We're leaving the house at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow so that we can go to K.C. David is running and jumping again in the Jr. Olympic State Track meet tomorrow. He competes at 10:00 a.m. We have to be there by 9:30 a.m. This will be Emalee's first time traveling further than across town and back! That's why we've decided to leave a little bit early. Hopefully, she'll be a great little traveler for us! After we leave K.C. we're traveling to Jeff. City to sees Brian's cousin Michelle and her family for a little bit and then we'll come home.
Good news this week is that all of Emalee's blood work came back and everything tested normal! Yeah! We also had the Dr. look at Jacob's back today because of suspected scoliosis. The Dr. said that Jacob definitely has mild scoliosis. He said that it's nothing to really worry about yet and that we will just monitor him as he grows.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Feeling Sad......
I just learned some very tragic news. One of the women on my adoption forum lost their newly adopted daughter to SIDS. This precious baby was only 10 months old and was brought home to her family around the same time we got Emalee. She simply went to sleep and woke up in Heaven. I can't imagine the pain that this family is going through. To wait sooooooo long for a baby.......it just doesn't seem fair. We just don't know what tomorrow brings do we? We think we have things all figured out, but the Lord tells us to live for today.
I also learned that another family that got their daughter around the time that we got Emalee has decided to terminate their adoption due to unforeseen medical needs that their baby has. Please pray that this baby finds a family that is able to care for her and that these parents would find peace and comfort in their decision.
These two families really need our prayers.
Hug and kiss your kids today and let them know how much you love them.
I also learned that another family that got their daughter around the time that we got Emalee has decided to terminate their adoption due to unforeseen medical needs that their baby has. Please pray that this baby finds a family that is able to care for her and that these parents would find peace and comfort in their decision.
These two families really need our prayers.
Hug and kiss your kids today and let them know how much you love them.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Checking In
What a busy summer we're having! David played baseball this Spring and Summer. He's had practice every Monday and games on Thursdays with an optional practice on Saturday mornings. He has 2 more games and baseball will be over for the year. I know he'll miss it, but I'll be glad to slow down a little bit.
Last Friday we had some friends from church over (The Pulliam's). The boys all played in the sand and built a volcano. They had the garden hose running up the volcano so that when they turned the water on "lava" would spray out of the volcano creating a wonderful adventure of play for them all! It was loads of fun for all the boys! Reminded me of some of the great things me and my siblings would play.
It's quiet this morning because the boys went to a VBS with our neighbors and Emalee is sleeping right now. Speaking of Emalee, I took her for a check up Monday. She weighs 17 lbs and 2 oz. She's 27 inches long. She has to get some lab work done so I took her to get her blood drawn. After 3 attempts to locate her veins and much crying and screaming on Emalee's part I decided that we were done for the day! They only got a few drops (literally) of blood so we'll have to go back at some point this summer to try again. This is not a future trip that I'm looking forward to. : (
We have our interview with the school that we've picked out for the boys on July 3. We're all very excited. Both boys are looking forward to going to a new school. They already know a few kids that go there, so I think that will make the transition a little easier for them. We also have neighbor kids that go there, so we can car-pool too! If you'd like to look up their school I think their web site is http://www.graceclassical.org/
Well, I'd better go get some laundry started!
Last Friday we had some friends from church over (The Pulliam's). The boys all played in the sand and built a volcano. They had the garden hose running up the volcano so that when they turned the water on "lava" would spray out of the volcano creating a wonderful adventure of play for them all! It was loads of fun for all the boys! Reminded me of some of the great things me and my siblings would play.
It's quiet this morning because the boys went to a VBS with our neighbors and Emalee is sleeping right now. Speaking of Emalee, I took her for a check up Monday. She weighs 17 lbs and 2 oz. She's 27 inches long. She has to get some lab work done so I took her to get her blood drawn. After 3 attempts to locate her veins and much crying and screaming on Emalee's part I decided that we were done for the day! They only got a few drops (literally) of blood so we'll have to go back at some point this summer to try again. This is not a future trip that I'm looking forward to. : (
We have our interview with the school that we've picked out for the boys on July 3. We're all very excited. Both boys are looking forward to going to a new school. They already know a few kids that go there, so I think that will make the transition a little easier for them. We also have neighbor kids that go there, so we can car-pool too! If you'd like to look up their school I think their web site is http://www.graceclassical.org/
Well, I'd better go get some laundry started!
