So we still haven't decided how to handle the whole Santa thing with Christmas. I suppose we have another year to decide as Essie recognizes him this year, but doesn't know about the presents and so forth. So, the debate will continue.
I will try to post some Christmas pictures tonight or tomorrow. We are leaving Saturday for a quick trip to visit the PA family. If you think of us, please say a pray for safe, happy travelers.
Have a Merry Christmas!!!!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Funny girl!
Essie has been cracking us up lately!! My favorite is when she's taking a bath - she hates having her hair rinsed. When the water runs down her face, she looks at us and says, "are you okay, are you okay." This means we have to ask her if she's okay. We do, and she says, "I'm fine." HA! The other day, she was playing in the living room and I heard a crash. I went in to see what happened (she had knocked one of her toys off the table) and she looked at me and said, "Are you okay pumpkin?"
She has also learned how to climb in the high chair by herself! It's quite fun to watch, but she makes me so nervous!!
Going to the grocery is quite a treat now! Essie loves to sing - very loudly! - as we go up and down the aisles. Her favorite songs? Jingle Bells and the ABC Song. We ran into a friend of mine a couple weeks ago and she heard Essie from half way across the store!!!
I absolutely love this age!!! It's been hard to restrain myself as Christmas approaches! I know the grandparents will certainly make up for any gifts mommy and daddy don't buy.
She has also learned how to climb in the high chair by herself! It's quite fun to watch, but she makes me so nervous!!
Going to the grocery is quite a treat now! Essie loves to sing - very loudly! - as we go up and down the aisles. Her favorite songs? Jingle Bells and the ABC Song. We ran into a friend of mine a couple weeks ago and she heard Essie from half way across the store!!!
I absolutely love this age!!! It's been hard to restrain myself as Christmas approaches! I know the grandparents will certainly make up for any gifts mommy and daddy don't buy.
The Adoption Process revisited
Well, we are officially waiting for Hoover #2!!! Our current home study expires in January, so we've been working on our update - which, thankfully, is only about half the paperwork of the original. We have a couple minor things left to do. In the meantime, I updated our family profile book and sent it to the agency about 3 weeks ago. The current wait is anywhwere from 9 to 24 months. Although, the wait with Essie was supposed to be 6-12 months, so who knows what to expect this time!! :)
As our agency receives requests from birthmoms, our profile book will be shown. If any unique situations come up, we may receive an email explaining the situation and asking if we'd like to have our profile book shown to the birthmom. We received 2 of these emails Friday evening. One we said yes, the other we are still not sure about. Nothing may come of it, but it's exciting to think it could happen quickly for us again - especially since we'd love about 2 years between kids :-)
I'll keep you posted!!!
As our agency receives requests from birthmoms, our profile book will be shown. If any unique situations come up, we may receive an email explaining the situation and asking if we'd like to have our profile book shown to the birthmom. We received 2 of these emails Friday evening. One we said yes, the other we are still not sure about. Nothing may come of it, but it's exciting to think it could happen quickly for us again - especially since we'd love about 2 years between kids :-)
I'll keep you posted!!!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Way overdue....
I am really sorry I’ve been so bad with updates this year. Some of it comes from having a very active toddler in the house! But, I’ve also been dealing with some health issues……I started having horrible dizzy spells a few months ago that leave me in bed for hours and drain me of all energy. Most days it was all I could do to stay awake until Essie’s nap time. Then, I’d crawl in bed myself. After a lot of research and appointments with a few different doctors, I’m finally getting things figured out. The spells are an allergic reaction to food. What am I allergic to? The NOT allergic list is shorter I can no longer eat milk, corn, soy, wheat, yeast or coconut in any form! So, with the elimination of these foods (and some thyroid medication), I feel like a new person!!
Miss Ess has had a busy summer too! While she hasn’t been on any trips, we’ve had a lot of fun around here. She LOVES the city pool. There’s a great kids play area with a small water slide – she zips up the steps and down the slide like a pro! I had to buy her a little life vest with arm floaties because she doesn’t want us to hold her hand in the water; she wants to wander off to watch the older kids play!
We try to take at least one family bike ride each week. Nick pulls Essie in a trailer and we hit the bike path for 10-12 miles. I like that Nick is pulling the extra weight because now I can keep up with him!!! The last couple of times we’ve gone out, Essie has taken a little snooze. While Nick and I would love to ride longer, Ess just can’t sit still that long
This past week, Essie started counting! She will never say 1; she always starts with 2. And, she makes it all the way to 10! Of course, she refuses to count when we ask her to….we have to listen to her talking while she plays. She hits them all – our favorite to hear is “seben.”
Essie loves to go to the nursery in church each week. In fact, when we walk in she asks to go “play.” Today, she actually cried when we picked her up because she wasn’t done playing! Our church has a number system for each child. If there is a problem, your number will pop up on a screen in the sanctuary so you know to go get your child. A couple of weeks ago, our number popped up. That has never happened before! I went back to her room to see what was wrong…..she was playing with a little boy in the room and he bit her. No one saw it happen, so we don’t know exactly what went down. It was a good one – no broken skin, but she had the imprint from both his top and bottom teeth.
