Friday, June 22, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Audrey Just turned 4 !
Audrey's Birthday was last weekend but we haven't celebrated it yet because she is having a party this Sunday. I thought I'd post her Gotcha Day Video in honor of her Birthday. I'm going to try to post a short clip also taken from her Spring program from her Mothers Day Out group. It is so cute ! Can you tell I'm a little biased lol?
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Catching up !
My posts are few and far between, but thought I'd try to share what little I can retrieve from my tired brain ;-) We have all been very healthy since April and just enjoying life. Audrey is growing up so fast and will be turning 4 this month. Yikes ! Rachel isn't even 2 yet and wants desperately to be 4 lol. She is in constant competition with big sister and she is now obsessed with sitting on the potty whenever I mention changing her diaper. I will be buying some pullups very soon to seize this opportunity ! Rachel is also transitioning into the "No" phase. I really think I liked the "yes" phase alot better haha. If you ask Rachel most things now, you will get the reply "no, no, na, no, no". It's usually a series of no's for emphasis I'm guessing. She is really starting to try to talk and say quite a few words. Among them are bird, duck, cat, dog, star, hi, bye bye and quite a few others that escape me. Rachel is our grumpy child too which is actually humorous sometimes. She is already imitating Audrey everytime Audrey pouts or gets mad. Rachel will cross her arms and pucker her lips to show her displeasure anytime things don't go her way. It is so funny to watch but of course we try not to smile ;-)
Audrey is currently working on writing her name and she is starting to know most of her lower case letters too. She can finally count to 20 now. The reason I say finally is that we have been working on this off and on over the past year and she seemed to have a mental block about it but now is a counting fool !
I'm still bouncing around the idea of "homeschooling" but haven't made a final decision yet. Next week I am going to contact some homeschoolers and see what kind of networking there is in our area. The only way I will consider homeschooling is if we do it as part of a network of families so that the girls aren't isolated. Homeschooling is extremely popular in TN so it may be a totally feasible idea. Alex's sister homeschools 2 of their boys in KY and is somewhat of an inspiration to me. I'll post more when I know more.
The pictures that I posted below are from our trip over Memorial Day weekend when we visited both our families. As you can see the Kiddie Pool was quite the rage ! The girls really love visiting their Rae and Grandpa and Nai Nai and Papa and all their Aunts, Uncles and cousins. The memories we create each visit are really priceless. The pictures towards the end were taken yesterday at a local park which I just love. It was a bit hot and sticky outside but there were lots of shady spots and the ducks were very happy to see us :)
Oh, and last but not least, I seriously have adoption fever again ............... I know I am completely insane lol, but I also know we will adopt again, hopefully starting the process next year. I'm hoping that we will be able to find a child on one of the special needs list because I really feel next year will be the right time for us to adopt a SN child. In fact, I fell in love with a little girl on the AHH list that is currently out, but It is just too soon to be bringing a one year old into our family. This little ones birthday is the day after Rachel's so I would end up with a 1 year old, 2 year old and 4 year old. This could result in me completely losing my mind lol, so I vowed we will pursue a SN adoption next year. Now I just have to get Alex on board ;-)
Audrey is currently working on writing her name and she is starting to know most of her lower case letters too. She can finally count to 20 now. The reason I say finally is that we have been working on this off and on over the past year and she seemed to have a mental block about it but now is a counting fool !
I'm still bouncing around the idea of "homeschooling" but haven't made a final decision yet. Next week I am going to contact some homeschoolers and see what kind of networking there is in our area. The only way I will consider homeschooling is if we do it as part of a network of families so that the girls aren't isolated. Homeschooling is extremely popular in TN so it may be a totally feasible idea. Alex's sister homeschools 2 of their boys in KY and is somewhat of an inspiration to me. I'll post more when I know more.
The pictures that I posted below are from our trip over Memorial Day weekend when we visited both our families. As you can see the Kiddie Pool was quite the rage ! The girls really love visiting their Rae and Grandpa and Nai Nai and Papa and all their Aunts, Uncles and cousins. The memories we create each visit are really priceless. The pictures towards the end were taken yesterday at a local park which I just love. It was a bit hot and sticky outside but there were lots of shady spots and the ducks were very happy to see us :)
Oh, and last but not least, I seriously have adoption fever again ............... I know I am completely insane lol, but I also know we will adopt again, hopefully starting the process next year. I'm hoping that we will be able to find a child on one of the special needs list because I really feel next year will be the right time for us to adopt a SN child. In fact, I fell in love with a little girl on the AHH list that is currently out, but It is just too soon to be bringing a one year old into our family. This little ones birthday is the day after Rachel's so I would end up with a 1 year old, 2 year old and 4 year old. This could result in me completely losing my mind lol, so I vowed we will pursue a SN adoption next year. Now I just have to get Alex on board ;-)
Friday, June 01, 2007
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