The Shrum Family Adventures: Happy Birthday Joel Part 2

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Happy Birthday Joel Part 2

Joel was 2 mo. old in this precious picture!

Picture 1.) Joel was 10 weeks old. 2.) Joel's first trip to the beach at 3 months old. 3.) Almost 5 mo. old chilling in the pool. I love me a chubby baby!!!!

The next 4 pictures of Joel are from the age of 5 -8 mo. Photo's not in order.

Joel at 9 mo. old in the next 2 pictures.

Happy 1st Birthday Joel! Apparently he enjoyed his cake!

My little naked Cow boy!

Joel from 15-18 mo. old in these next pictures. They are also out of order.

Happy 2nd (Lover Boy) and 3rd B/D's!

Age 4

Age 5 > Joel starting Kindergarden.

Age 6> Joel lost his first tooth.

Age 7

To now..... Age 8.

Happy 8th Birthday Joel! WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

We took Joel Birthday Shopping at Toys R Us and Target today to let him spend all of his Birthday money. Then he wanted to eat a Ci Ci's Pizza for dinner. This year he decided he did not want Birthday Cake he wanted a Strawberry Cheese Cake!!! Mmmmmm! A little man after my own heart! I was like that when I was a kid. I wanted pie over cake any day!

Hope you enjoyed watching Joel grow up over the last 8 years!

3 comments:

Lund7 said...: What a nice photo documentary of Joel's life! He is certainly a nice looking young man!; February 28, 2009 at 5:40 PM
jodi said...: Happy Birthday Joel!!!!!; February 28, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Mama Bear said...: Oh what fun pictures and can't believe how quickly time flies by; March 3, 2009 at 1:52 AM

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Verses that really spoke to me and helped me get through our adoptions.

(John 14:18) " I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."

(Isaiah 43:5-6) "Do not be afraid, for I am with you,
I will bring your children from the west. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth."

(Proverbs 25:25) "As cold water is to a thirsty soul : so is good
news from a far country."

(Matthew 6:25-34) The do not worry chapter.
This is the chapter that told me we would adopt again and the
baby girl woud be named Lily (Lilee). "The lilies of the field".
This is a great reminder of why we should not worry, God will take care of his people!

(Psalms 82: 3-4) "Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Resue the weak and neady; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

(Psalms 68: 5) "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."

(Deuteronomy 10:18) " He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving them food and clothing."

(Philippians 4:13) "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."

(Philippians 4:6-7) " Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present
your request to God. And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

(Romans 8:28) " And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

(James 1:27) "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their destress, and to keep oneself from being polluted from by the world."