It’s been so much fun to watch her grow and develop over the last few months! She is a very determined little girl and already has a mind of her own! Fortunately, she’s also become a great communicator with a huge vocabulary. When she gets frustrated with something, I’ve taught her to say ‘help’ instead of screaming. I’ve also taught her to say ‘stuck’ when she gets herself into something and can’t get back out.
Enough of my babbling, here are some new pics of our little one! Hardly a day goes by when we don’t’ hear how much she looks like her daddy! In fact, we saw her birth-grandma tonight and even she commented that Ess looks like Nick!!
Miss Ess has had a busy summer too! While she hasn’t been on any trips, we’ve had a lot of fun around here. She LOVES the city pool. There’s a great kids play area with a small water slide – she zips up the steps and down the slide like a pro! I had to buy her a little life vest with arm floaties because she doesn’t want us to hold her hand in the water; she wants to wander off to watch the older kids play!
We try to take at least one family bike ride each week. Nick pulls Essie in a trailer and we hit the bike path for 10-12 miles. I like that Nick is pulling the extra weight because now I can keep up with him!!! The last couple of times we’ve gone out, Essie has taken a little snooze. While Nick and I would love to ride longer, Ess just can’t sit still that long
This past week, Essie started counting! She will never say 1; she always starts with 2. And, she makes it all the way to 10! Of course, she refuses to count when we ask her to….we have to listen to her talking while she plays. She hits them all – our favorite to hear is “seben.”
Essie loves to go to the nursery in church each week. In fact, when we walk in she asks to go “play.” Today, she actually cried when we picked her up because she wasn’t done playing! Our church has a number system for each child. If there is a problem, your number will pop up on a screen in the sanctuary so you know to go get your child. A couple of weeks ago, our number popped up. That has never happened before! I went back to her room to see what was wrong…..she was playing with a little boy in the room and he bit her. No one saw it happen, so we don’t know exactly what went down. It was a good one – no broken skin, but she had the imprint from both his top and bottom teeth.
It’s been so much fun to watch her grow and develop over the last few months! She is a very determined little girl and already has a mind of her own! Fortunately, she’s also become a great communicator with a huge vocabulary. When she gets frustrated with something, I’ve taught her to say ‘help’ instead of screaming. I’ve also taught her to say ‘stuck’ when she gets herself into something and can’t get back out.
Enough of my babbling, here are some new pics of our little one! Hardly a day goes by when we don’t’ hear how much she looks like her daddy! In fact, we saw her birth-grandma tonight and even she commented that Ess looks like Nick!!
Monday, June 8, 2009
It's time...
I talked with the owner of our adoption agency the other day. The average wait for a baby is currently 9-24 months. So, Nick and I think it's time to update our profile book and start the wait for #2. We'd like our kids about 2 years apart, so we'll see how it goes!!
I'll try to get some new pictures of Essie posted this week!! I have a really cute video of her, but can't get it to upload. I'll keep trying!!
I'll try to get some new pictures of Essie posted this week!! I have a really cute video of her, but can't get it to upload. I'll keep trying!!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Fifteen Months!!
Essie had her 15 month check-up yesterday. She weighs 25 pounds and is 31 inches long. The doctor said she is growing well and confirmed my suspicion that we are working on the terrible twos already!!
As much fun as she has been lately, she is becoming quite the handful! In the kitchen, she has learned to open the container with the dog food, grab a handful and feed the dogs throughout the day - not that Fox and Ginger mind. She also scoots the chairs around to climb on them and, if I turn my back for 30 seconds, I will find her sitting in the middle of the kitchen table! And, she has figured out how to open the baby gate we put up to keep her out of the kitchen.....many adults who visit our house can't figure out how to do that.....LOL :-)
Essie is talking all the time. Some of her favorite words are: lawnmower, truck, choo-choo, airplane, birdie, tree, flower, elbow, shoe and cracker. She has a huge vocabulary for her age and tries to repeat everything we say.
We recently bought a bicycle trailer for Essie. She loves it!! Whenever she is in the garage, she heads straight for it and climbs right in! I take her for rides every chance we get...to the grocery, the library, the park. We love to take family bike rides....I really like it when Nick pulls Essie because I can actually keep up with him now!!
As much fun as she has been lately, she is becoming quite the handful! In the kitchen, she has learned to open the container with the dog food, grab a handful and feed the dogs throughout the day - not that Fox and Ginger mind. She also scoots the chairs around to climb on them and, if I turn my back for 30 seconds, I will find her sitting in the middle of the kitchen table! And, she has figured out how to open the baby gate we put up to keep her out of the kitchen.....many adults who visit our house can't figure out how to do that.....LOL :-)
Essie is talking all the time. Some of her favorite words are: lawnmower, truck, choo-choo, airplane, birdie, tree, flower, elbow, shoe and cracker. She has a huge vocabulary for her age and tries to repeat everything we say.
We recently bought a bicycle trailer for Essie. She loves it!! Whenever she is in the garage, she heads straight for it and climbs right in! I take her for rides every chance we get...to the grocery, the library, the park. We love to take family bike rides....I really like it when Nick pulls Essie because I can actually keep up with him now!!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
A Quick Picture....
So, yes, I have been horrible about updating the blog the last couple of months. I will try to get some new posts going soon. In the meantime, I wanted to share my new favorite picture of Essie. She LOVES to go outside and pick "flowers."
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