July

July was SUCH a fun month! We got our first visit with Poppy and Gigi since we moved here, had Carsons dedication, Carsons birth parents went to court and signed away all custody, AND we got our date for our court appearance that will finalize Carsons adoption! BUSY month! :)

Carson was dedicated July 17th at our church, Fairbanks First Assembly of God by Pastor Paul McDonald, who did a WONDERFUL job, and made it SO special! One very cool thing I'll mention is that Pastor Paul is ALSO adopted!
Carsons birth parents signed away custody at the courthouse on July 22nd. At that hearing our final court date was set for September 8th! We cannot wait to get the adoption finalized! Please keep his birth family in your prayers as this is a very emotional time for them. They need Jesus.

This month Carson started cooing, grabbing at things, smiling, and occasionally squealing! Though, our FAVORITE thing hes started doing is sleeping through the night in 6-7 hour increments!

Caleb has turned into quite a ham and is enjoying imaginative play even more now-a-days. Currently he very much enjoys acting out different bible stories, assigning rolls to his stuffed animals and action figures and he plays God... yea... we may need to work on that... LOL He likes to organize his play (first we will do this, then we'll do that) he's quite the little organizer and likes things "just so". His current favorite food is smoothies we make with fresh fruit and a no sugar added smoothie mix sold at North Pole Coffee Co. Caleb still adores his brother and is more than happy to throw a dirty diaper away or give Carson his "binkie boo" (pacifier) when he cries. We'll be looking into part time preschool for him for this coming school year to give him something to do during the winter months and to help him get ready for kindergarten next year (no, I absolutely CANNOT believe he's growing up so fast!)

Here's a few pictures from this past month. Pardon the quality as they were all taken with my phone! I'll get on top of things for next month and get some better quality pictures with my camera!

Daddy and his boys:)

Gigi cuddles for the first time!

Our first walk in the new stroller thanks to Grandpa Buba and Grams!

Ahhh... this is the life!

Carson Ray cuddling with Steve Ray and Darold Ray (Grandpa and Great grandpa)!

Caleb and his "Best Buddy Uncle" at Creamers Field

Papa Buba cuddles

Caleb and Daddy playing at the park in our neighborhood

Cutie pie!

First Dickinson Family Portrait since Carson was born!

Of course, when Poppy comes to visit, he takes the boys to ride the merry-go-round

Caleb was VERY excited to get dressed up in his new suit Gigi got him for his baby brothers dedication!

I'll post more pictures of Carsons dedication later, but here's one to show how CUTE he was in his little outfit Gigi got him!

Caleb is getting SO big!!! High five!

I bet you didn't know purple hair is in...

Carson loves hanging out in his crib watching his mobile... Mommy loves it too:)