communication... what a fragile thing!

so yesterday was our "gotcha" day with erik.

meaning God gifted us with him exactly a year ago!

 

now understand that our sweet boy does not like anyone to look at him :)

but we in the newsom clan are all about celebrating.

at first we weren't going to do anything,

but then a few days ago we decided we better acknowledge it

even if he got a tad frustrated :)

 

so....  we had friends coming over for pizza already...

(Love that the Lord is always a step ahead... just so

happens the kennedy's are the friends that have journeyed

the entire process with us as they lived in Brazil).

erik already knew about them coming, so nothing weird there.

 

jordan ran and ordered a cake yesterday morning

and then made him an incredible card full of pics :)

and that was it... nothing more, nothing less.

 

 

everybody swam and ate pizza and ice cream...

we gave him the card and showed him some love...

 

 

snapped just 3 pics... and then moved on,

so as to not draw too much attention...

 



the night ended and the kennedy's left. 

erik and i were standing in the kitchen before he headed to bed

and i asked "did you enjoy the night",

to which he replied... "mom, yeah... but what exactly is gotcha day?"

 

oh my!  communication is a fragile thing :)