Just wanted to say… I found the cord for the camera! Here are a few pictures. I’m doing well and so is the whole family. We’re finding our new rhythm and I’m spending my time feeding boys, changing diapers, blending food, helping girls with their meals, telling girls to do their chores, and housekeeping. It feels GOOD to be settling a bit. We’re still keeping our world very small – not going places much. I am exercising again and it feels really good. My goal is to run a 5K in March and to do it faster than last March when I ran one for the first time!
My view from my computer.
Dog in the kitchen!
Pretty girl!
Good morning! He was soooo excited that he had the laptop. I was not. I took a picture before I took it away, though!
Here’s Daniel’s bed next to our bed.
Here he is in cozy pajamas (size 24 months) while sitting in front of the space heater.
Daniel LOVES bath time. He is not a big fan of drying off, though! He hates to be cold!
I didn’t have a great picture of Jordan, but here he is hanging out in the play room!
Carolyn… adult rubber boots, nightgown, pirate hat… I think she’s going to get the mail with me.
Daniel fell asleep in Jordan’s bedroom with all the wires and toys he’d taken with him.
Daniel keeps playing while he eats.
This is what it looks like when I feed Daniel. I find him wherever he is and… feed him from behind! haha
Anna was too old to play in the grass clippings much, but she eventually caved in and carried out some old blankets for beds.
Bigger pile!
First, we need a pile! Hurry!
So many games can be played with freshly cut grass!
We’re just a typical, atypical family in the Pacific Northwest. We homeschool, love Jesus and are learning as we go.
We have three beautiful daughters, born in 2007, 2009 and 2012 and two handsome sons, born in 2009 and 2013. (My sons are Bulgarian – arriving home in 2011 and 2017. If you’re curious about Bulgarian adoptions, I blogged about our experience.).
After learning about the need for adoptive families of children with disabilities, (and here and here) we began the process to adopt our son Jordan (who has Down Syndrome). He arrived home on December 3rd, 2011!. We were in process for Daniel (who has arthrogryposis) January-October 2017. You can see photos from our trips to Bulgaria by looking at June and Nov/Dec 2011 archives and May and October 2017.