The Groth Five

Monday, July 28, 2008

Last Post

I have decided to continue posting all of our family post's on Silas' blog. More people know about that blog and it is easier just to post there. www.seekingoursilas.blogspot.com

Saturday, July 19, 2008

It's been a little over a week since we've been home from China. Well, not really if you count being gone to MN. Silas has been home for good since Sunday night. He is doing really well. We are adjusting, he is adjusting and I know it will take some time. For the most part though, it is going really well. He is sleeping fairly well, eating great, and enjoys playing with the girls. He also is having tantrums, crying and well - trying to learn to play nicely! The good definitely outweighs the bad! Enjoy pictures for all of Silas' firsts!

Remember this? My very first bath in China

Look at me now! This is kinda fun!

The 3 amigo's in the tub

Having fun in the sprinkler

Silas getting brave - he loved it after he figured out what to do!

Look at me mom - I'm touching the water!

Another first - his first party! Our friend Suzanna turned 4 and had a little get together with water balloons and Popsicles. Madelyn accidentally hit Silas in the face with a water balloon, after the initial shock wore off he thought it was the funniest thing.

Caroline & Silas checking out the party

I just LOVE this picture of him!

Another first! Swimming at the Y. Our little boy who was scared to death of water is 2 weeks ago is becoming a little fish. He loved playing in the water and splashing around.

Monday, July 14, 2008

The Wedding!

Congratulations Kristyn & Mark! We are so happy for both of you and had so much fun at the wedding! We hope you are enjoying your honeymoon!

Jason's big sis Kristyn and her hubby Mark. They have waited a long time to find each other and we are so happy they are together! We know God will bless their marriage.

The chapel was not air conditioned, so they gave out fans at the wedding.

The girls and their aunt K at the rehearsal dinner.

Our little man at the rehearsal dinner - he was so good the whole time.

Silas' first kisses from Nana

Our family of 5!

Thank you so much Mike & Tina for opening your home to us. It was so wonderful and we appreciated the comforts of your home after being in hotels for 2 weeks!

Friday, June 20, 2008

Caroline's Big Announcement & our week

I CAN EAT PEANUTS NOW!

Praise God! Caroline has outgrown her peanut allergy! This picture is her first taste of peanut butter at her food challenge that was in the allergist office. She has never tasted peanut butter because she showed up highly allergic to them at one year of age. Over the past 2 1/2 years, her blood tests showed she was less allergic and then this year her skin test was also negative! Over the course of a couple of hours, she tried the peanut butter. First a little drop, then 1/4 tsp, 1/2 tsp, 1 tsp and finally 2 tsp. She had no reaction at all! She is still very allergic to milk, but we are confident she will grow out of this too, as she has the soy, egg, bean and now peanut allergies!

Jason's parents also came in this week! We got to have dinner with them Wednesday night before they headed out to visit several of their supporting churches. It was great to see them and they brought the girls some adorable dress up clothes and dresses from Cambodia. The store they are from is run by a missionary who employs women to provide them with good jobs. The girls love their new dresses and play clothes! We will be seeing the entire Groth clan at Kristyn's wedding on July 12!

Only 6 more days until China! We are busy getting packed, organized and ready to go! Please keep us in your prayers as we make our final preparations for our sweet boy.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Aloha!

Today we celebrated Madelyn's 5th birthday! Her actual birthday is while we are in China so we just moved the celebration up a few weeks. It was a busy day, my shower in the morning and then her party in the afternoon. It was a really fun day though. She was so excited and really enjoyed having her friends over.

She wanted a Hawaiian theme, and it ended up being great! Her friends came dressed Aloha style and we made a mermaid craft, played limbo, ate cupcakes and ice cream and played outside. My friend Lennie made the cutest cupcakes complete with sand, water, beach balls and little umbrella's! They were a hit.

Celebrating Silas!

Today my great friends Mandy, Lennie, Emily and Becky gave me the most wonderful shower. I am in awe of how blessed I am to have such wonderful girlfriends! It was great to have so many people come together to support us as we add Silas to our family. People - the Groth house now has BLUE! It was so fun to open boy toys and blue clothes! We got tons of great things that we need like some cups, plates, clothes, potty seats, diapers, underwear and socks, toy organizers, a lamp, a riding toy, a car seat, bibs, a beautiful blanket my grandma made, the cutest stuffed frog my mom made, sheets...

We had brunch and my friends and sister made the greatest food. We had breakfast casserole, hashbrown casserole, cinnamon rolls, cream cheese and chocolate chip dip, fruit kabobs, orange cranberry scones, ham & biscuits and punch. It was delicious! We also played some really cute games. One was making different words out of Silas' Chinese and American names. The other two were adoption related. One was guessing if celebrity's were adopted or had adopted - my mom won which is hilarious because she probably didn't even know who half of the people were! The other was a memory game about what items we would need on our flight to China!

Overall, it was the sweetest, best celebration. Thank you so much to the hostesses - I love you all and am so blessed to have each one of you in my life!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Recital!

Wow, we are so blessed! Jason & I can not even to begin to tell you how proud we are of our girls! I know, we are bragging, but this is our blog! This afternoon the girls had their recital and did beautifully. Caroline was a teddy bear and Madelyn danced to a merry-go-round song. They practiced so hard all through the year and had so much fun today. Enjoy our pictures!

Getting Ready