Smiling eyes

I love how Eoin's eyes really smile. He gets a little twinkle in them and his whole face lights up!

Where's Eoin pt 3

I think this is the best 'where's Eoin' photo yet.

Here's Eoin continuing the game of hide and seek with Andy. Eoin would count '1, 2, 3 ..or not, I come' so funny.

Happy Birthday Uncle JP

Boys and their cars

Typical play filled day

Jumping and Climbing

Eoin spent ages yesterday jumping off this little concrete ledge at Byxbee Park.

He also loved climbing the hillocks which were inspired by the shell mounds of the Ohlone Indians who inhabited the regions thousands of years ago.

Autumn Leaves

More Halloween Photos

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

Over the weekend we took Eoin to our local aviation museum. He loved it. He lay down on the floor of the museum and just starred at all the helicopters, planes and even the blimp! Eoin got to sit in a helicopter, a jet and climb all over a Boeing 747. We'll definitely be heading back there during the rainy months that (hopefully) are coming.

Adoption Awareness Month

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November is Adoption Awareness Month and so I am hoping to blog a little through out the month about our adoption journey and raising our little guy Eoin.

I'm going to start with sharing a little book that I have just finished writing for Eoin about our family. The idea for it came from Eoin starting to ask about babies. Many of our friends have just had the excitement and joy of welcoming a second baby into their families. They were all so wonderful with Eoin and let him touch their tummies and talk about how a baby was growing.

Then one day Eoin came and touched my tummy and said 'Mommy, baby tummy'. Oh how that pulled at the heart strings! Of course I had a little moment later with Andy where I cried a little and shared how that was tough. Don't get me wrong - we would go through everything ten times over because it means we have our wonderful little man.

We talk to him nearly everyday about his birthmother and how he grew in Amy's tummy but I think this may be the beginning of Eoin's awareness of his adoption. And so I decided to get creative and write Eoin another storybook about his family. It should arrive with us in a couple of days. I can't wait to read it to him.