A year ago today we were matched with our precious boy Riley Michael. It is hard to believe that it been a year since we first laid eyes on the pictures of the baby who was to be our son.

What a precious gift God has given to us, and we continue to be thankful for the honor of raising this little boy.

Here was the post a few days after receiving our referral last June 15th.

WE ARE PARENTS!!!!

We received a referral of a beautiful baby boy on Thursday!!! We wanted to talk to our international doctor before we posted and accepted, but last night our doctor gave our little one a clean bill of health! He is three months old. I can’t believe that we are finally parents!! We are SOOOOO HAPPY!!! It feels very surreal! We are so thankful that God has allowed us to be the parents of this precious baby!"

Here are some pictures---some from when we were first matched with Riley and then some from today, a year later.

We have had an eventful last few weeks. We traveled to Columbia, SC, to watch the NC State baseball team in the NCAA regionals. Sadly, our team lost in double elimination but we had a very fun weekend! On Saturday all of the games were rained out, so we headed to a children's museum in downtown Columbia. As it turned out, it is the largest children's museum in the country. We had a fun time and Riley did, too!

Our local water park has opened for the summer. We have season passes and have already been a few times. Riley loves the water and is really enjoying the park.

We are having so much fun with our little boy!