Got Cars???????

As with most 3 year olds, there is NEVER a dull moment in the Foster household. This morning as I was checking emails and such at the computer I heard Wilson's sweet little voice calling for me. Along with that little voice I heard a clink,clack,clink,clack coming down the hallway with him. He rounded the corner but I saw nothing with him that would make that noise............until I looked down at the legs of his pjs and noticed they looked a little odd. With the biggest smile Wilson says.........."I put all my cars in my pants!" He was SO PROUD!!!! Check out the pics below to see just how many he managed to get in there.

REALLY?!?!?!?!?!? Just how many did you put in there Wilson?

Wha-la!!!! The hidden stash!

This little kiddo cracks me up!

SMITTEN!!!

Check these two cuties out!!!! This is Claire, aka "Claire Bear" . Wilson's little love bug that he loves, loves, loves!!! They go to preschool together and their daddy's are business partners so we get to spend quite a good amount of time with her. They absolutely adore one another....to stinkin cute. They were born one week apart, thanks to Wilson's early debut and became fast friends and are still going strong. It never fails, when we drive up to school each morning he says, "mommy, I go see Claire Bear!" She already has him wrapped around her little finger.

Thanks Ms. Dannell for taking this pic and passing it along to us.

**He is short, but I promise not as short as this pic displays ;)

God is Good, Snow is Beautiful!

WOW! What a beautiful day we had here in Auburn. As did everyone else in this town, we spent most of our day out in God's beautiful creation ~~~~~The Snow!!!!!!! Auburn truly looked like a "Winter Wonderland". The boys were so excited and pumped about the snow falling fast to the ground. And Rod and myself were a little giddy too. :)
We made lots of fun memories with different friends and family. Enjoy the pics.....too many to chose from so there are tons below.

Row-ee (Rosemary) and Nathan!

Sledding time!!! We met the Reaves and Basdens out on the AU Campus and found the perfect little hill by the AU Library~~~ this was definitely the highlight of Nate's day. We literally had to drag him away when little man could no longer take the cold. Oh so fun! Rod and I even got in on the action.

Wilson & Prather about to take the plunge! They laughed the whole way down.

Here is my proof I participated! After this pic was taken, Rod just let us keep going right past him and we ended up literally stuck in some bushes. Not cool daddy, not cool!!!

The Basdens had this awesome sled! We all got some good use out of it!

Family Time!!!!

After we headed home for hot chocolate, naps and warmth by the fire, we headed out for another round of fun. Off we went to the Wilsons ---let's just say that this fun ended up with quite a few snow ball fights between Nathan, Rod and Brad. The little ones just couldn't keep up.
Look at those blue eyed cousins! Love it!

Nina & Papa even came down to watch the fun unfold.

Nathan is a little serious about his snowball fights --yes that is a snowball he is ABOUT to throw, NOT the head to a snowman. LOOK OUT!!!!!




Trying to keep up!

Ali and I had to show off our matching boots :) Bradley was just hoping we wouldn't drop her.


Back inside and getting warm. These two were hilarious. Wilson just wanted to give Stirling a little love and help warm her up. Too cute!

Let the Fun Begin!!!

This is ONLY the beginning of the pics!!!!! What a day we have here in good ol' Auburn! SNOW is EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!

A New, Very Special Friend

I have been wanting to share this wonderful story since right after Christmas time but with all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, getting back into the school swing of things, and other silly reasons I just haven't gotten to it.
BUT NOW IS THE TIME!!!!!

