My Lap Cat

For some reason, it really tickles Brian the way Rebecca lays in my lap and then hangs her head over my arm to look at or talk to him. The snuggly little dumpling!

Cool Tees!

Check this out, a blogger I follow and respect has started a new business ... they are adorable!!! Their family is also a family that has been blessed beyond measure with adoptions but what amazes me is that that she is one of those special people you cross paths with in your life who really puts into action that which she believes. And let me tell you, she has a HUGE heart for orphans!

Happy shopping!

"The Look"

I've gone on and on about how well things are going with Rebecca, and they are ... but ever so often, especially if certain things are not going her way we get "the look". Thankfully this doesn't happen very often because honestly, it's almost impossible to not bust out laughing when she does this. She also makes this little blowing out air noise right before "the look" hits. This was taken the other day at the park, the same day as all the cute smiling pictures. However, it was time to go home and in Rebecca's words "NO GO HOME". Thankfully we live VERY close to the park!

She's also learned how to voice her displeasure with us when she is not so happy with us, I suppose it's her very worst insult. When she's aggravated (really aggravated) she will say "Emma's yucky", or "Mommy's yucky" - whichever one of us happens to be the supposed offender. While I do not care for the choice of words, I am happy that at least she can verbalize that she is none too pleased at the moment.

Playground Fun

The weather is finally warming up a tad around here and we've finally had the chance to get the kids out of the house to let them romp and play. And romp and play and play and play they did!

Miss Bex doing the Fancy Nancy thing

Rebecca discovered Emma's "Fancy Nancy" things the other day which were gifts to Emma from our family advocate when we first started the process of adopting Rebecca. She's no longer w/ our agency but still every bit in our hearts. We miss ya' Katrina! Thought it would tickle you to now see Rebecca playing with the dress up things!

14 Years Ago ...

Fourteen years ago Brian and I were married in a somewhat small wedding in Denton, Texas. Neither one of us were up for going out and celebrating tonight but we did go to Lowe's and also took the kiddos out for pie and ice cream. I laughingly asked Brian if 14 years ago did he give any thought to having 3 more children and especially two little dumplings crawling all over him. I know that for me, I certainly wasn't thinking that 14 years ago - at that point in my life I wasn't even sure if I wanted one or not. Goodness how times have changed! Back then my life pretty much centered around my career and around "us". Back then we did things like Gallery Night, ballroom dance lessons, weekend trips and all kinds of other fun things. Now, career is well - hmmm, not exactly a career at the moment and everyone who stops by here already knows about our quiver full of children. My blessings, each and every one of them. And of course the biggest blessing of all - my wonderful, loving, kind and thoughtful husband.

Happy Anniversary Brian, here's to many more!

Kids Say the Funniest Things

This morning when we drove into the parking lot at church Rebecca asks "what doing?" and we told her we were going to church. Her reply ... "YUM!". Maybe they're going a little overboard on snacks in children's church? :-) On the way home though she was singing over and over "I love mama. I love baba. I love Jesus". She's just too sweet.

We had a luncheon at church today and a friend of ours was telling us about her daughter having fertility problems and that her next step is to get an egg donor. Of course Emma doesn't miss anything and she starts asking "What's an egg donor?". I told her to ask Melissa (the one telling us about her daughter). I'm such a chicken - no pun intended.

This afternoon Brian & I watched a movie while the girls were napping, it was what Brian affectionately calls a "mama movie". Emma woke up and came in right at the tail end of it where the two main characters are getting on a plane. Emma being the child she is that asks 529,332 questions per day starts asking questions about them getting on the plane and then asks "Are they going to get a baby?"! We both got a good laugh out of that one.

Which reminds me, we were driving down the road the other day and Emma is asking me when she is going to have babies and then she tells me she doesn't want to because it makes her ears hurt and then she asked me if I would go with her. It took me a minute to realize that she was talking about her ears popping on the plane. I'm so silly, I of all people should know that babies come via airplanes.