A toast!

Last night Will and I had a toast, to whatever may or may not come this week. We know that by the end of the week we will know if we are going to Ethiopia to bring our Sunshine home in February. I have resigned myself to the idea that whatever happens it will be one more week closer to travel, even if we don't get a February date.

Then, we looked around, at the pile of laundry, the dirty dishes, the toys on the floor and instead did everything else. Will busied himself with something but I don't remember what. I made hats because poor Sunshine has a fungal infection on her scalp, which should be covered to keep it from spreading. So, here they are the hats I made sunshine out of recycled tshirts. Not bad for an hour and a half of work:) If I can I will get Giggles to model one, they are close in head size and these are way cuter on.

Update on Sunshine came today!

We got an update on Sunshine this afternoon. Although, the update was done in mid-December, just after we came home, she is still a healthy baby girl. She is 14 months old and will be wearing 18 month clothes. Some of the comments about her personality include; "she doesn't seem to share her playing materials. She seems to like to be held and cuddled. She has a good pattern of sleep." Can't wait to get to know her. She is a beautiful chubby thing with absolutely gorgeous eyes. I wish I could post pics but I can't so I will just leave you with a teaser:)

Check me out!!!

I have no energy to blog tonight. I'm waiting, not very patiently, and am tired of trying to find things to keep my busy. Tonight, I steer you toward my sister's photography blog instead, Christy Tyler Photography. She did a post on "waiting" yesterday and well it shows all sorts of fabulous pictures of Sunshine's room. They are fabulous pictures of our current project. Please check it out at www.christytylerphotographyblog.com/2011/01/waiting.html

I have to give props to Will's colleague, Gwen, for the wall design. I could not have done that but she took all of our ideas and made it perfect for our little Sunshine.

Thanks sis. I am crafty but that is where my artistic ability ends:) Love you!

Speedy turns 5!!!!

Can you believe that my little boy turns 5 today? I can't. Here he is during his first 5 years.

Speedy's referral photo: (2 weeks)

Speedy age 5:

Speedy age 4:


Speedy age 3:


Speedy age 2:


Speedy age 1:

3 years ago today!

Can you believe 3 years ago today we were matched with Giggles?

Giggles referral photo: (6 weeks old)

Giggles today: (3 years 1 month)

Preschool for Giggles!

So, with Speedy we waited until he was 4 to send him to preschool. He really didn't need to go but I wanted him to be used to a school environment. Now, with Giggles we are sending him a year early because 4K will be in place and I want him to have a very positive school experience before 4K. I also want Orchard Ridge to be an option for 4K for us because it is play pased education, which I think is so completely important. So, next year Giggles will start preschool and he can't wait. He keeps asking if he goes to school today? He can't wait

Waiting for Fraptious!

That's what we are doing. Waiting for a day with no date but with a grand celebration. We are waiting to hear when we go to Ethiopia. It's in the future but who knows when. I will wait as patiently as I can for Fraptious!

Speedy's first ever recipe!

It was of course dessert. We got home from a friend's house and I was cooking dinner when Speedy decided that he wanted to cook and make a cake. Those were his exact words. Will was fabulous just let him go to town and make all the decisions. I offered suggestions, most weren't taken except the melted butter, and well I was trying really hard to let him do his thing, which of course is very hard for me.

Here are the ingredients:
crackers (whole wheat town house)
chocolate chips (2-3 small fistfuls of mini chips)
cheerios (small fistful)
marshmallows (8ish--broken into smaller pieces)
butter (1 1/2 T melted butter)
craisins (2 T)
Cake toppers for decoration (do not bake)

Put all ingredients together and add melted butter. Stir. Bake in a buttered, antique Frend porcelain souffle dish @ 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Cool in fridge, serve gooey. Decorate with cake toppers and candles.

I was skeptical at the start but as the ingredients started to fall into place I became a believer.

Daddy & boys

The ingredients

Finished "cake"

Speedy & his "cake"

A plated dessert

The Return of Schmelgador!

Schmelgador? Yep, you read it right. That is the name for Will's character everytime we play dress up. Actually, it's short for Schmelgador the Farting Gypsy, with 2 boys we'll have some of that...well seriously a lot of that. Lately, Schmelgador is a customer at a restaurant where he is charged an obscene amount of money for fried chicken. Schmelgador reacts as any normal human would, he spits out his food, throws it in the air and blows a ferocious raspberry.

Pictures of Schmelgador taken by Giggles!

Wait, wait, wait....& in the meantime

That's my life these days, waiting, waiting and more waiting. Oh, did I mention the obsessive checking of my email just in case "the email came since I checked it 5 minutes ago." It's crazy, but luckily I have 2 little boys to keep me very busy. So in the meantime we nest and prepare and look at pictures and talk about our little Sunshine. That's what we do in between life going as it always goes, waiting for this huge change to happen.