It's Official! She's Ours!

Well the six months have come and gone. Today was our court date to make things official. Macy is now ours for good!!! Yeah! We can definitely call her an Hebert now. It started out being a crazy morning with the weather. Schools were opening two hours late and I wasn't sure if we would still be in court today but everything went well and smooth. I will have to say, from what I have heard about other adoptions this was the fastest and easiest one by far. Macy is the best baby ever. She is the most calm and laid back baby I've had. She has slept through the night since she was one week old, sat up alone at four months and is now crawling at six months and eating real food. I hope Macy knows how loved she is and how blessed we are to have her in our lives. Macy we love you very much and are proud to call you our daughter!



This is the judge that made it all official.



After court we walked across the street to Pucketts for a celebration breakfast. Several of our friends joined us there. Thanks guys for being there! I know what kind of day it was and you were all able to put your errands on hold for a few hours to be with us and let us know that you all really care. Thanks again, that means the world to me.



This is Macy during most of the breakfast. One day she will know how special and loved she is by everyone but for now she'll just try and get some sleep.



This is Jason and our attorney Ned. He did a wonderful job and we appreciate all the hard work he did. He definitely went above and beyond anything that he had to do for us. Thanks for everything.



Here is a picture of my sweet friend Laura and her baby that is Macy's age. I know they will be great friends.



This is a picture of my dear friend Kristi with Macy. Macy may actually grow up a little confused by thinking that she has two mothers since when we are together Kristi just loves to hold and love on her. I think she is actually just positioning herself to one day become Macy's mother in law. Kristi thanks for coming out in the freezing icy rain to help make this special day even more special.

Our Sweet Angels Birthday

Today is our sweet Mary Owen's 5th birthday. I know she is in Heaven right now having a party but I am so sad I'm not planning one for her. It has been 3 years since we lost her but it seems just like it was yesterday. I don't have the words to describe how much I miss her. I think about her all the time and my heart aches to hold her. My parents were here this weekend and we started out the day going to the grave and decorating a Christmas tree for her. This is something we've done every year then we send balloon up to Heaven for her. Madison wanted to send a family picture and a letter to her so we tied it to the balloons and watched it fly up in the air. We have great friends who always make sure we are not alone on these special days so we went over to their house for dinner. Thanks for making this day a little better.


If tears could build a stairway,
And memories were a lane.
I would walk right up to heaven,
To bring you home again.

No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say goodbye.
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knows why.

My heart still aches in sadness,
And secret tears still flow.
What it meant to lose you,
No one will ever know.

You and angels around Gods happy throne,
I would have held you closer if I had known.

Happy Birthday sweetheart. We all love you and miss you very much.

How Would Jesus Want Us To Celebrate Christmas?

This video really makes you stop and think about how crazy we all get with getting and giving gifts and then you watch this video and you feel dumb when there are people in this world that just need water or food. I hope this makes you stop and think again about the true meaning of Christmas.

*** To hear the sound with this video you will need to make sure that your speakers are on and will also need to press pause on our music player down on the left hand side of our page prior to pressing play so that you can really enjoy it.

The Real Grizwald!

This is a great video, I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. I think it brings out the Christmas spirit (or kid) in us all. You will need to press pause on our music player down on the left hand side of our page prior to pressing play so that you can really enjoy it.

Basketball Star!

She may look like a Pro Player but this is the first time Madison has played in a basketball game!

This is Madison running the court with her good friend Rebecca.

Husting for the loose ball.

Making the attack plan.

Here we go again!