The Fanning Four

This past weekend, Tom was the lay director for a Chrysalis Flight . It was a ton of work and he did such a great job coordinating it all. I am so proud of him!! Needless to say, all spare time has gone to directing this past weekend and now that it's over we can take a deep breath, thank God for a fabulous weekend, and look to the future! Notice the new blog name? The coming months will be HUGE for the Fanning family! Most of you know by now, that Fanning baby 2.0 is on his or her way via adoption. Estimated date of arrival? Um, no idea! First, we still need a new house. Yep, still looking! But in order to be good stewards of our money and to have the funds needed for adoption, we have to be very careful in our house hunt- this is why we abandoned the pursuit of building a new home. A new house may be nice but a new child is WAY better! So, step 1- buy a house. Step 2- make a final decision on the adoption route we will take. This is a scary one. There are so many factors ...

Bethany turned a year and a half yesterday and she's getting to be quite the big girl. Well, not big (she's still very petitie) but grown up!  :) She has 7 teeth and is working on another one. She is very talkative, even though most of it we can't understand. She is very social and loves to go to the playground and play with other kids. She still gives right out on your mouth kisses and just learned how to hug. She has stellar dance moves and will even sing a bit on occasion. She likes to brush her teeth, hates having her hair washed, and likes to figure out how things work. She likes to paint and color. She loves to take things out of the pantry. She likes to prentend she's putting on makeup and anything with a handle becomes a purse. She's also spent the last week walking around the house in momma's shoes. She still calls us both "daddy" most of the time. She does know I am momma and will say it when promted but her default is to say "daddy...