BliZZard of the Month

My brother Jacob and I decided it was high time to bring back the Blizzard of the Month. Mostly because the blizzard is called Midnight Truffle. It just sounds good so we had to try it.

Midnight Truffle Blizzard

"Rich truffles and dark fudge blended with creamy vanilla soft serve. Give your Valentine a box of chocolates in a Blizzard."

(This is J's picture from the road - taken from MO.)

Jacob said: "As I approached this epic blizzard I had mixed ideas if I would like it or not. Although chocolate is not my favorite I found it hard to put it down just like a good book."

I say: "Finally. A blizzard for Chocolate Lovers. You must go try this delectable treat. The only thing that could possibly make it better is even more chunks of chocolatey goodness. But really no complaints. It is fabulous."

We're Tough

We all have colds, again! Ugh, this must be the year for us. Today was quite the day...

Jack has pink eye. When we went in to get him out of his crib this morning, we of course had to deal with the pink eye gunk that accumulates overnight. It took two of us to entertain him and clean him up. After that it was diaper changing time. Somehow Jack's diaper came off and he had poop all inside his little sleep sack. His hair brush was in there too - that one's a mystery, not sure how it got there. Anyways, his day started off a little rough but he has been a real trooper with being sick and all.

Mark and I also got a bunch of shots today...so I think we are pretty tough too! I got 4 shots today and Mark got 3. AND, we bought our tickets to Ethiopia. We leave March 25th, assuming the rest of our paperwork goes the way it should.

Hope all our colds go away soon!

Jack relaxing and trying to be happy, despite not feeling well.

Who needs toys?

Who needs toys when you can play with cans and Mom's cake decorating sprinkles?

Princess Party

A little shout out to one of my favorite 6 year olds, Lucy. She recently had a very lovely Princess Party to celebrate her birthday. I got to work on her cake, which was modeled after the picture below.

Lucy, wishing you a wonderful next year.

Free Day

This week there was a free day at the zoo. We went to one last October but I figured we would go again. There is still a lot Jack doesn't care about - but, he was able to enjoy and appreciate more this time than he did last time.

Jack and I headed down with our friends Treena and her son Justus. Our boys are just a couple weeks apart and so it is really fun to watch them together. The weather was sunny and in the 40's. Not only did the boys pay more attention to the main attractions: the animals. They also paid more attention to each other. The next couple of pictures are when we took the boys to the aquarium to check out the fish.

Valentines Day

We had a lovely Valentine's Day. Jack got lots of Valentine's in the mail - pretty popular boy!

We gave Jack some books as a Valentine's present from Mom and Dad. Kind of a present for us too, we read him the same books over and over, we thought some added variety would be good. He loved the ribbon the best around the books.

After J. went to bed, Mark and I had a nice dinner via the dressed up card table (table cloth, candles, etc.) in the living room. Since we didn't go out (and really why would we want to? It is Presents Day weekend in a resort town - there are tourists galore!) we ate at Restaurant a La Hubbard. We enjoyed a tasty Calzone from Giampietro's (yeah, I didn't have to cook), salad, and wine. Ooooh and Hot Fudge Pudding cake for dessert, one of Mark's favorites.

Thankful for my 2 boys this valentine's and my little girl too!

Oh and a walk down memory lane to Mark and I's first Valentine's Day together - Feb 2005. We were dating, so I went over to his house and made dinner for the 2 of us. We ate chicken kiev and he gave me The Notebook on DVD! So sweet.

I asked him last night if we could watch it together and he laughed! Instead we watched an episode of Criminal Minds. Ah, I love you my valentine, hope to celebrate many more "heart days" with you!!

Our daughter

SHE passed court and is officially our daughter. Her given name is Jitu, which means "green land," "moisture." We will be calling her Hannah Jitu Hubbard. We are so excited that we are one step closer to bringing her home. Here are a few pictures of our precious little girl.

Our referral picture, which we got on 10/26 but was taken in August when she was 5 weeks.


Three and a half months




5 months old in December 09


Hannah at 6 months!








We love you Hannah and will keep praying for you and asking God to keep you safe and love you well each day. We can't wait for you to be with us.