Monday, June 11, 2007
Summer Time!!!
The boys had their last day of school this past Thursday! They're really glad that school is out and more than ready for a break from daily lessons and home work. David will start tutoring in math next week on M, W & F. During that same time I'm going to be working with Jacob on his math. We'll also be keeping up with reading and spelling. Some break, huh? Well, I'm hoping that this will be fun and don't plan on making it too hard or demanding on either of them. My goal is to just keep them polished up!
Emalee cut two teeth this past week! She's been really fussy and needing mommy a lot the last 5 days. She turned 7 months old this past Saturday. She's also rolling over several times now in both directions!
David is playing baseball this summer. He also ran in a track event last Wednesday. We found out about this event on the very day it was held!! David got 2nd place in all 3 events that he did. The 100m and 200m sprint, and the standing broad jump. He was the shortest and youngest boy that participated in his age group. Not bad for finding out the day of the event.
He will complete in the Jr. Olympic State meet on July 7.
Jacob is having fun playing with the neighborhood kids. He's not really interested in playing a sport this summer. I'm looking into some things that he might like to do. I don't want him feeling left out. We're thinking about having the boys in his Sunday school class over to swim one Saturday this summer. First we have to get the pool up! With all the rain we haven't done that yet!
Some of you remember that I have a friend that had triplet baby girls the day after Mother's Day. Well, 2 of them went home Saturday! The other one is suppossed to go home today or possibly tomorrow! Hurray!
Emalee cut two teeth this past week! She's been really fussy and needing mommy a lot the last 5 days. She turned 7 months old this past Saturday. She's also rolling over several times now in both directions!
David is playing baseball this summer. He also ran in a track event last Wednesday. We found out about this event on the very day it was held!! David got 2nd place in all 3 events that he did. The 100m and 200m sprint, and the standing broad jump. He was the shortest and youngest boy that participated in his age group. Not bad for finding out the day of the event.
He will complete in the Jr. Olympic State meet on July 7.
Jacob is having fun playing with the neighborhood kids. He's not really interested in playing a sport this summer. I'm looking into some things that he might like to do. I don't want him feeling left out. We're thinking about having the boys in his Sunday school class over to swim one Saturday this summer. First we have to get the pool up! With all the rain we haven't done that yet!
Some of you remember that I have a friend that had triplet baby girls the day after Mother's Day. Well, 2 of them went home Saturday! The other one is suppossed to go home today or possibly tomorrow! Hurray!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Happy Birthday to my Hubby & other great news!!!
Happy Birthday, Brian!!! I love you with all my heart and am so thankful that I'm married to you! I hope you have a wonderful day!
The other great news...
My chin is still on the floor! I can't believe what happened yesterday and am soooo humbled and in awe! So, here goes.........
I had a person (wants to remain anonymous) come over to my house yesterday with the greatest news. They told me that a person that we've never met sent them to tell us that they have set up a fund at their bank for all 3 of my children to fund ALL of their years of schooling at a private Christian school of OUR CHOICE!!!!
Is your chin on the floor too? Mine is!!! This is for real!!! I don't even know what to say except that I'm still in shock! I even called this person this morning to make sure that it really was real and they laughed and said that it really is for real, it's all set to go at the bank and ready for this next school year! So, Brian and I are researching the schools in our area and have to make a decision pretty quickly because some of them close enrollment at some point this summer. Our only concern is that we need to find a school that would be able to work with David on some of his learning disabilities. Some of the schools here don't have those kind of resources, but I think we've found two that do. Pray that we make the right choice.
Beyond totally grateful,
Heather
The other great news...
My chin is still on the floor! I can't believe what happened yesterday and am soooo humbled and in awe! So, here goes.........
I had a person (wants to remain anonymous) come over to my house yesterday with the greatest news. They told me that a person that we've never met sent them to tell us that they have set up a fund at their bank for all 3 of my children to fund ALL of their years of schooling at a private Christian school of OUR CHOICE!!!!
