When I was trying to decide who to focus on for this week’s Sunday Snapshot, out of desperation my criteria were kept to a minimum. I mean, there are only so many hours in a day. And Saturday is my day to get pictures. So, after a long morning out at a baseball game, and a messy lunch at Taco… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {the beginning}
Five years ago today. April 11, 2005, we placed our order to Joe and Jennifer at My Adoption Website to host our travel journal to Isabelle. Their very first order. Looking back, I realize that Chris and I envisioned our “Journey to Isabelle” as an isolated event. We assumed that we would bring her home, and our lives would continue… Read More
dinner conversation
If you’ve been around a bit, you know Isabelle has some delays. Speech, specifically. She spends a few hours a week at school with a speech therapist, working on sounds that don’t come easily to her. For example, she calls Sophie: “Fwopea” She calls Vivi: “Bibby” And instead of “Cheese, please!” (believe it or not, this child loves dairy products… Read More
gorgeous
Yesterday was Isabelle’s cardiac check up. In case you’re new, or curious, Isabelle came home from China in May 2005 at 11 months. With a half-dollar sized hole in her heart. She underwent a very successful open heart surgery when she was 18 months old. And she’s been one healthy little booger ever since. In the spring after her surgery,… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {Love}
I found and fell in love with these dolls months ago. And it didn’t take me long to find a holiday to justify buying one for each of my girls. I just didn’t know which holiday that would be. Turns out they arrived just in time for Valentine’s Day. Which is actually perfect, for several reasons. First of all, these… Read More
I got nothin’
Yesterday was a Monday. And it definitely felt like a Monday. Doctor appointment. Dentist appointment. Sick kids. Yuk. Somehow, Monday spilled into today. So now my Tuesday feels like a Monday. Veterinary appointments. Lyme disease. Times two. Yuk. So, really, I’ve got nothin’. At least, nothin’ I want to talk about. So when Isabelle dug up her bubba teeth from… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: Isabelle
Ahhh, Isabelle. She was and continues to be my mystery. I feel like she and I are connected at the very soul, yet I often find myself straining to understand her. To know her. Lately, she’s decided she wants to be a baby again. She sleeps with a picture of herself at 11 months, taken on her ‘gotcha day’, propped… Read More
Sunday snapshot: Isabelle
This post isn’t so much for you as it is for me. When I wrote ‘thankful’ the other day, it required that I look back at some of the old stuff. Stuff I’d already forgotten, it happened so long ago. Like two whole years ago. I have got to lay off the aspartame. So, without further ado, I’ll be posting… Read More
uh oh
This morning she mentioned she had a tummy ache. I reminded her that if she had a tummy ache, she couldn’t go to school. She changed her mind. (note: I do not, under any circumstances, use this tactic on my older, wiser children) But tonight, she said it again. And she added that her head hurt, too. And her arms…. Read More
mooncake fun
I had really hoped that this recipe would turn out well. It did not. And yet, our time spent this afternoon was not for naught, as the girls had a great time making a huge mess of my kitchen mooncakes in honor of the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival yesterday. Assemble your ingredients. It doesn’t really matter if you follow the recipe,… Read More
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