accidental rollover, I kept rolling her back to her belly and she rolled to her back about 4 or 5 more times. Mike and I were both right there watching her and I had the camera handy so I caught one of the rolls as it happened. I tried to move to a different angle to get a better video, but no matter where I was she rolled towards me not away.

She has also started talking a lot, she has figured out that she can make noises and has also learned that she can get louder if she needed to get my attention. She also started to copy some of the faces that her dad makes, it is SUPER cute.

She is growing way to fast for us, tomorrow she will be going for her 4 month appointment at the doctors. Hope to be able to start cereal soon.

Well that is about all the excitement we have right now. You can always see updated pictures and videos on my facebook page.