The good ole red, white, and blue!

Our Tea Monkeys Group secret pals were Lisa and Dave from Illinois! They were great secret pals to receive gifts from!!! Lisa always sent the cutest and perfect outfits for our Sophie and never forgot our son, Bailee! You were a blessing to our family and we really appreciate all you did! It has been great learning about your bunch and getting to know you in this special way! Illinois has been a great state to us now with you guys and with Troy and Amy the time before. We are in a great group of awaitees!!! Thanks again and know you will always hold a special place in our hearts and minds! Our Sophie will learn all about you one day!

***To meet our pals Lisa and Dave look in the adoptive friends links under journey to diana...

Love in Christ,

The Aldridges' (Tammy)

As the months pass and the wait continues...We already love Sophie!

Our Tea Monkeys Secret Pals are awesome !!!

Whoever our pals are... You are the greatest! We love the gifts for Sophie!
We are looking forward to finding out who you are.

Love in Christ,

The Aldridges'

June Winter Blossoms Secret Pal Gifts from Amy and Troy!!!

We owe Amy much THANKS for the great gifts! We really appreciated them. It makes the wait go by faster to have something to look forward to each month! Everything is so great!
I can't wait to see Sophie wearing the cute Fourth of July attire! I know she will have fun playing with the bowls because my niece, Maddie, loved to play with bowls when she was little! I am going to wear my new visor to the waterpark!

Love in Christ,
Tammy

***To meet Amy and Troy look under our adoptive friends links at babyroenfanz

The big SEVEN!!!

Seven months logged-in for Sophie!

My baby boy is growing up so fast!!!

Our sweet Bailee is 12 years old now and growing up faster than I can stand!!! He is so smart and I could not be prouder! He really had a great fifth grade year and racked up at the end of the year Award's Day! He received two academic medals, several certificates, and the infamous Presidential Academic Excellence Award from the President! WOW!!! Bailee, you are awesome and I know you will be a wonderful big brother! I hope you will inspire Sophie to do good in school, too! You are setting a great example and paving the way for excellence! I love you so much!!!
Mommy

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