Protected: Professional Photos
Posted: July 8, 2008 at 11:55 pm
tags: Carter, Gracey, Mathew, Photos 6 comments
I love Target
Posted: July 8, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Polka dots courtesy of the local Target. who knew?
Ahhh….FINALLY!
Posted: July 6, 2008 at 6:52 pm
The room isn’t finished… I still need to “accessorize” it. But the biggest part is done. I’ll add pink and purple polka dots on the walls later.
tags: Photos 5 comments
3 days?
Tags: Adoption
Posted: July 2, 2008 at 4:42 am
Has it really been three days since the last post? I guess the excitement has worn off and the exhaustion has set in. It’s a good kind of exhaustion, though. Mathew is growing way too fast and I just want to cuddle him on my chest and savor every minute. Carter and Gracey are still loving their baby brother but have lost interest, for the most part, in feeding, etc….
Gracey has displayed only a small amount of jealousy. Granny was over the other day and I was holding Mathew. Granny walked over to my chair and was going to take him from me when Gracey ran in between us, grabbed on to her legs and said, “MY GRANNY!” ha ha ha Needless to say, Granny did not hold baby Mathew at that point.
Carter continues to entertain us with his latest interest in dressing up. I got some cute pictures of him in some of Gracey’ dresses, spinning, trying to make them fly up. We went to Sears this afternoon and I guess I’m just going to have to post the picture for you. It was too funny. We got quite a few looks. I know there are lots of mothers out there who wouldn’t dream of letting their kids leave the house looking the way Carter sometimes looks, but I think it’s great! I admit it may be more difficult for me to allow that when it comes to Gracey. But I’m going to try. 
I talked to the caseworker today and she explained the process to me a bit more. The test that bparents will have to take the morning of each visit will likely not be finished, or shall we say “graded”, before the actual visit. So, this week at least, they will get their visit and it will be closely monitored. If their tests come back with unfavorable results, they will not get the next visit. In addition to this, they will also have regular (but random) tests. Daddy is taking off of work on Thursday to travel with me to the visit – it is about 3 hours away from our house so it is quite the trek. But Mathew is definitely worth it.
One thing I have not yet done is get pictures made with all the kids. I’m trying to wait for a time when daddyo can be there, too, so we can go ahead and get a whole family picture but I don’t know how long that may take. Between middle of the night feedings and Carter and Gracey occasionally waking up, it’s just too tuff to plan. The sleep deprivation is catching up with me – I think I forgot what a toll it can take on your body. We’ve been running the roads and haven’t slowed down at all and I’m thinking now may be a good time to slow down a bit. Besides, I have to get some work done and catch up on a few things aound here!
I still love being a mom of three and I still don’t think it is harder than having Carter and Gracey at the same time. I feel good. I love being a mom and other than buckling and unbuckling everyone, it isn’t all that hard to go places, either.
I’ll try to update more. Be praying about the visit, please. And now here’s Pirate Carter, dressed and ready to go to Sears.
tags: Adoption, Carter, Photos 3 comments
Wordless Wednesday
Birthday Photos – King for a Day
Posted: March 31, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Batman turned 4 on Saturday! He told me a long time ago that he wanted to be wearing his Batman cape on his birthday so I bought him a whole little outfit that he put on first thing Saturday morning.
He got to choose his breakfast and he went with ice cream:
He had a blast hitting the pinata:
but decided it was much more fun to ride it:
When it was all said and done, he picked flowers for his Mommy:
tags: Carter, Photos 3 comments
No Fear
Posted: March 28, 2008 at 3:45 am
Have I ever mentioned that Carter has absolutely NO FEAR? None. I took him and cousin Wes to one of those jumpy places today and they had a blast. But climbing and sliding the usual way was not what they had in mind – no, they wanted to be super heroes. All it took was for Carter to see Wes make one jump and then it was all over. Of course, Wes is two feet taller than Carter and could have leaned over and reached the top of the part he was jumping to. Carter literally flew through the air. See what I mean:
Today was also swingset day. We bought a secondhand ginormous castle fortress swingset and it was delivered and set up today. When we started looking at swingsets, we swore we wouldn’t go overboard. What do you think?
Nevermind, don’t tell me. Just look at these faces and tell me it wasn’t worth it:
They are going to play on it for a long time to come.
We have been unbelievably busy these past few weeks. Getting the backyard ready, finishing Foster Care classes, getting home inspections, repairing gas pipes so we can pass said inspections…..cleaning backyard for summer and Carter’s fourth birthday party. That’s coming up this Saturday. Can you believe my guy is going to be four?
tags: Carter, Gracey, Photos 3 comments
Happy Easter Photos
Posted: March 18, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Two and Four year old pics:
Oh and PS, Carter has changed his name.
Me: C’mon kiddos
Carter: I’m not kiddo
Me: okay, Carter-o
Carter: I’m not Carter-o EITHER!
Me: So what are you?
Carter: I’m Carter-dawg
Thanks, Daddyo.
tags: Photos 3 comments
Happy Birthday, Gracey!
Posted: January 21, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Well, so her birthday isn’t officially until tomorrow, but we celebrated on Saturday!
tags: Photos 5 comments
Happy Birthday, Jesus
Posted: December 25, 2007 at 4:15 am
There is all kinds of excitement around here as we wait to see what Santa will bring. We talk constantly about why we give and receive gifts at Christmas time, but Carter is definitely aware of what Christmas Eve is all about with regard to Santa.
Gracey got this tierra headband as a gift and she found it this morning and put it on herself. Cracked me up. I had to get a picture – the quality stinks because it is from my cell phone but it’s important to point out that I did not pose her for the photo.
And here is Carter next to the cookies and milk we left out for Santa:
I hope you and your family have a very blessed Christmas!