It started out as a great day

I know it's been a while since we've posted...and look now, two in one day! We've been a little busy--trying to get the house ready, talking to Realtors, Josiah meeting Great Grandma and Grandpa Smith and Aunt Demarie for the first time, Mommy and Daddy being sick, Thanksgiving, cousin AJ spending the night...and so on!

Today we had a fun day! We woke up and drove to a gorgeous house to have breakfast with three BCS families adopting from Ethiopia! The kids had fun playing, and we bored people with our trip photos for the first time (amazing that it's just now happening!). It's exciting to meet the future families of precious children, and we're glad to be able to follow along their journeys!

On the way home we stopped at Chick-fil-A because it's been just ages (maybe a month??) since we've been to one. Can it be true??? Elizabeth was such a great big sister helping Josiah climb up the playplace! He is really starting to love slides!

We came home to find our Netflix movies in the mailbox. YAY! We settled in to relax and watch Kit Kittridge...Elizabeth loved it!

Unfortunately, our great family day hasn't ended on such a positive note. In the middle of the movie, Mya started the most heart-wrenching crying. Thankfully she was in the back of the house, away from the kids. Based on the situation, David took her to the emergency vet. Elizabeth was a upset at first but has been okay. We'll see how she does at bedtime. Josiah did ask where Mya was a little bit after David left. Mya joined our family the day after Thanksgiving last year, and left our family two days after Thanksgiving this year. We're sad to have lost such a fun sweet kitty.