I dip my pancakes in milk

Love that morning hair...

"For breakfast I like boiled eggs, without the yellow yucky part, and daddy's pancakes dipped in milk. I don't like syrup, it's yucky too!" ~ Sarah

When I grow up

When I grow up...

Backstage getting ready.

Oh! I see my fans! WOO HOO!

Awesome dance moves!

Sunday Attire

We were getting ready for church and Sarah was very interested in Daddy's tie, so we gave it to her and she put it on.

"Raspberries!"

"Itsy, Bitsy Spider"

Dearest Daughter

Dearest Daughter,

Several months ago I woke in the middle of the night. Something in my spirit telling me to rock you to sleep. Confusing as that night was it was then that I knew, you were waiting for me to find you. Many months prior I told an online website that I was 'pregnant' when I wasn't... it sent me emails about how you were growing, when I could feel your kicks. (But I wasn't really pregnant and doctors told me chances are low. I read the emails about my child being 1 month then 2, 4 months and 6 months...) And then, one day in January 2008 I received a call from my cousin Julie, asking if Daddy and I would like to adopt you. We prayed and attended the temple about this decision, and the answer as clear as any could be, yes, you were meant to be with me. Whenever we needed to travel our schedules would be clear. If times got hard or worrisome we felt the spirit near. I met you first late February, you were 10 months old! You crawled across the room and cuddled in my arms. I showed you the outside window and you fiddled with the blinds. I fed you orange squash and a bottle of warm milk. I even got you to giggle when I tickled your tummy. Back in Utah we waited to hear when you could come to our home, you were in California with another Foster Mom. Finally in April Daddy came to see you.

You were only 10 months old, but when you saw daddy you crawled across the room, put your arms straight up and said "Da Da!" Daddy was extremely surprised, he picked you up and you giggled and cooed.

You showed us your most favorite toys.

You even climbed up into my lap. But we already knew, you were meant to be ours. The waiting was hard, but luckily we were able to see you often. The Lord blessed our family in countless ways so it would be possible for us to be together, He brought us comfort and let us know that all would be okay. Finally after 16 months we can be sealed together, this sealing is Eternal. We will be an Eternal Family, forever sealed as if we had never been apart.

We love you!

~Mommy & Daddy

Happy St. Patrick's Day

St. Patricks Day a social worker came to our house with a huge stack of papers to be signed. At first we weren't sure what they were, most paper were about medical records, 'Will we care for said child? yes', etc... until we came to the last page: "This document must be signed with your FULL LEGAL NAME. This is the LEGAL document for the adoption of child mentioned above."

Yes I cried.

Our daughter was placed with us as our adopted child! Since one of the papers had my maiden name misspelled we have to re-sign the paper for the birth certificate! After recieved by California Adoption Services we get to fly to California to pick up the new Birth Certificate.

Our daughter will be sealed to us in the Provo Temple.

The tenative date for us to fly to California is April 3rd through 7th! Which means the sealing date will be April 10th. :) HIZZAH!!!!

Sarah Ruby Rosenvall

The Short Lived life of our pet Froggy

Today is a day to celebrate! PI DAY!!! March 14! 3.14! Happy Pi day! i hope you get to eat yummy pie!

In other news today...

You may have noticed (in a prior post) that Andrew and I have a pet Froggy! His name is Tubal de Malachite.

Yesterday I decided to start Spring cleaning! Also... since we'll be moving soon It is a chance for me to pack up everything in the house that we won't need in the next few months. I found our water filter for a fish tank! Woo hoo! So...I decided to switch the tank on the froggy! This time with the water filter installed! The froggy seemed really happy. Malachite splashed in the water and ate up the little food pellets I gave him! I continued cleaning/packing the house.

About an hour later Andrew asked me a curious question, "Where is the frog?"

We still haven't found him. o_O

Silly Daddy give me the Flashlight

Sarah woke one morning very incredibly happy, she wanted Daddy's lap at the moment so Rew took these pictures. She's playing with a little flashlight.