First Family Vacation!

Well, it appears I have officially gone from weekly updates to monthly ones! We had our first family vacation this past week. Mason was a little trooper as we drove nearly 1400 miles round trip starting in our home state through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and our destination...Kentucky. Daddy played in the Men's Class C Softball World Series Tournament. We won't talk about how his team placed! It was nice to get away, my parents traveled with us, so they got some extra time with Mason and their favorite daughter (me)! :)

Things are moving along with Mason's readoption. We met w/ an attorney to sign papers to file a petition and our final hearing date as been set for October. We also FINALLY have a SSN for this child! Which means Mason is officially a member of the "Shiny Apple Club" with his very own savings account!

Family news! The Wilkens family has welcomed 2 new members of the family....McKinley Jane and Grant Alan made their way into the world about two months early on Sept 5th. Mom and babies are doing well. The babies will be in the NICU for a while yet. Check out their pics @ http://www.mckinleygrant.blogspot.com/ . This 2 little ones make the grandkid count for Papa and Granny Wilkens 10!! 4 of these joined the family just this year....in fact, about 6 months from each other. Christmas will be WILD this year, I am certain.

My "new" pictures are becoming hard to come by! Mason is ON THE MOVE, CONSTANTLY! I bet I take and delete at least 25 pictures just to get 1 so-so picture of him! :)

How you see Mason these days...with a bat in one hand!

Mason over Labor Day weekend

Mason throwing a fit

Mason throwing another fit (same day...different outfit)

Papa Jim asleep on the road (he will flip when he sees this)!!

Mason & Mommy at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY

Family Photo

Just this morning...we never used this swing once Mason got home, but Daddy decided to put him in it this morning just for fun. He loved it!

"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." 1 John 5:14