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Friday, January 15, 2010

Miracles Happen

So as most of you remember I mentioned a few months back that my brother and his wife were hoping to adopt. Well only a few short months after starting the adoption process they were chosen by a very wonderful woman named Brittani to become the parents of her little unborn girl. Well She was born on January 11, 2010 and was 6 lbs 10 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long. Everything is going well and Daren and Shannon are now parents!!! I am so excited for them and for the blessings the Lord has given them. I also am so grateful for Brittani and her courage.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

All in a Day's Work

With the baby and Christmas and visitor's I am sure it will come as no surprise that Princess's schedule has been thrown for a loop. Now that everything is settling back to normal it is time to readjust her sleeping habits. Well as she has gotten older she has also become a very persistent little girl and when she doesn't want to sleep she will simply open her door and come out to join "all the fun" mom and dad must be having without her. Well to solve this problem our first thought was to child proof her door from the inside so that she couldn't open it. So we went to the store and got the knobs for the door. But she soon learned how to open the door despite the child proof door handle. Well my sister had a different door knob thing that we did so we thought we would give it a try...to no avail. She still managed to get the door open. GRRRR So finally my sister suggested that we tie her door closed using another door. And guess what...It Worked!!! I was so excited. We day one of it working she put up quite a fuss and cried and threw tantrums but I didn't care because I knew that soon she would fall asleep and that there wasn't anything in her room that she could really hurt. So on she cried until all fell silent. Well when she awoke and I went to get her the room was in shambles. She had pulled out toys, clothes, books and whatever else she could. It was almost like she was trying to say, "Ok, mom if you wont let me out then take this!" Well as I faced the mess I thought I'll just take care of it later, I have so much I need to do right now. Well later eventually came and there was no way that I was going to leave it like that when I put her to bed. I could just in-vision her getting up in the middle of the night and killing herself in that disaster. I knew that it wasn't going to take me long so I thought that I would make a game of it and see how long it would take me to clean it all up and I am glad to say that it only took me about ten minutes. Isn't it amazing that she spent probably a half and hour to destroy it and in ten minutes and could get it looking like this....

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

In Case You Hadn't Heard

Well in case you didn't know we had our very own Little Man two weeks ago today. So I know that it has taken me a while to post about our little one but between the hospital, Christmas and Larry's parents coming to town for a week I just haven't had the time. Well I had a moment and thought its now or never. Little Man was born on Dec. 22 at 7:30 he was 7 lbs and 15 ounces and 20 inches long. He is a good baby and spends the day and the night SLEEPING. I know right now you are thinking jealous thoughts! How we managed to have two children who are so easy going is beyond me. Princess loves her little brother and gives him many hugs and kisses throughout the day. She does compete with him for the swing which she has gotten it into her mind should belong to her, and for those of you who know her well know that she is one little determined girl and still has not come to terms that the swing is off limits. Larry has started school and we are all excited that there is an end in sight. That is pretty much all that is going on in the our home right now and we are enjoying it.