I figure it's so close to midnight that I might as well post this in honor of tomorrow....
Eli,
Son, we don't know where time has gone! You are getting too big and too grown up! We can't believe that 2 years ago (Feb. 27th), we breathed a sigh of relief that you were ours forever. It seems like just yesterday. You are getting to the age now where you are asking more questions. We have always talked openly about your adoption, but you are trying so hard to understand now. We hope someday you realize how special your adoption is to us and how much we love you. You are God's gift to us!
We love you so much, Kiddo, and we always will!
Don't ever stop being our sweet baby boy~
Love you,
Mommy and Daddy
We plan on celebrating tomorrow "Eli Day" by doing something as a family, something fun. This day is more special to us than even his birthday, though I'm sure he won't really understand why until later in life.
ADOPTION = LOVE
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Finally caught up!!
Ok, so it took me two days but I finally got all the way through the January and February posts that I was behind on!
Yesterday Eli wanted me to build him an indoor tent. So here it is! He was entertained for quite some time with this.... yeah!
Yesterday Eli wanted me to build him an indoor tent. So here it is! He was entertained for quite some time with this.... yeah!
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| Papa, he's working on his Jeep in his "cave". |
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| OH, THOSE EYES!!! |
Carver Park Excursion 2-15-14
While it was still quite chilly, we were so happy to see the sunshine on Saturday that we decided to get out of the house and do something fun as a family. We packed a picnic lunch and took Eli "hiking" at George Washington Carver Park. It was great to be outside and we had a really good time. We basically had the whole park to ourselves which was an added bonus!
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| I realized after the photo was taken that Sam told him to make this face... |
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| I absolutely LOVE this picture! |
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| PB&J smile and all! |
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| Watched this muskrat on the pond. Cool! |
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| Eli leaned up against like this and yelled "Mom! Take my picture!" :) |
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| My handsome hubby. |
Monday, February 17, 2014
Nap Time?
Feb 10th continued:
Eli wanted to sleep in his big boy bed (instead of the crib) so Daddy went in to sit with him until he fell asleep. I went to check on them and found this....
I then saw two little eyes peering over the edge of his blanket and he gave me a big smile when he saw me. Then he looked at Daddy and laughed. Yeah, Buddy, I know...
Eli wanted to sleep in his big boy bed (instead of the crib) so Daddy went in to sit with him until he fell asleep. I went to check on them and found this....
I then saw two little eyes peering over the edge of his blanket and he gave me a big smile when he saw me. Then he looked at Daddy and laughed. Yeah, Buddy, I know...
More Snow Fun ~ Feb 10th
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| Eli is feeding Duke snow. If you look closely, Duke is actually licking it! |
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| Good dog! |
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| Eli was leading us on an "adventure" through the pasture. |
Goofy Kid
Another random post...
Eli had been playing in his room and then came into my office and said "Mom, it's so COLD in the house!" I turned around and found this....
Maybe I should turn the heat up in the house?! :)
Eli had been playing in his room and then came into my office and said "Mom, it's so COLD in the house!" I turned around and found this....
Maybe I should turn the heat up in the house?! :)
Gonna be a good big bro!
Eli is so ready to be a big brother. So much so, that out of the blue, on January 28th he asked me for a baby bottle. When I asked why, he looked at me like I was dumb... "to feed my baby, Mom!" He also regularly tries to change this baby's diaper. I so hope he continues to be this willing!!
January 26th
Oh. My. Goodness.... 'nuff said!
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| Like Father, Like Son.... |
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| He is a remarkably good Frisbee thrower! |
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| Cutest little farm boy I know! |
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Adoption Update
Not much to tell...
We had 4 women look at us in January. Only 2 of them still have our profile. One woman from December still has our profile too.
And we have to update our home study AGAIN. This will be the 5th (I think, I've lost track) time that we've done this. The Webb City police station probably thinks we just enjoy visiting with them and hearing the crazy inmates when we continually get our fingerprinting done. ha ha It is getting frustrating though because this costs us a pretty penny each time we have to do this. And most of the documents are only good for 6 months before they expire (per Missouri law). Other documents last one year. However, since our last update was October 2012, we need to do it all. Boo-hiss. And if you all aren't keeping track, February is month 17 of this extremely long and hard journey. I feel like our time is running out and it makes me/us scared.
