Lily

Over the weekend we went to the park a couple times to enjoy the nice spring weather. That's when I decided that Lily runs like Phoebe from 'Friends.' :D




Live it up, Lily Grace!

Bathtub Interview

I was in Tate's room when I overheard this coming from the boys' tub:

Julian: "What's your name?"
Tate: "Tate"
Julian: "So you're from North Carolina and the detsky dom?"
Tate: "Yep."
Julian: "So dude, you speak English and Russian?"
Tate: "Yep."

Also, to the few people who have commented lately wanting me to email them regarding adoption questions, I plan to email you later this week. I try not to publish comments with email addresses in them.

Maya, I'm not publishing your last comment because I have tried to keep our last name off the blog, though I know it has slipped in a few times.

Disney World Video

I was finally able to finish up the Disney World video. We had a wonderful little trip down there for the long weekend and we can't wait to go back for our big trip in June!

Crazy Week

It has been one busy week around here. We had two birthdays on Monday, it ended up being a snow day, Lily ended up sledding right into a tree (which was beyond scary, but she ended up being fine), Sophie had a big family tree project due, my in laws are arriving tomorrow, we are throwing a tea party for Sophie and Lily's birthdays on Saturday and so far not one of the 30 girls we invited has said they could not come (we may have quite the full house), we are dedicating the kids at church on Sunday, and we are celebrating Julian's birthday on Sunday afternoon. Yikes! No wonder I haven't blogged, right?

Here is a list for myself of things I want to blog once things settle down a little bit:

Finish up my Disney World video and post that
Snow Day #2
Valentine's Day
Sophie's Birthday
Julian's Birthday
Lily's Birthday
Snow Day #3

I would love to post a few everyday things as well, but we will see. And I am still taking my daily pictures for the picture blog, I just haven't updated it in way too long.

Amy, will you leave me your email address? I hate not being able to comment on your blog. :(

And one picture for the post. Our friend Denise brought her new puppy over for the kids to see. She is a cute baby!

Would You Think I Was a Bad Mom?

Would you think I was a bad mom if you knew that I put off Tate's bedtime routine for so long that I went in to find this?



What if you knew that the exact same thing happened the next night?



Does it make things better or worse that both times he was "reading" himself the Jesus Storytime Bible? Who can fall asleep during the Christmas story?



Should I not have taken photographs as evidence of my motherhood crime? Should I not have called Kevin in to see both times? Should I not have told the girls to get out of bed and look? They thought it was hilarious! Tate cracks up when he sees the pictures too, so maybe no long term damage was done. ;)

Sweetest Song I've Ever Heard

I am downstairs working on uploading pictures I've taken lately and putting together a video of our Disney World trip. (Don't worry Kev, I'm on my third load of laundry, I've made the bed, deep cleaned in the girls' room, put away the folded laundry, and stripped some beds to wash the sheets later... and it's only 9! ;) ) Anyway, I'm sitting down here and Tate is playing upstairs on the landing singing sweetly to himself. This is the song I hear:

We so happy.
Papa and Mama and Tate
We so happy. Yay!
Tate and Vivi (Lily) and Sophie and Dulian (Julian).
Cause we at our dom and nyet at detsky dom.
We so happy. Yay! We so happy. Yay!
Papa 'zat work. Our kids are at school.
We so happy. Yay! (x35)

What a little sweetie, huh?

Along the same lines he told me the cutest thing last week and I wrote it down because I just love the way he says things. We were playing on my bedroom floor and I scooped him up and was talking to him.

I said: Tate, I'm so glad you live at our house now and not at detsky dom anymore.
Tate: Yeah. 'Specially cause I had no mama and I need a mama for me.

He is a charmer, that little guy.

Storm

I was just working on uploading pictures and watching some HGTV when the light rain turned into a big thundershower. I unplugged the laptop and decided there was no point in trying to go to bed just yet. Yep, I just saw Julian make a quick dash from his bedroom to ours!

I am hoping to spend the next few days updating the blog. Today was Sophie's birthday so I have that and tons of other pictures to post. Stay tuned!