A New Little Game

My Blog friend Debby had this new, little game on her site to help blog buddies get to know each other a little better. Here's the way it's played...If you want to play, leave a comment on this post letting me know, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place. When people comment on your list, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on..


Debby assigned me the letter: "M"

The letter hasn't been hard to deal with....just finding the right words.

1. Mommy...this is the name that I will never tire of but, there are days when it is way over used around our house!

2. Miracle...this is the word I would use to describe each of our children and how each were chosen to be a part of our family.

3. Money...No, it doesn't make the world-go-round, but if we had more we could go around the world traveling more and YES, we would adopt again if we had more of it!

4. Medical...the field I work in. It is ever changing, demanding & I appreciate it.

5. Madness...sometimes the state of things at our house. There has to be some of it in a house with four kids, two adults, two cats and a dog.

6. Marriage...an institution into which I entered thinking I knew it all. Wow, was I ever wrong!

7. More...I think I will always want "just one more" child. No, I can't save them all, but ours have saved me. I can't imagine my life without them. Each first I experience with/through them is more exciting than the last. They keep me growing in ways I didn't know I could.

8. Mirrors...with four beautiful daughters in our house, we need mirrors for our princesses to see themselves in! I won't mention who, but a couple of them are infatuated with looking at themselves!

9. Motors...I am so thankful that we have our vehicles to be able to get where we are going. We are probably going to need stock in general Motors when the girls are all old enough to drive.

10. Memories...something I strive to make with my daughters everyday. Maybe it is helping them with their homework, making a craft, cooking, going somewhere or just cuddling on the couch in the evenings. The memories they are helping me create are priceless!

(Comment or leave me a message if you would like to play.)

What a difference!

Last January I took a photo of the girls standing on our back patio. Today I repeated the photo. I am amazed at how much the girls have changed in the past year! Personally, I think they get more beautiful all the time!!

Happy New Year!!

Goodbye 2008....Hello 2009!! We decided to let the girls stay up to help bring in the new year. After I arrived home from work, I passed out the party favors. The girls don't quite understand the meaning of new years. They ran around the house, blowing their noise makers, with their beads, glow in the dark bracelets and 2009 hats saying "Happy New Year!" Then after a while, they wanted to know "What do we do now?" So we explained that New Year's happens at the stroke of midnight....kind of like Cinderella at the ball. When the clock starts at midnight, 2oo8 is over and 2009 begins! I think they kind of understand, but it is funny to watch their faces as they try to comprehend what I am explaining.



I have to work New Year's Day, so I am posting this early and then I will go join Kendalan who couldn't hang in there long enough. To all our family and friends here is wishing happiness and good health the whole year long! Happy New Year!!!



Update! All four girls were sound asleep before 10:45pm and in bed by 11:00. Mommy kind of hopes that they continue this tradition until they are....oh 25 years old or so!!!

Happy Birthday Zia!

The girls had a great time last night helping Zia celebrate her 1st birthday! Zia's Mommy believes in eating dessert first and my girls were very happy to oblige! After having their cupcakes, and eating them too....we ate dinner. The kids then had a grand time playing "tape the stinger on the bumblebee"! It was great fun for the girls as it was a new experience for them all.








They also enjoyed spending time with Cami. The little girls are such cuties and my girls always love to play with "babies" as ZoraLin calls them.

Merry Christmas!!

I am posting this a few days late. Christmas was here before we were totally ready for it and gone in a flash! As Mommy had sick people to care for on Christmas Day, Santa arrived the night before Christmas Eve. The girls were amazed to find that they had missed Santa. They were also very surprised to know that Santa "knew" Mommy's work schedule. Of course, we reassured them that Santa knows who's naughty and nice, who has to work, etc.! I was pretty amazed that we did not hear them ask too many times, "When do we get to open presents?" Here are photos before and after the destruction of pretty presents began. Everyone was thrilled with the choices Santa had made for each girl. ZoraLin did have one complaint, that Santa didn't bring the EXACT makeup kit that she had asked for. I think he was forgiven.

WAIT A MINUTE!!!! I don't remember wrapping a cat!!!!

RaeAnne is NINE years old!!

Here are two of my favorite photos of RaeAnne YuQi. Her referral photo and one of her on the plane home to Kansas!

It just can't be true! The little peanut of a baby girl who was placed in our arms a little over eight years ago is 9 years old! She so patiently waited to celebrate her birthday a day late as Mommy had to work on her birthday, AGAIN!

Daddy took her shopping today so she could pick out one of her gifts. (A tradition his father did with him.) It is awfully hard to decide on just one thing. She acutally picked two! The Fairytopia Barbie Doll has been a hit and is also very pretty! Tonight, as it was her birthday, she picked the Panda Express for her birthday dinner. We happened to mention to the waitress that we were celebrating Rae's birthday and after dinner they surprised us with a Chinese buffet birthday cake...complete with a candle! I was unprepared for the moment and didn't have my camera ready :( The plate had three jello squares in a row in the middle with 6 square slices of "special" cake we were told! Then mandarin oranges surrounded the rim of the plate. In the center jello square was a candle! Beautiful!!

Here she is today with her Barbie and her home birthday cake! Happy Birthday Sweet Pea! We love you!!

Happy Birthday RaeAnne!!

Since Mom had to work the last three days, we will be celebrating tomorrow. Photos pending!!
I can't believe my baby is NINE YEARS old today!!