Let's go back to the week after Nathan's last surgery.....it was the night before we were due to head back to Atlanta for stitches removal and our 1st opportunity to see the results of this 3rd surgery. Like ALL of the surgeries, Rod and I are both very anxious about EVERYTHING. We start worrying if we have done the right thing?, have we made Nathan's ear look even more "different" than it already was?, were surgeries the right road to take?, is Nathan really going to appreciate what we have done in the years to come?..........and the list of worry and doubt goes on and on. I usually lose ALOT of sleep about all of the afore mentioned, BUT not that night!!!! Just after we had tucked the boys into bed I sat down at my computer to do a little facebookin' (just as I know all of you do too~~wink, wink) and I noticed that I had a new message in my inbox. I wasn't sure who the person was that was writing me but someone (thank you Lord) made me open that message. You see, all of those questions of worry that I have had in the past, have always ended up in my prayers at night. At the end, I always ask God to please show me something to let me know that we have made the right decisions for our sweet Nathan. As I opened the message and began reading these were the words that I read:
My mom and I were just looking at your blog and saw one of your children in a bandage very similar to ones I often wore as a child. We were instantly intrigued and saw that your son has microtia, too. I was diagnosed with it around the same age and went through all four surgeries as a young child. My parents and I were just talking about what a blessing those surgeries have been and the positive influence they have had on my life.I hope y'all have had just as great of experience as we had and that your son is quickly recovering from this most recent procedure. We saw that y'all are from Auburn which is where I am living right now, too. I am finishing up my senior year at Auburn and am learning how fast time flies! Hope those message didn't creep you out too much, but just wanted to encourage you and let you know how much those surgeries pay off! God bless!-Caroline

God's timing is PERFECT!!!! You see, this amazing young woman happened to be looking at a mutual friends blog that night and "decided" to click on a link that led her to my blog. We had never met nor spoken before but because she was led, for whatever reason, to "peek" at my blog and discover she had something in common with this little boy she had never met, MY PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED!!!! Thanks to some encouragement from her mom, she decided to email me -- she was worried that I might think it was "creepy" or strange that a random stranger was contacting me. Little did she know that it did the total opposite~~ I sat and read that email with tears streaming down my face, I called my family and read it to them, only to produce the same reaction (my mom was even teary). So that is the long of it!!!!! Now for the short of it.......being that Caroline is a student at AU we set up a time for her to come meet us/Nathan. That little meeting happened last week......Everyone, meet Caroline!!!!!

I can truly tell you, that it was THE MOST WONDERFUL visit! The insight she provided Rod and I on how Nathan is feeling or how well he is hearing in certain situations is/was priceless. She is the cutest, sweetest thing......she brought Nathan some cookies she had made. They were "2" cookies ~~~ in honor of him now having 2 ears. They compared ears (Nathan's is still swollen a good bit) and talked about their "scars" and surgery. LOVE HER!!!! We hope we can continue this special friendship that we found in her.

Caroline, from the bottom of our hearts....thank you, thank you, thank you! It truly was a pleasure to meet you and spend some time with you. Our prayers are that Nathan will grow up to be as confident, caring and endearing as you are. We still hope to meet your parents one day soon and please come visit us anytime!

Terrific #3

My littlest man, Wilson turned the big 3 yesterday!!!!!! (shedding a tear right now) ~~ and lets just say he had a day full of bday festivities. We started the day with a little birthday celebration at his preschool. We took cupcakes to share with the class and from the look on his face it was a hit. He then got to go to lunch with mommy and daddy all by himself (nate - nate was still at school). What a treat!
We capped the night off with a small birthday party with our family here in Auburn. My parents (Nina & Papa) and Brad & Ali (with kiddos) all came over to celebrate with pizza and cake. It was a fun filled day ---enjoy some of the pics we snapped.

His little class enjoying cupcakes~~~we missed you Stirling!

If you know my Wilson, you know he is a bit obsessed with monster trucks!


Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Wilson, Happy Birthday to you! We love you!

This is what Stirling thought about all this attention Wilson was getting :).....it was too funny! Baby girl, I promise in 11 weeks you will be enjoying all the attention too! Love you Sis!

The cousins ~ minus Bradley



Present Time!!!!!!
This was definitely the hit of the night! I wonder why!

And this was Wilson's reaction to Stirling giving him that wonderful Monster Truck!

Sweet little BB was also there for the fun! What an angel!

Check out these new rain boots!!! Thanks Wilsons!

Wilson, we hope you had a great bday and can't wait to see what the big #3 has in store for us over the next year. I hope you keep your fun little personality but ease out of your definite stubbornness (wonder where you get that from ~wink, wink). Happy Birthday Little Man! We love you so much.


**in march we are having a big bday blowout with our sweet cousin Stirling and good buddy Thomas. Can't wait to share those pics with ya. They all have bdays so close we decided to go in together and do one big party. Should be fun!!!!