Adoption Workshop

Today we completed an all day workshop for our Home Study.  Whew!  This was our second time to sit through this same workshop.  We thought we'd be bored to tears, but we found that going through it a second time AFTER we have already adopted a child was beneficial.  We picked up on a lot of things that we missed the first time.  My sister watched the kids for us {THANK YOU, Melissa}.  Today was not as boring as we expected, but we were glad to have it behind us too.  :)

Adoption Yard Sale

So, we cleaned our house out from top to bottom.  We found lots of things we didn't need and could sell to raise money for our adoption!  LOTS of people in our small town came.  We did donations only.  I think there were 2 big things that we put a price on, but the rest we just accepted donations for it.  Whatever people wanted to give was fine with us.  People couldn't believe it.  They bought stuff, went home and told their friends, and then came back and bought MORE stuff!!  When it was all over we raised $1,280.11 for our adoption fund.  WhooHoo!  Praising God for His blessings!!

18 months

Miss Mia is 18 months old!  Time goes by SO quickly!

Here's a little bit about her now:

-She wears mostly 6-9 month clothes.

-Size 4 shoes
-size 2 diapers
        (she's still wearing Pampers Swaddlers--
        my other 2 outgrew the swaddlers by the time they were 4 months or so!)

-She hardly ever walks, she RUNS!

-She is a skilled, fearless climber.

-She LOVES her Daddy and calls his name {loudly} when he's not easily visible to her.

-She still doesn't say a lot of recognizable words,

        but that doesn't stop her from talking {a lot}!

-She is ALWAYS GOING!  We have to stay on our toes to keep up with her!

-She still takes 2 good naps a day {usually totaling 4-5 hours--which is good

        because we need the break!}

-She is very loving and gives out hugs and kisses freely!

-WE LOVE HER SO MUCH!!

One year ago....

Pigtails

I put my baby girl's hair in pigtails for the first time yesterday.

Doesn't she look like a big girl?

I dislike "baby mullets",

so I've kept her hair trimmed before now.

But I think it's time to let it grow out.

Here's all my sweeties.

Maddy gets her cast off today!

YAY!!!

She has been so sweet

about wearing a cast.

Even though it's one of the

hottest summers ever,

she hasn't complained at all

about it the cast being hot.

They are all excited about going

swimming

tomorrow!!

And here's one more of Miss Mia.

Just because she's cute.

17 months

Today Miss Mia is 17 months old.

Here's what she's been up to:

-Most of her clothes are 6-9 months.

-She wears size 2 diapers.

-She has kinda big feet--size 4.

-She still takes 2 naps a day (usually 4-5 hours total).

-Loves to play with her Bubby and Sissy.

-Climbs on EVERYTHING.

-She is SO BUSY!  It's hard for her to sit still (especially in her highchair or at church).

-She can go up and down stairs with no problem.

-She talks a LOT--but we still can't understand most of it.
-We are all SO in love with her!!

Video

So, for months now, I've been working on a video of our trip to Taiwan to get Miss Mia.

I'm hoping to have it done in time for the one year anniversary of when we got her!

That's in just a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, enjoy this video of Mia chatting on her phone.

It's my all-time favorite!

It'll make you smile.

GUARANTEED!

Have a great weekend!