I am a bad blogger

Wow, I have not done this in a while, and a lot has happened!!!

On October 22, Thomas officially became a Dean! It was a really fun day. Gabe's Parents and my Dad and Tracy came as well as my brother and Gabe's aunt Betty! The judge was very sweet and this was his very first adoption. He came down from his podium and shook Gabe, Thomas and my hands! On Nov. 7th, Gabe's parents threw Thomas an adoption party! I think pretty much most of nampa attended. :) Both of our families, Gabe's motorcycle buddies and a lot of friends came to celebrate with us. It was a great party.

I went to a coupon class with Gabe's cousin Anneke, and have not been the same since! I now receive 5 sunday papers, and have trouble buying anything that is not on sale or that I do not have a coupon for. Our pantry is very stocked as well as our freezer! I don't think I have saved money yet, because I have been "stock piling" but I think we will start saving soon. Pretty much all I have to buy now is produce, and occassionaly meat (when it is on sale) Anneke and I have had tons of fun shopping and clipping coupons! Gabe is sort of getting into it, he is enjoying the more variety of food, and will enjoy it even more if he gets a bigger allowance. :)

Gabe and I are starting to look into getting on the list to adopt another baby! We want Thomas to have a close sibling, so we have started looking at A new beginning adoption agencey in Boise. We want to start early in case it takes a year or two. I still can't believe how blessed we are with Thomas. He is getting more and more personality every day. He has almost tackled crawling. He likes most to scoot towards the remote, my cell phone, or the lap top. To keep him away from my comptuer I got him an old keyboard from work that he loves to bang on! Thomas also loves to coupon with me. On Sunday mornings I give him all the papers I don't want and he has a ball rolling in them, throwing them, and eating them. When we go to the store, he sits in the shopping cart, smiles, and then hits my coupon binder the whole time we are shopping. He loves it! God is good and we cannot wait to see what else he is going to do in our lives!