My favorite part

Weekend mornings: baby
Cooing in bed, dog trying
To wrestle and Play

Missy making a
nest of pillows and watching
"shows" on the iPad.

Birthdays & other celebrations

We've been operating on radio silence for the past few weeks here at the blog, not because nothing's going on but rather, the opposite.

I've been overwhelmed by how much we are still actively engaged in getting the kids settled in. Particularly, Miss M.

Just this last week, we:
Met with Baby A's physical therapist
Approved a visit with the kids' Papa
Went school uniform shopping (Kindergarten for Miss M!!)
Went school supply shopping
Bought birthday presents
Ordered cake & sandwiches
Registered Miss M for school
Met her teacher
And scheduled an appointment for M's physiologist to come to the house.

Oh yeah, and spent Thursday morning at the Urgent Care, because both the kiddos have upper respiratory infections.

Which they did not get from me, although I've been sick too. First with strep then with ragweed allergies. And since I was not EVEN aware that baby's cant get strep, we spent 2.5 miserable hours at Urgent Care. (now taking pediatrician referrals, thanksverymuch).

So yeah. Been busy!

Then we had M & I's joint birthday party on Saturday at our neighborhood pool (rescheduled from late July, when I was in the throes of strep). And although we got to swim & had cake & presents & were surrounded by friends, family, etc., I had to laugh when a drought-ending thunderstorm rolled in & broke up the party (but only 30 minutes early)!

Crazy.
Wild.
Thrilling.
Exhausting.
Hilarious.

That's our world with Baby A & Miss M.

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We couldn't do it without help & support from our friends & family.

Thank you for all the hand me downs of clothes, of toys, of jumper roos, of pink shoes for a little girl you've never met.

Thank you for the words of wisdom, for the hugs of encouragement, for engaging with the worlds bossiest little girl, for smooching on that baby, & for understanding when I call in sick.

Honestly, these kids have made question my own sanity & reasons for EVER wanting kids of my own...BUT either way, I'm so amazed by this community of church friends, neighbors, in-laws, old college roommates, grad school drinking buddies, longtime friends & virtual strangers that are supporting us in this fosterhood journey.

You are awesome.
(Please don't stop!)

Bath time!

The last few weeks have really not been worth talking about: lots of gross illness, not limited to but including Strep, Hacking, Coughing & Vomiting, randomly assigned to various family members, including me.

I do have a Halloween post upcoming, but just wanted to share a moment if pure joy. They have been few and far between the past few weeks!
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I tell you what, Baby A sure loves taking a bath.

He loves splashing in the water, grinning at the baby reflected in the spout and tonight he was mesmerized for several minutes by the water slowly dripping from the spout.

So funny. So joyous.

I got caught up in watching him splash & shriek, lost in his cheerful spluttering and squawking.
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Here he is in his Dino towel!

Splashasorus Rex!