What do you get???

When you cross a Chinese Pug with a Boston Terrier???

Well, we are not completely sure what the designer name is.....but this is our new dog. We would like you to meet Pugston!! Or Pugsy Poo, Puggles, Puggy....we haven't really figured out what his nickname will be. His former name was Spike, but somehow it just doesn't fit him! He joined our family today. A co-worker had gotten him from a rescue center and decided that she needed to re-home him. Somehow, I temporarily forgot swearing that we were not going to add anymore animals to our house!! I swear....THIS IS IT!! NO MORE CRITTERS!!!!




BTW, he is about one year old, loves to give the girls kisses, is super sweet, a lap dog and Wyatt has not objected...what more could we want?!!

~~Friends~~

Some very special friends stopped by our house this evening. Emy and Mady are both from China and they are very close in age to our girls. My girls ALWAYS love playing with these two adorable girls and time flew by. As you can see, they are like peas in a pod! And we always enjoy visiting with their Mommy (and Daddy who wasn't along tonight!) Hugs to the girls!!

We hope that these girls can remain friends for the rest of their lives.

~~Happy Valentine's Day~~

Big brother, Nicholas AKA Nick AKA Bubby, spent last weekend with us. As luck would have it, I had an appointment to have the girls' photo taken for Valentine's Day Sunday at noon. We just happened to go right past the photo studio to take Bubby home! Aha!! Knowing that he probably would not be excited to participate, we kind of broke the news to him at the studio :)

Even though he was not dressed for the occasion, I think the photo came out looking pretty good! The girls love their big brother Bunches! It looks apparent in the photo that the feelings are mutual!!

Celebrating Chinese New Year 2009

Last night we celebrated Chinese New Year in Topeka with our local FCC group. The girls had a blast doing crafts such as making bracelets, stamping cards, making paper lanterns, doing the dragon dance and the star of the night was watching some of the Washburn Chinese Students perform things native to China. One girl sang, two others danced a very beautiful dance (this really had my girls glued to it!) and another showed us how a Chinese Yo-Yo works. Spectacular!

The highlight of the night was getting their names drawn to win prizes for a raffle. RaeAnne was SO excited and everything she won has a red/black and ladybug theme. She is sleeping with her Chinese purse which is filled with her booty!

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!!!