Tonight we celebrated Jude’s birthday by eating cupcakes and singing “Happy Birthday” to our boy who is half a world away. The girls had no idea what we were celebrating, all they knew is that they were getting to eat the cupcakes they had been asking for all afternoon. Asher and Dalton were excited that their little brother was turning… Read More
The First Glimpse
Today marks two years since I saw this face for the first time. We had received ‘the call’ from the WC coordinator at CCAI about 4:30 in the afternoon. Since I had just been told a week or so before that there was not a child in this batch of special needs referrals for us, I was completely shocked that… Read More
Fun in the tub
Thank goodness this house came with a huge garden tub in the master bath. Our nightly ritual is to toss all four of the youngest kids into the tub for bath time. They love this time together and usually end up well-pruned by the time they get out. Sophie is still acclimating to the bubbles, she seems to think they… Read More
One year ago today: Isabelle’s heart
Today marks one year since Isabelle came home from the hospital after her open heart surgery. Honestly, today her heart issue is really a non-issue for us. She can run and play just like any other two and a half year old. She has no restrictions and the pediatric cardiologist feels confident that she does not need to be monitored… Read More
Happiness is a trip to Target
Since we live so far away from a lot of our family and friends, we often receive (and LOVE!) gift cards from Target for Christmas gifts. Even Isabelle and Sophie were armed with their cards on a trip to Target the other night. As we perused the aisles, I was pleasantly surprised at how many toys were on sale, nay… Read More
The ‘New Jammies’ Dance
I went out the other day for some ‘alone time’ and found some Dora and Disney Princess jammies for the girls at an outrageously low price. Too cheap to pass up. Even if you’re not a real character-on-clothing-lover (myself included). But the girls love nightgowns and Sophie loves Dora (and ‘Bukes’ as she calls ‘Boots’). Isabelle doesn’t care too much… Read More
A Very Merry Christmas
Whew! All the preparing and planning we’ve done for the last few months paid off in spades on Christmas morning. It was so precious watching the kids open their gifts, ripping off the paper and realizing that Santa had come through for them again this year. We spent Christmas Eve at an evening church service and then came home and… Read More
Gingerbread Houses: Take Two
My mom, sister and her kids came down on Friday to spend the night. Four years ago, we all got together and let the kids make gingerbread houses out of graham crackers, icing and various candies. We decided to do it again this year, except this time there were three new participants. Very willing participants, I must say. Tori helped… Read More
A $10 afternoon
On Friday both Asher and Dalton stayed home because of a yucky tummy bug that was going around school. Thankfully neither of them felt badly so we decided to go to a local indoor play place that I hadn’t been courageous enough to brave. But a friend told me about the great deal they have on Thursday and Friday: buy… Read More
boo hoo
The other day the girls were sitting on the couch playing. Next thing I knew, Sophie was crying. As I suspected, Isabelle slugged Sophie over some toy. Belle does that often and Sophie knows that turning on the tears is the surest way to get her in trouble. I talked to Belle and I told her not to hit her… Read More
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