Matt, Stacey, and Ben Uhrig

Gotcha Day Quote

To Matt and I from Ben:

"It wouldn't be my gotcha day without you guys".

Got to love it!

Posted in: on Monday, May 26, 2008 at at Monday, May 26, 2008 0 comments

Happy Gotcha Day!

Today is Ben's Gotcha Day! In the world of adoption, Gotcha Day refers to the day that WE all became a family, the day we came together and "got" Ben.

Its a very special day for us - very similar to a birthday for most traditional families. As with a birthday - we like to give Ben a gift on his Gotcha Day. This year it was a digital camera of his very own!

Here are some pics! I'm actually quite impressed - he is really enjoying it!

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Ben, the Photographer

Ben has recently found obsession with our digital camera. Here are a few of the pics that he took this weekend!

Posted in: on Monday, May 19, 2008 at at Monday, May 19, 2008 0 comments

What's that book say?!?

What are they reading?!?! It's a book called "Cool Baby Names"! That's right folks, we are at it again...No, Stacey is NOT pregnant. We have officially started the adoption for #2. As with Ben, we are about 18 months +/-1-2 months away from having the babe in our arms but the clock is ticking. Last night Ben wanted to "look" at baby names. He likes that name Ben. We explained to him that may be slightly confusing ;-)

We are excited for this Journey. Oh - and yes, we are adopting from South Korea again.

More to follow!

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Lite Brite!

People often ask what our favorite toys were growing up! Well, among many things - I loved a Lite Brite! I loved making beautiful pictures with all the colors of the rainbow.

When I asked Matt whether or not he had a Lite Brite his response was - "Yeah, sure - but by the time it made it to me and Chris I'm pretty sure all of the pieces were missing!".

Well, Friday Ben and I hit the VNA Rummage sale. Guess what we found? We bought a Lite Brite - $3! Can't beat it!

Posted in: on Sunday, May 04, 2008 at at Sunday, May 04, 2008 0 comments

Pasta Pasta!

Wednesday night Tara and Ben made home made pasta! For those of you who are not aware, our sitter Tara (of almost 2 years) who has made our lives so much easier and allows me to work 3 days / week is moving in with us in May. In addition to Tara moving in - she is bringing with her a pasta maker!

So - this week Tara and Ben made pasta (twice!)! I love to cook but have never attempted fresh homemeade Pasta. Not only did she make it look easy and fun - but it tasted great! Ben had a great time!

PS - she brought a waffle maker too! Banana Walnut Waffles anyone?!?!

Posted in: food on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at at Wednesday, April 30, 2008 0 comments

Cousin's Weekend 2008

Each year a group of my cousins get together with their boys and their boys (kids). This year we hosted! We had 12 people spend the night! We had a blast! Can't wait for next year...

The happy hosts!

Jackson!!!

Chris, Becky, Gary, and Rich!

Hello? Is anyone there?

The gang!

Jack and Ben chowing down!

Rich and Karen

Jack and Ben!

Jenn and Chris

Bathtime for the boys!

Posted in: on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at at Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2 comments

Dharma, Karma, and the Dali Lama

Since Ben was young, he has had an intense attraction to all things buddha. If he sees a statue of a buddha - he gets very sentimental and will talk to it and many times hug it! We have a number of books on buddhism in the house. Specifically a book called Meditation in Action. On a number of occassions, Ben has brought this book to me and has asked me to read it to him. Note, there are no pictures - just lots o' words! This Saturday morning was no exception....