Our lil Heffalump...

 

 

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Enjoying the day...

 

We enjoyed this beautiful day

OUTSIDE!

 

 

My little boy is an outside kid.

He loves it!

 

 

Brookelyn played...hard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She finally made it to the top!

 

 

 

Our front yard.

Fall is beautiful here in the country.

 

 

It's been a good day!

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Our little cuties...

Our little cuties all dressed up.

Little Miss Addy Grace and Kaylan Bug.

MeMe loves them!

Our little Carter man dressed up as

a dinosaur.

Maw Maw (that's what he calls me)

sure does love him.

Little Bookie Shae

is a pirate this year!

MeMe loves her too!

Pics of the other cuties coming soon!

 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

He's Ours!....

 

What an exciting day!!

It's official!!!!

He is our little boy now!!!

Forever and always

and no matter what!!!!

His name is now

officially

Joshua Blaze

and we are really excited about that.

 

 

Our tired little boy.

Court wore him out.

 

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

The legacy of an adopted child...

The Legacy of an Adopted Child

 

 Once there were two women
Who never knew each other.
One you do not remember
The other you call Mother.

Two different lives
Shaped to make you one.
One became your guiding star
The other became your sun.

The first one gave you life
And the second taught you to live it.
The first gave you a need for love
The second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality
The other gave you a name.
One gave you a talent
The other gave you aim.

One gave you emotions
The other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile
The other dried your tears.

One sought for you a home
That she could not provide.
The other prayed for a child
And her hope was not denied.

And now you ask me through your tears
The age old question unanswered through the years.
Heredity or environment
Which are you a product of?
Neither my Darling, neither.
Just two different kinds of Love.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Only hours away...

We are so close now. Only hours away from our big day! We've gone through a lot to get to this day. In just a few hours our baby will be ours forever. No more DFCS visits. No more telling us what we can and can't do. No more worrying about who may come forward to take him from us. He will be ours. Yes, you read that right. He will be ours. Our son. He will have our last name and we will finally be able to move forward as a family.

I can't really describe how I feel tonight. My heart is so full. Full of joy, full of love, full of thanks. I'm excited. I'm anxious. I probably won't sleep at all tonight. I feel like a little kid at Christmas time. I just want to hold my little boy and kiss him and praise God for him. Yes, my cup is running over. We've waited a long time for this and the wait is almost over.

Our baby was worth the wait!

 

 
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

My babies...

 

All three are doing great!!!

Joshua Blaze has forgiven me for the torture

he had to go through at the hospital last week

and his head is healing nicely.

No results from his tests yet.

 

Bry is having a pretty good

week, so far.

We took her and Joshua to Atlanta

yesterday to see their GI doctor.

He was pleased at how well her

tummy is doing.

She had a fundo wrap done a few

weeks ago and it has stopped the

frequent vomiting we were having.

So hopefully she will start

packing the weight on now.

He increased her feeds

from 2 nutrens to 3 because

she is still under weight.

Yesterday, she was 26 lbs 2 ozs,

Blazey weighed 24 lbs 10 oz,

so he is catching up to her

and will probably pass her

by the  end of the year.

She's only three inches

 taller than him.

 

The GI thinks it may be possible that Joshua's

feeding problems are mostly sensory related,

but he still wants to do an upper

GI to look at his tummy

because he is having such

 a hard time eating

and keeping down food.

 

It seems every appointment

leads to another appointment

with these two.

 

Our chunky monkey..."The Baby"

is doing great!

He may out grow Bry and Joshua.

He already out eats them both.

At last weigh in he was

17 lbs and 5 ozs (2 weeks ago)

but I'm sure he's probably 18 + now

(at 5 months old).

He's going to be a football player

when he grows up...lol

 

 

I'm tired of all

of these appointments.

It's almost overwhelming

just keeping up with them all.

 

 Bry has 3 therapies weekly now (1-OT and 2-PT)

with two more (OT and PT) about

 to be added by the BOE

plus her psych wants us to start play therapy.

I don't know how we are going to

squeeze those in

to my already complicated schedule.

 

Joshua has three

therapies weekly himself  (Ot, PT, and  Speech)

and he has a weekly sign language class.

 

Yes, I am one very busy mom

with one really messy calendar.

 

 

Well that's my baby update for today.

Please keep them in your prayers.

 

 

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Nobody Cares...

