We just got home from our Florida vacation with the Cheathams.  We had a wonderful time with some of our very best friends.  We LOVE the Cheathams and can’t wait to plan another trip with them when Evelyn and Olivia can be part of the group!  I highly recommend becoming best friends with a photographer, and then going on vacation with him.  Zach took some amazing pictures during our trip.  

These are just a couple of the great shots he got.  You can see more on Zach’s website.  

While in Florida, we took the opportunity to meet up with our friends Jill and Russell.  They were part of our Ethiopia travel group last summer, so Nell and Josiah are adoption buddies, and they are both from the same village.

Aren’t they adorable?  It was so fun to spend time with Jill and Russell again and to meet their sons, Raleigh and Jack.  Altogether we had 5 kids under 5, so you can imagine how crazy it was.  We did manage to get some conversation in.

It’s amazing how quickly you make friends when you share your adoption experience together.  We only spent a week with Jill and Russell last summer, but it feels like we know them so much better than that.  I hope that we’re always able to keep in touch.

While we were in Florida, Josiah decided that it was finally time to become a walking man.  He had taken steps before, but on our last day at the beach he started walking consistently, and now he is definitely a walking dude, and I am one happy momma.  The more he walks, the less I have to carry him.

We had  a wonderful vacation, followed by a quick trip to Grammie and Pops’s house.  But by the end even Caleb was asking to come home.  I think we wore him out.

We’re still waiting to hear travel dates to bring Evelyn home.  Yes, we’ve been waiting FOREVER.  I really feel like we’ll hear something next week, but who knows.  Right now, I’m guessing that we’ll be traveling in late July.  We are so ready to bring our baby girl home!