And now we are 5!

It has been way to long since I blogged. Suffice it to say if you follow my blog but have not yet friended me on facebook, you better friend me now!  With 3 kids and no adoption on the horizon, I don't have much to say that can't be done on FB. :-)

In any case, here are pictures of our new little on (Jacob Patrick) and our growing family.

For those of you that are wondering how Emma is doing  -- with 3 moves the year she came home, it was really hard for her to adjust in terms of sleeping. We made so many mistakes trying to parent her the same way as we parented Lexie.  Every child is different!  We are now on the right track and starting to see improvement.    It is easier for us now as well..when a child is screaming her head off in the middle night you don't feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You feel warm and fuzzy when the child says 'mama and dada love Emma' before they fall asleep. :-)

Gotcha Day - 1 year ago today!

One year ago today we got Emma!   It is amazing how fast it has gone… Matt was just saying to me how Emma is so part of our family and how we can't imagine life before her!

Quick update... the girls started to share a room on Tuesday night.  Then last night Matt heard Alexis call down and this is how it went:

Alexis - “Daddy….Daddy”.

Me – (walk up stairs) What is it Lexie…

Alexis - “Well it took a while but I got Emma to sleep”.

Me - I thought oh man I hope she didn’t smother her to get her to go to sleep.   I asked “how did you get her to sleep, what did you do?”

Alexis – “I just sang a song to her and she went to bed while we cuddled”

Sure enough Emma had fallen to sleep in Lexie’s bed.  It made me smile.

Me – “Well why don’t you sleep in her bed then?”

Alexis climbed in to her bed and pulled up the covers.  Then she rolls over.

Alexis – This blanket is uncomfortable… it is no wonder she couldn’t fall asleep.


We are happily expecting #3 in mid February - a baby boy for Matt to do boy things with.  As life has it, the new house is also supposed to be done around the same time.  Nothing like God's perfect timing!!

On a final note - congrats to our travel partners Tracy and Patrick from Linguine and Lo Mein who are adopting again!! We are so excited to watch them bring little R home!

Quick Picture of the family from a local Chinese restaurant on Christmas eve (the girls were super excited it was snowing)!