Thank You

Thank you, Dr. King. Your efforts make our life possible.

Dance Class - Love it or Hate it?

G's fall dance class was cute and she said she liked it, but it was her first class where they want parents to stay out. On the last day, we got to watch from the side of the room. She was a bit bipolar that day...

Happy Girl

Not so happy girl

Loving it

Not so much.

This oscillating continued the entire time. I think she didn't like the choice in music or she wanted to do different things, or she was showing off for me. Not sure. Either way, this pretty much sums up our daily interaction with the Gorgeous Miss G!

WW - Gingerbread House Fun

"Is this a good time?"

Those are best words you want to hear from your social worker when you are waiting for an adoption referral. It means they have very important news and want your full attention. For anyone who has waited (and waited and waited and waited), this is the phrase that makes your heart stop, then start racing. This is when all your basic abilities cease. This is when, for the life of you, you can't remember how to dial a 3-way call on your phone (despite practicing for months and months). You can't find that beautiful notebook you set by the phone to write down all of the important information. Instead, you grab a crayon and the back of an envelope and start to scribble.

Our social worker was very patient and explained that she'd be sending an email with all of the data we were discussing, so we could just listen. Better yet, she was sending a photo - a photo of the little lovely who would forever change our family.

3 years ago, on the morning of January 9, we got, "THE CALL". A beautiful and tiny bundle of joy, not even 3 months old, was waiting for us in Ethiopia. We had a DAUGHTER. B had a sister. We were now a family of four.

~10 weeks

1 year

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WW - Cousin Photo Shoot

Matchy Matchy Twins

I love that my kids are very close in age to their cousins. I love my cousins dearly, but those who I saw more often were so much younger that I still have to remind myself that they are cousins, not nieces and nephews. When we were preparing for Cousin A to bring her parents to visit in December, G helped pick out an outfit so the girls could be "Matchy Matchy Twins". They even added the Princess Shoes to complete the look.