you are our wild. : celebrate adoption

today we celebrated adoption at our awesome agency, gladney. one of the reasons we chose gladney for our adoption agency was for this.. the gladney family association. a place where adoption is celebrated and where noah can come over the years and hopefully develop lifetime friendships with other adoptees. noah is actually a very lucky little boy.. he is incredibly blessed and have so many people that love him. adoption is a gift and we are so thankful God let us down this path. we would not have had it any other way.

the last event we went to was in february and noah was a little too small to enjoy many things.. not today. it was a very hot and humid day here in texas. note the rosy cheeks in all of the pics.. and did i mention it was right smack in the middle of his afternoon nap? good thing i edited out many of the pictures.. he was beyond done after 45 minutes or so.

he started off in the bounce house for the kiddos under two and loved it.. he kept seeing his daddy on the other side and would scream in excitement but had a little problem walking over to get him.. i wish i had it on video.

then we road the cho cho train where he kept clapping and would say 'weee' under his breath.

when daddy found out a few weeks before there was a petting zoo, he was very excited about it. note: this is the guy who before we had noah, we would go to the zoo and he would be in line at the petting zoo between a 5 year old and a 2 year old. hah. noah was mesmorized by this weird white chicken with crazy hair. he was the mic jagger of chickens. hahaha. they had the cutest little pig that was about 5 pounds and noah would have been more interested if he had of not been 'no nap noah'. we then talked to heidi, the incredible lawyer who fought for our family last year, and to melissa and lisa, our caseworkers. noah was being a little fussy so they gave him a lemonade frozen pop which kept him entertained while we caught up. and he kept sharing his pop with me.. too cute :)

noah staring down the crazy chicken.. he was so perplexed!

the day ended with what else.. a pony ride! he perked up and was too excited while we waited in line. he played with daddy while mommy met some other adoptive parents and we shared stories. it is so neat to be around hundreds of other adoptive parents, and each story is completely different.. and wonderful. he LOVED the pony ride.. he knew exactly what to do and was smiling the entire time. he better not ask mommy for a pony soon because i don't think i could say no to that little face!

where did our little baby go? he looks way too big in these pictures.