There’s so much to love about our new family dynamic, I especially love the bond he has with his Daddy. Kids Unlimited even used his pic on Instagram to promote Kona Ice one Sunday.
Every Sunday we are greeted by Zachary’s fans as everyone from the Kids Unlimited staff to the Pastor is anxious to hold him and show him love. Zachary’s demeanor is still as sweet as the day he was born. Zachary is 9 months old already and Aaron & I are in awe of him as our love for him grows stronger every day.
It’s incredible to me how the time has flown by. I hope you and the Lifetime family are doing well. I will never forget getting that call from you at 8:00 AM saying “Sooooo your birth mom had the baby”…your voice and that moment is imprinted on my heart. Thank you Christie for getting us to our little girl. It took us a little time, but we know for certain, that she was meant to be a part of our family.
She’s growing and changing so much…it’s crazy! She’s beautiful and strong willed (already). When we finally signed on in 2019, it was seamless and just easy…but let me save some this for our review! Thanks for reaching out! We are doing well! We are finally getting into a rhythm and we have Xola on a great schedule that’s giving us about 4.5 hours of sleep at night between feedings, so we feel like humans again…LOL!įrom the time we first reached out to Lifetime in 2016 and chickened out of signing on 3 times between 2016 -2018, Kim King was just as helpful and kind each time, which let us know we were choosing the right agency. Hopefully, there will be more information about Langston’s activities next year. He has the motivation of maintaining at lowest a “B-” average with his classes, so that he can continue to play Roblox and other video games online with his friends! Last semester his average for all his classes was 94.5! Math is always a bit of a nail-biter, but he works very hard to push through it. His middle school starts their students in 5th grade. Langston continues to be an excellent student, and has made the Honor Roll each semester since starting middle school in the Fall of 2019. He is taking vocal lessons and acting classes via Zoom this winter, and this summer, he went to Film Camp (via Zoom of course). We are hopeful for the vaccine soon, so that we can begin to get things going for him again. The isolation of the pandemic has been a stresser for him, as he is still such a happy, social person. Langston has been in online school since last March 12, so there is not much to report regarding his extracurricular activities and relationships at school. He does not have much of a sweet tooth, but he loves red velvet cake! We got together with his best friend Tyler (born only a few days later, October 4) for pepperoni pizza and for Langston, red velvet birthday cupcakes. Langston turned 12 in September, though it was a quiet birthday. I hope you and your family are safe and healthy during this crazy time. She has opened us up to a new, deeper love than we ever thought possible.Īgain this year for Xola’s birthday, we asked friends and family to make donations to Lifetime Foundation in her honor in lieu of gifts so that you all can continue the important work of building families because it is our hope and prayer that other hopeful adoptive families will be able to experience the deep love and joy that we have had these past two years. It’s amazing to see her developing into the person God created her to be.Įach and every day we are overwhelmed with gratitude to Lifetime for bringing Xola into our lives. She also moved to the toddler class at church and loves learning about Jesus and the special relationship that she gets to have with him. Xola continues to amaze us every day! She’s talking, feeding herself, working on potty training, and helping feed our Boston Terrier who she calls “Dog Dog”…lots of big girl things! She loves daycare and her teachers describe her as a “mother hen” because she likes to care for her classmates. It was such a special time to celebrate her and think about and pray for her birth mother. I hope you are well! Can you believe it’s been 2 years?! Over the weekend we had Xola’s “TWO Wild” 2nd birthday party with all of her friends from daycare and church.