It was quite a busy day around here. First off, after a rocky road of emotions over the weekend this Mommy got off to a new start today and it feels wonderful. Throw in a catnap and some quality French Open watching and you have yourself a pretty awesome day. Emily had gym class, brought [...]
Emily at bedtime tonight (with her arms wrapped around me tight): Mommy, I would stay stuck to you all night if I could. Like a glue stick. Oh how I love that girl. ——————— Everyone is tired after a fun cookout with friends tonight. Hopefully that adds up to a good night’s sleep. On a [...]
Emily has an important announcement to make about today: That’s right, Julia took 5 or 6 unassisted steps between Dan and I today! I am so glad we were all here to witness it. Emily and Norah were so excited they were jumping up and down. Julia seemed a bit confused at first, then got [...]
…At least in the eyes of the USA right now, ha ha. We were so excited to pull Julia’s Certificate of Citizenship out of the mailbox yesterday. Imagine our surprise when we saw her gender listed as male. Ugh. Just finished filling out the form to submit to have a new one issued with the [...]
As a new mommy of 3 I find myself on quite the emotional rollercoaster. I don’t know if it is that 3 is much more difficult than 2, or that starting with a toddler is much more difficult than a newborn, or that helping an adoptive child work through her grieving is emotionally and physically [...]
Tonight, Emily was telling me about a story they read in school today about giving gifts vs receiving them, and Santa was involved in the story as well. Then out of the blue, she asks, “Is Santa someone dressed up, or a real person?” Stunned, I said, “What do you mean?” and she said, “I [...]
So yesterday, somewhere in between Norah coughing so hard during the night that she threw up, and last night when her whole body was trembling as a result of her fever, we had some awesome moments. Since Norah was sick we stayed home from church and had an important lesson about how we can worship [...]
If I had to choose a word to describe me right now, it would be Naked. But not in the way you might think. The day after Emily was born, my wonderful husband presented me with a gift – a beautiful beaded bracelet, locally made, with her name on it. I have worn this bracelet [...]
I (Erin) am trying to do a better job capturing the little things the girls do and say so when I finally get around to scrapbooking I will have fun stories to go along with all the pictures. So here are a few gems from today: Emily (as Ice Ice Baby came on the radio [...]
Conversations from playtime with mommy the other night… Norah: Mommy, let me get my measure so I can check your head……it’s pretty big. Mommy: How big is it? Norah: Twenty oh five. Emily: Here Mommy you need to watch my baby for me, I need to go to work. Mommy: Oh, what do you do [...]
