when east meets south
It’s the last day of November – a big month in the adoption world. It contains Orphan Sunday and is even slated as National Adoption Month. It is also a perfect reason to take an afternoon to pull on dresses and scribble smiley-faces on palms to capture this moment in time in our family. And while the kids may be… Read More
Today Jude turned 8. Already. We headed out after church to buy supplies for the big celebration. Because what the birthday boy wants, the birthday boy gets. As long as this mama can buy it at Target. His choice for dinner was bratwurst and homemade french fries. Dessert was yellow cake with red icing and birthday blast ice cream. Served… Read More
No, David is a huge favorite with the littlest girls around here. Maybe it’s because it makes them feel so splendidly obedient in comparison to David. Or maybe they just really dig a boy that can be so incredibly naughty. I sure hope the latter isn’t the case. Anyway, the girls ask to read these books all the time. When… Read More
I know. It’s pure craziness with all these birthday posts. And birthday pictures. But – since we couldn’t celebrate her first birthday – we had some serious catching up to do. And I wanted to share, since some of y’all asked, Poppy’s adorable romper was a birthday gift from my friend, Shasta. Who, along with some of her friends, is… Read More
When we were taking pictures yesterday, I couldn’t resist taking a bit of video too, just to truly capture the day. Vivienne was in such a great mood… she had helped me pick those flowers and couldn’t wait to get out in the yard for pictures. And she adored her new outfit. She’d picked it out to wear to church… Read More
Vivi is slowly but surely beginning to call everyone by name around here. She even likes to shout out the name of the owner of each piece of clothing as we fold the laundry. And she’s gets a larger percentage correct than her big brothers. And occasionally, her dad. She loves to look at all the pictures on the refrigerator… Read More
Vivi uses her words sparingly. And in so doing, she manages exceedingly well to get her point across. She’s been home barely three months and instead of ‘first words’, she’s moved right on to ‘first sentences’. First words are for sissies, according to Vivienne. The other night she busted out with a six word sentence. Clear enough for all four… Read More
Today Sophie and Isabelle came down with “the sickness”. Chris got sick on Saturday. Jude got sick Thursday and Shepherd on Friday. Before that it was Vivi. And then Dalton. That leaves only two men standing. Asher and me… hoping and praying we don’t get sick. It hasn’t been a miserable winter, though. In fact we’ve had much much worse…. Read More
I know. I’ve neglected to update you guys on Miss Vivi and her assimilation into family life with our crazy crew. Honestly, she’s doing great. Sorry that the updates (and even worse, the pictures) have been negligible… but Vivienne is a sick little girl right now. Fever. Runny nose. Cough. She spends much of the evening and all night attached… Read More