Recently, I was reading one of my favorite blogger's post. She  posted a "Nobody Cares" post that really spoke to me. It made me think and question why I even blog and share the things I do.  I know that most likely nobody really cares about the things I share. After all, I'm not a good writer. I'm lucky if I even use the right there, their, or they're. Just being honest here. I may not type perfect or use the best words. Trust me I realize that. I stink at english. You won't find fancy writing here. I'm just a simple minded person. A women of few words some may say. I'm the least among you in the blog world. When someone visits my blog and actually comes back to visit again, I'm always amazed. I often wonder why. Seriously I do.

 So why do I bother?
 When Nobody really Cares.
Nobody cares what I did today except for maybe my hubby and kids (But they seldom read my blog so it doesn't really matter). Nobody cares if I'm having a good day or if things are not so great. If I'm feeling tired, overly happy, or even sad. If it's sunny here or pouring down rain. If I've been up all night with a teething baby or read the same bedtime story three times in a row. Nobody cares if my kid had a meltdown in the middle of the store, that I misplaced my keys, and that it caused me to be late for my appointment. Nobody cares that the lady in front of me at walmart irritated me or about what I cooked or ate today (or even the picture of my plate that I posted). Nobody cares what song I listened to on youtube or what my new favorite movie is this week. Nobody cares that my kid only eats one food at a time (and that it has to be the white stuff first, then the greens, and then the orange) or how he threw it in the floor instead of eating it at all. No one cares how we celebrated a birthday, or that my favorite team won this week. Nobody cares that my kid pooped in the potty today, is now in the 50th percentile, made perfect A's on their report card, learned to ride a bike, wrote their abc's for the first time, or that we had an awesome play date with our neighbors. Nobody cares where we spent our day today, where we got their cute shirts, about our favorite new store, or about that cool new gadget we recently bought. Nobody really cares about all that stuff or maybe they do.

So why blog about it?

 I blog for me. I write for me. It's my get away when I have some free "me" time. I read my own blog. I go back through different posts to remind myself where I was and where I am in hopes that I've grown, learned, matured.  I really just blog for myself and for no other reason, but If by chance someone stumbles upon my blog and stays long enough to read my boring stuff and actually enjoys it, then that's great. Maybe somehow something I say or do will mean something to someone along the way and that would make me happy, but if not then that's alright too.

I blog because I like to blog. This in my blog and I write about my life as it happens and about the things and people that matter the most to me.

 
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Look who's nine!!!!...

It's true!!!!

Our punkin is

9 now!!!!!

9 months old!!!!

Happy nine months 

Kaylan Bug!

Paw Paw and MeMe

love you soooo much.

 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Saturdays are the best...

The whole time he was in the hospital he

kept picking at his head.

Now I know why.

It blistered his head.

 

I felt like the worse mom

 ever when they

took the dressing off
because I kept signing "no no"
every time he tried to pull it off.

 

 

But we are home now and he is

doing much better.

We actually enjoyed some outside play

time today.

Bay's here for the weekend!
I love this girl.
She is Aunt Sandy's baby girl
forever and always
and nomatter what.

 

Walking with my sweet babies.

I love our walks.

 

Once again this year we did

The Pumpkin Prayer

 

Dear God,
As I carve my pumpkin help me say this prayer:

Open my mind so I can learn about You;
(Cut the top of the pumpkin)

Take away all my sin and forgive

 me for the wrong things I do.
(Clean out the inside)

 Open my eyes so Your love I will see;
(Cut the eyes out in heart shapes)

 I'm so sorry for turning up my

 nose to all you've given me.
(Cut a nose in the shape of a cross)

 

 

 Open my ears so your

 word I will hear.

(Cut the ears shaped like the Bible)

 

 Open my mouth so I can

 tell others You're near
(cut the mouth in the shape of a fish)

 

 Let Your light shine in all

I say and do!
In Jesus name I pray.
Amen.
(Place a candle inside and light it up)

 

My little helpers

 

I love my Kaylan Bug.

She is MeMe's sweetheart.

 

Our sweet Adalyn.

We don't get to see her nearly enough,

so when Katie called and said they

were coming, we all got excited!

 

 

 

Say cheese for MeMe:)

 

My baby pumpkin

 

 

He loved the light.

He recently learned to sign "light"

and I think that's his favorite sign now.

 

The sweetest sisters ever!

 

Hubs built a fire.

 

It's getting cold out here.

Bry came out and joined us by the fire.

 

We watched It's

  The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

 

I've really enjoyed this Saturday with the kids:)

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6