3 Months

Oscar is now 3 whole months old. He is really starting to smile and show more personality. He is gaining weight and growing out of some of his newborn clothes!
Titus is still all over him with kisses. He is constantly talking and telling Oscar how they can play when Oscar grows big and strong. (love that heart!)
Elsa is eager to play tea party with anyone who is willing, even little Oscar.
It's been a fun last few months. We are finally getting into a groove of living life as a family of five. It's so awesome to see God's grace poured out on each of us through one another.

Improvements

Here are some pictures of our recent home improvement projects.

We recently received a very nice playground from our neighbors. We had a great morning with our community group disassembling, carrying across the street, rinsing, and reassembling. Thank you so much to all the men who helped out!  This unit is kinda old, but still in good enough shape. The wood was sturdy, but was fraying and produced numerous splinters in the children's hands and knees. We decided to sand and paint it for the safety of the kids, and for Tiffany's sanity.  Titus would have rather us paint it red like Lightning McQ. Sorry buddy.

And this is the under $25 redo of the guest/kids bathroom. I (Tiffany) wanted to do something creative and fun in this bathroom. Hope you like it!

Derby Party

We enjoyed a lovely afternoon with great friends, mint juleps and fancy hats! The ladies decorated their own hats for the party. We all enjoyed a refreshing mint julep, and the kids had a blast playing around.

 All the adults got to draw a derby horse name out of a hat and cheer for that horse! Tiffany won a PayDay of 100Grand with the Derby winning horse "I'll Have Another"

Kyle came in second and received a prize

Cody's horse finished in last place and he got a little something for at least finishing

Carrie's horse didn't even finish the race.

PJ Party

Bedtime can be a fun time with the family, even if we get a little silly at times.  Oscar wanted to join in on the fun and the kids thought it would be fun to lay on the floor and "act like a baby". 

Titus and Elsa really do love their baby brother.  Tonight, Oscar cried when we picked him up to leave the room so Titus and Elsa could go to bed.  He was having too much fun.  Sure looks like Oscar loves his big brother and big sister too!

Happy Easter 2012

Today is the day we celebrate that our Savior, Jesus Christ is risen!  We are thankful that our family was able to be together on Easter and this picture is our first as a family of five.

We are reminded today that our God loved us so much that he sent His only son to die a horrible death on a cross to bear God's wrath against our sins.  Jesus served as our substitute and took the the punishment we deserved.  We believe that death was not the end of our Savior, but that God raised Jesus from the dead, so that now we not only share in his death (the death of our sins), but also in His life eternal.  But not only do we share in His eternal life, free from the penalty of sin, but we are also adopted into God's family as heirs to Jesus' kingdom!

How amazing is that?  God, from the beginning of time, had made a plan to adopt us into His family as his children.  This vertical adoption is something that all Christians share.  We are all adopted into God's Family.  We hope to share this picture of vertical adoption to our family and friends more clearly through the lens of Oscar's adoption.

Just remember a key difference between God's adoption of us and our adoption of Oscar.  God loved us and chose to adopt us when were were not lovely.  We were mired in sin, something completely opposed to God.  How ugly were we to God?  See Isaiah 64:6 and Philippians 3:7-9 for what even our best looked like to God apart from Christ.  Oscar, on the other hand, is warm and snugly; a cute little baby.  He is easy to love.

Oscar Reid Carnahan

Oscar was born March 2, 2012 at 4:27pm, and weighed in at 3 pounds 8 ounces and was 15 inches long. He was born in Florida and Jordan and Tiffany made it just in time for Oscar to come into the world 7 weeks early from his due date. After a month's stay in Florida, we are healthy, growing and happy to be home.

Elsa Turns Two

Happy Birthday little girl.