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What a year!
This year has been great for the Thornton family and we feel so blessed to have survived it! Not to miss a beat…..We started the New Year at a church fellowship that lasted past midnight. Little did we know, at 3:17am our second son Isaac was born! (We were asleep by then!) On Monday the 3rd, our adoption agency called us to let us know we were parents again. Twenty-four hours later, we were in the car heading to Houston to pick him up. It was a whirlwind to say the least! Children make SO many changes in the first year, and Isaac is no exception as he approaches his first birthday. He has a mouthful of teeth and crawls at the speed of light. He is a BIG boy, weighing in at 23+ lbs and gives older brother Michael a run for his money.
Michael has also made many changes this year. He started a mother’s day out program this fall and loves going to “school”. He still loves trains more than anything and his latest accomplishment is to whistle (like a train). He can also write his name and other “smart” stuff that makes parents so proud. He is doing great (most of the time) at being a big brother and enjoys “reading” books to Isaac. He cracks us up finishing every story with, “now that’s a great book Isaac!”
Mike graduates December 16th from Texas A&M with a graduate degree in Ocean Engineering. He has been accepted to the Navy’s dive school in Panama City Florida and will begin that training February through June. The boys and I will stay here in Texas. Mike has follow up orders back to Port Hueneme California to be the Director of Diving Operations in June and we will all head west at that time.
My newest adventure has been volunteer work with Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach. To make a long story short, we have a pregnant teenager named Kristin living with us. Her baby WAS due December 11th, but we are still waiting. She will be placing her baby for adoption and it has been a blessing for me to be on the “other side” of the adoption triangle. I am also one of the four teachers in Michael’s three and four year old Sunday School class. I just love this age of learning and adventure! And what an added blessing to see them learning about God’s love.
We pray that God has richly blessed you and your family this year as well!
Merry Christmas!
Mike, Melda, Michael and Isaac
What a year!
This year has been great for the Thornton family and we feel so blessed to have survived it! Not to miss a beat…..We started the New Year at a church fellowship that lasted past midnight. Little did we know, at 3:17am our second son Isaac was born! (We were asleep by then!) On Monday the 3rd, our adoption agency called us to let us know we were parents again. Twenty-four hours later, we were in the car heading to Houston to pick him up. It was a whirlwind to say the least! Children make SO many changes in the first year, and Isaac is no exception as he approaches his first birthday. He has a mouthful of teeth and crawls at the speed of light. He is a BIG boy, weighing in at 23+ lbs and gives older brother Michael a run for his money.
Michael has also made many changes this year. He started a mother’s day out program this fall and loves going to “school”. He still loves trains more than anything and his latest accomplishment is to whistle (like a train). He can also write his name and other “smart” stuff that makes parents so proud. He is doing great (most of the time) at being a big brother and enjoys “reading” books to Isaac. He cracks us up finishing every story with, “now that’s a great book Isaac!”
Mike graduates December 16th from Texas A&M with a graduate degree in Ocean Engineering. He has been accepted to the Navy’s dive school in Panama City Florida and will begin that training February through June. The boys and I will stay here in Texas. Mike has follow up orders back to Port Hueneme California to be the Director of Diving Operations in June and we will all head west at that time.
My newest adventure has been volunteer work with Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach. To make a long story short, we have a pregnant teenager named Kristin living with us. Her baby WAS due December 11th, but we are still waiting. She will be placing her baby for adoption and it has been a blessing for me to be on the “other side” of the adoption triangle. I am also one of the four teachers in Michael’s three and four year old Sunday School class. I just love this age of learning and adventure! And what an added blessing to see them learning about God’s love.
We pray that God has richly blessed you and your family this year as well!
Merry Christmas!
Mike, Melda, Michael and Isaac
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