Is your chin on the floor too? Mine is!!! This is for real!!! I don't even know what to say except that I'm still in shock! I even called this person this morning to make sure that it really was real and they laughed and said that it really is for real, it's all set to go at the bank and ready for this next school year! So, Brian and I are researching the schools in our area and have to make a decision pretty quickly because some of them close enrollment at some point this summer. Our only concern is that we need to find a school that would be able to work with David on some of his learning disabilities. Some of the schools here don't have those kind of resources, but I think we've found two that do. Pray that we make the right choice.
Beyond totally grateful,
Heather
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Oh What a Beautiful Morning!!!
What a lovely day we're having. I've been so happy to have sunshine and mild temperatures around here lately. It really perks me up. I've actually washed, dryed and put away (that's the amazing part) 4 loads of laundry today. I've thoroughly cleaned my bathroom and kitchen, dusted the basement, windexed windows (even in the basement) and loaded and unloaded the dishwasher. I must say that I'm impressed with myself!
Of couse, I have some motivation. I'm having a jewelry party here tomorrow night (feel free to come if you like at 6:30 p.m.) and my family over Friday night. I always get more done when I have a good reason to do it.
Yesterday I went on a field trip with Jacob's class. We went on a nature hike at Ritter Spring's Park. I put Emalee in the Ergo (baby carrier) and she fell asleep the whole time we hiked! Jacob really enjoyed showing off his new baby sister too.
David's summer baseball league has their first game tomorrow night. He's really excited about playing again. They had 2 weeks off and he's ready to get back into the action!
We're all ready for school to be out! David is going to have a math tutorer this summer. We're really hoping that this will be a postive thing for him. His tutorer is very excited to work with him and seems to really want to help make thing "click" for him. Jacob and I are going to work on some math while David is tutoring.
The trampoline safety net is up and we'll be putting the pool up in a couple of weeks! I'm really looking forward to a fun summer with my kiddos!
Of couse, I have some motivation. I'm having a jewelry party here tomorrow night (feel free to come if you like at 6:30 p.m.) and my family over Friday night. I always get more done when I have a good reason to do it.
Yesterday I went on a field trip with Jacob's class. We went on a nature hike at Ritter Spring's Park. I put Emalee in the Ergo (baby carrier) and she fell asleep the whole time we hiked! Jacob really enjoyed showing off his new baby sister too.
David's summer baseball league has their first game tomorrow night. He's really excited about playing again. They had 2 weeks off and he's ready to get back into the action!
We're all ready for school to be out! David is going to have a math tutorer this summer. We're really hoping that this will be a postive thing for him. His tutorer is very excited to work with him and seems to really want to help make thing "click" for him. Jacob and I are going to work on some math while David is tutoring.
The trampoline safety net is up and we'll be putting the pool up in a couple of weeks! I'm really looking forward to a fun summer with my kiddos!
Friday, May 11, 2007
Going on a date!
Today Emalee and I went to my friend Rachel's house. Rachel adopted a baby boy, Oliver (Ollie) earlier this year from Korea. I met Rachel on an adoption forum last summer and we figured out that we both live in Springfield, so we've kept in touch ever since!
Anyway, another member (Ansley) on the adoption forum came to Springfield this week to visit all the way from Oregon! Ansley, her husband Eric and their newly adopted son, Aricin were all at Rachel's this morning. It was a nice visit and so nice to put faces to names of people on the forum.
This evening Brian and I are going on our first date since Emalee's been home. We don't even know what we're doing! I think we're both just excited to get out of the house and have some "together" time w/o our 3 muchkins tagging along! We're leaving Emalee w/Nana and the boys are going to their school's Parents Night Out program. The boys love going there because it's pretty fun for them. Hopefully, Emalee and Nana will have as much fun ;-)
Anyway, another member (Ansley) on the adoption forum came to Springfield this week to visit all the way from Oregon! Ansley, her husband Eric and their newly adopted son, Aricin were all at Rachel's this morning. It was a nice visit and so nice to put faces to names of people on the forum.
This evening Brian and I are going on our first date since Emalee's been home. We don't even know what we're doing! I think we're both just excited to get out of the house and have some "together" time w/o our 3 muchkins tagging along! We're leaving Emalee w/Nana and the boys are going to their school's Parents Night Out program. The boys love going there because it's pretty fun for them. Hopefully, Emalee and Nana will have as much fun ;-)
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