Please pray for God to open up a door/window for us. We just need some sort of assurance that the end will be OK.
We had 4 women look at us in January. Only 2 of them still have our profile. One woman from December still has our profile too.
And we have to update our home study AGAIN. This will be the 5th (I think, I've lost track) time that we've done this. The Webb City police station probably thinks we just enjoy visiting with them and hearing the crazy inmates when we continually get our fingerprinting done. ha ha It is getting frustrating though because this costs us a pretty penny each time we have to do this. And most of the documents are only good for 6 months before they expire (per Missouri law). Other documents last one year. However, since our last update was October 2012, we need to do it all. Boo-hiss. And if you all aren't keeping track, February is month 17 of this extremely long and hard journey. I feel like our time is running out and it makes me/us scared.
Please pray for God to open up a door/window for us. We just need some sort of assurance that the end will be OK.
Raw Honest Truth
Truth #1:
I love Eli and I love his age right now. I love that he is becoming a little human and I can carry on conversations with him. I love that his little brain comes up with some of the craziest sayings or thoughts. I love that he is still able to be our sweet cuddly baby (when he wants to be) and yet he seems so grown up at other times.
Truth #2:
I love Eli and I hate his age right now. I don't know if he'll make it to age 3 or past age 3 sometimes. He is stubborn, obstinate and so extremely challenging. His little brain comes up with just the right things to push every single button I have (and some I didn't even know I had!).
Truth #3:
Eli makes me have multiple personality disorder and bipolar disorder!! He can drive me to madness one moment and make me absolutely the happiest mommy the next minute. Sam will ask me "how was your night?"... and even on the worst nights, I can usually find one thing about my day that was wonderful. Usually. Then there are those days that I'll never get back; that I feel nothing has gone right; I've spent the majority of the day crying/screaming/crying/time-out/spanking/throwing toys out in the yard (yes, people, that really happened... but that's another story!)/screaming more. I HATE those days. I feel horrible on those days. And those days have been more lately than I'd like to admit. I can't count the number of nights I've felt like a failure, like maybe I wasn't cut out for this, like I have done something wrong.
.... and then.... Eli wakes up the following morning in a cheery mood. He loves on us and kisses on us and spends a while in our bed playing and making parenthood and motherhood and being a SAH mom amazing. And it's all worth it again.
I pray every morning that the good moments outweigh the bad moments. And I pray that Eli will only remember the good and forget the awful moments when his mother turns into Hulk and looses it. Completely.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
I love Eli and I love his age right now. I love that he is becoming a little human and I can carry on conversations with him. I love that his little brain comes up with some of the craziest sayings or thoughts. I love that he is still able to be our sweet cuddly baby (when he wants to be) and yet he seems so grown up at other times.
Truth #2:
I love Eli and I hate his age right now. I don't know if he'll make it to age 3 or past age 3 sometimes. He is stubborn, obstinate and so extremely challenging. His little brain comes up with just the right things to push every single button I have (and some I didn't even know I had!).
Truth #3:
Eli makes me have multiple personality disorder and bipolar disorder!! He can drive me to madness one moment and make me absolutely the happiest mommy the next minute. Sam will ask me "how was your night?"... and even on the worst nights, I can usually find one thing about my day that was wonderful. Usually. Then there are those days that I'll never get back; that I feel nothing has gone right; I've spent the majority of the day crying/screaming/crying/time-out/spanking/throwing toys out in the yard (yes, people, that really happened... but that's another story!)/screaming more. I HATE those days. I feel horrible on those days. And those days have been more lately than I'd like to admit. I can't count the number of nights I've felt like a failure, like maybe I wasn't cut out for this, like I have done something wrong.
.... and then.... Eli wakes up the following morning in a cheery mood. He loves on us and kisses on us and spends a while in our bed playing and making parenthood and motherhood and being a SAH mom amazing. And it's all worth it again.
I pray every morning that the good moments outweigh the bad moments. And I pray that Eli will only remember the good and forget the awful moments when his mother turns into Hulk and looses it. Completely.
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
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