National Adoption Day

We just received approval to finalize our adoption on National Adoption Day - Novemeber 15th!! We will post more info as we receive it! We can't wait until they are legally ours!!!!!!!!!!

TURTLE NEWS

Our dachshunds Peanut and Ginger will chase anything that move in our big back yard. Mostly it's squirrels but a few weeks ago we had a lot of rain and on 2 different occasions they brought in dead baby rabbits. Then one morning I was working at the desk when I looked down to see this weird object that Peanut had brought in. I It was a turtle shell! The shell was all sealed up and I thought that maybe it was dead so I put it in a box to show the kids when they came home. Awhile later I heard a noise and it was the turtle trying to get out! I kept the turtle until the kids got home so that I could show them and Liz. See, Liz is afraid of turtles! You know, they might get her! Her toes were curling so I had to release the turtle into the wild to fend for himself!

PS: Now we can add field mice to the list since they brought in 2 of them the other day. One was a live and was was dead.

LIFE OF DAVE...

I called the doctors office to make an appointment for a sleep study for my sleep apnea. The girl explained the details of my upcoming visiting including that I should wear what I would normally wear to bed. I told her that I normally sleep in the nude. There was a long silence.... "Is that alright"? I asked... She replied... NO!

I went to the AT &T store to get a new cell phone. I walk in at the same time as a woman with her 2 kids. The AT &T employee ask us if we were "together" and I said that we were just good friends! With out missing a beat the woman with the 2 kids said "and I do not even know which one is his"!

We came home one night and the kids noticed the Gecko lizards on our garage. "Do they bite" the kids asked. In which I replied "No, they just sell insurance"

This is just some of the stuff that Liz has to put up with on a day to day basics!

HAPPINESS IS....

Happiness is....

Listening to your kids sing primary songs. "J" and "B" love to sing and they know the words. They love to sing while we are driving, at the computer or going to bed at night. Nothing could make Liz or I happier.

TACO BUENO

When the kids get to pick the place to eat it is always Taco Bueno. Think "Del Taco" but not as good which is not saying much. If it is not Taco Buena then next up is McDonalds, Wendy's, Chick-fl-a or Taco bell. I offer Chipotle, Chili's, Jason's Deli anything! I mean I would even eat Taco bell or McDonalds! We do save "kids choice" for special events and since Liz was in McAllen, TX having dinner at Tony Romas (None in DFW area) I got to eat at Taco Bueno! I am going to try to talk them into Buffalo Wild Wings for the Tuesday night wing special before we pick up Liz at the airport.

Time flies when you're having fun...

I can't believe it has been only 3 months since we became a family. It has been a wonderful 3 months - crazy, fun, wild, happy, tough, but soooooo worth it. We are actively working to finalize the adoption early. Tomorrow we will meet with our case worker (who is okay with early finalization) and the kids new case worker (if she's okay we are going for it!!). So hopefully we will have a court date soon. Our wish is to finalize on National Adoption Day - November 15th. Once it is finalized our blog will get much cuter - pictures galore!!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and support. These kids are lucky to have parents with such great family and friends!!!!!

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT

All of us get hooked on goofy stuff. Mine is the old TV show "In the heat of the night". The show ran from 1988-19994 and like a lot of shows I did not really start watching it until it went into reruns. For years the show was on a lot but then they took it off the air. I am excited to say that WGN is back to showing the reruns and I am filling up my DVR with the shows. The show is not on DVD so I need to find a way to record it to DVD myself. I gotta get back to watching my show!

Things I never thought I'd say...

"Because I said so"

That has got to be the best phrase ever!!!!!!!!!

Ramblings of an old woman!

Yes, I'm old. Well, I'm 40 - not quite yet. I still have about an hour. I was born around 2:30pm. The only reason I know this is that I used to tell all my friends at school I was born just in time to get out of school. So in just a little while I will cross over the 39-40 bridge and my parents will no longer have any kids in their 30s. Turning 40 feels weird because I don't feel like I thought 40 would be way back when I thought 40 was older then I now feel. I still feel like I could go out dancing Friday night to the local YA dance and hit the nearest Denny's after and stay out until 2am. But in reality if I tried that, I'd be home by 10pm and that would be pushing it! The best part about today is that I became a mom before now. I really didn't want to be 40 and not be a mom. And getting approved just 6 months before my birthday really scared me - that I might not make it. But my Heavenly Father blessed me and Dave and gave us the two best kids I could have ever picked out. They are so perfectly normal, with all the normal ups and downs of childhood. "B" is going to be our star student. We are trying to teach her that she doesn't have to be perfect in everything yet. That the reason she is going to school is to learn and sometimes we make mistakes when we learn and our S's aren't perfect (she hates that letter S). And "J", well lets just say his teacher and I are becoming friends because we talk so much!! The good thing is that his teacher loves him and wants to help him find his place in this world. She is so good with him and seems to understand him as much as we do. He totally gets an A for effort. He so desperately wants to be good, but just can't do it sometimes. I love them both more then I thought possible after just 3 months. They are the perfect birthday present!!! I want for nothing more (except more money to get all the things they need and want!) Of course it is all about them now. It's all about helping them become the best people they can be and grow up happy and healthy and strong - knowing that they are loved and wanted! Well those are the ramblings of an old woman - well a 40 year old (@ about 2:30pm) woman at least! Thank you for listening all these years, thank you for being my friends and for acknowledging me as your family. I have a pretty great life with a wonderful husband, two adorable kids, the best parents ever and great in-laws, brothers & sisters, nieces & nephews and cousins and aunts. Love to you all - from this 40 year old!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ!

A BIG HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY TO LIZ!


To a great Mom, Wife, Aunt, Daughter and friend!

Love Dave and the kids

The kids and dogs likes to hang out with Mom and Dad in our dinning room that is now an office. We like to watch TV and play on the computer together as a family. Everyone wants to sit in the one and only chair in that room so we want to replace it with something that everyone can use at once. We have a jar full of loose change and our goal is to buy a love sac (see below) for the family to celebrate Mom's birthday.