Well I woke up this morning very cranky. Sam was up in the middle of the night. He was crying and wanted me to hold him but I made him stay in the bed. I then woke up startled to find him standing right beside the bed. I was too tired to take him back to his bed so I just let him climb in our bed. He is getting too big for the three of us to be in the same bed so I ended up getting up and going to sleep with Emma. I slept really good in her bed but I woke up with a headache. The kids were pretty crazy today so that did not help my mood. Sam kept taking everything away from Emma. I think he likes to hear her scream. I got some of the house back in order but it does not look it. I did get most of the laundry done (washed and dried anyway). The kids and I stayed in today and I got a chance to do some more reading. When Jeremy got home I went to Curves and then came home made supper and I plan on doing some more reading. I am trying to hold myself back from e-mailing Immigration to see if ...
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We had a good weekend. We had Sam's birthday party on Saturday and he had a blast. He got a lot of neat Thomas the Train stuff and Jeremy and I decided that he definitely has enough Thomas stuff. Emma also got a bunch of presents. I guess everyone had the same idea of not leaving Emma out so they bought her something too. I almost added Emma's name to the cake and say it was her birthday party too. I am constantly amazed at how many people love my kids. I am very blessed to have so many good friends that would do anything for our family. Everyone left at about 7 o'clock and then we just relaxed and Sam played with his new toys. I still have not quite got the house back together. That is the plan for tomorrow. Sunday after church we went to some friends house for lunch and had a nice afternoon. We then came home and we all took naps. I am not sure what my problem is but I just have not been feeling great the past few days. I woke up yesterday and two more fever blisters had ...
I know it has been a few days since I blogged but we have been pretty busy. Jeremy has been taking the computer with him to school so I have not been able to write in the day and we have been gone the past few nights. Samuel had a good birthday and we are having his party tomorrow. We stayed home Wednesday and then we went to eat before church. Yesterday we went to Wal-Mart and then we came back home. I have started ready a book series and so I have read two books in the past three days. I went to the store today to get the third book but they did not have it. I guess it was for the best because I still have a lot to do before the party. Jeremy's brother Josh and his family came in from North Carolina last night so we went to his parents last night to visit with them. The kids stayed the night with them so I did not have to bring them back this morning. I planned on cleaning the house last night but I was reading. I cannot remember the last time I actually sat down and read a book....
Well we had a pretty rough night. Emma woke up at about 2:00 and Jeremy put her in our bed. Jeremy then went into the bathroom and when he came out the light was still on and we discovered that Emma had a really bad bloody nose. So we picked her up and took her in the bathroom to clean her up and get her nose to stop bleeding. We were getting a little concerned because it bled and bled and bled. It finally stopped but she was restless the rest of the night. She woke up this morning with another bloody nose but this time it was not bad. She took two long naps today and seems to be feeling OK. Sam woke up this morning with a tummy ache. He was playing in his room and I heard him run into the bathroom and then I heard what I thought was him going to the bathroom. I went into the bathroom but he was standing up going to the bathroom and then noticed the mess on the floor. I guess he thought he was going to pass gas but it was more. Other then that we have had a pretty good day. Emma is fin...
We had a good weekend. We just stayed home Saturday afternoon. My friend Lisa brought me a new comforter and assessories for the girl's room. Her daughter is getting new bedding so she passed it on to me and I am very thankful. I had not done anything with the room since we put the full size bed in there, so I moved their room around a little bit and put the new bedding on the bed. Sunday we went to church and then we went to Jeremy's parents for lunch. After lunch we came home for a few hours and then we went to our church picnic. I have posted a few pictures from the picnic. I also posted a video of Sam and my friend Jennifer's little girl, Sarah (yes, this is the same Sarah that says Sam is her boyfriend). They had an egg toss and the kids were pretty funny. I think Sam broke like 6 eggs. They had lots of fun. Sam's teeth are starting to grow kinda crooked and so his two front teeth are starting to have a gap in between them. Well last night Jeremy asked if Sam had s...
Last night Sam and I had a really sweet conversation. Before bed we were talking about his day and what he wanted for his birthday and some other stuff. I just love hearing him talk these days because his vocabulary is unbelievable and you never know what he is going to say. Well last night he said, "I love you mom" and I responded that I loved him too. He then said, "God loves me, God loves Emma, and God loves Chloe". His train of thought then shifted and he said, "Mom I sure hope Chloe is coming home soon. She is sad." So we talked about Chloe for a few minutes. He then wanted me to tell him again about his story on the airplane, which is the story about him coming from Korea and us meeting him at the airport and just loving him and hugging him. He then wanted to hear about Emma coming to live with us and of course he had some pretty cute additions to the story. We were just about to fall asleep and he hugged my arm and he said, "Mom, I am so glad I...
Last night was pretty crazy. We put Sam and Emma do bed and they were both about asleep and then Sam wanted a drink. Emma then started yelling for her drink. So I brought them a drink and they took a drink and then I took the drinks back to the kitchen, well Emma threw a fit. She did not like me taking her drink but there was no way I was going to let them sleep with their drinks. Emma screamed for like ten minutes and refused to lay back down in the bed and she refused to take the drink. I held her on the couch and she finally settled down. I tried to put her in the bed again and it started all over again. We then put her in our bed and she still was screaming. I gave her the drink back and she finally decided that she was done being mad and went sleep. I ended up sleeping with Sam and he kicked me most of the night. We were all up early and out the door by 6:45. After work today we went for dinner and we finally got the mulch for the front yard. I have to work tomorrow and Jeremy ha...
Well I could not get the video of the kids uploaded. It may be too long or something. I did post this video of Sam singing a song. Well I am feeling a little better this morning but I am still hurting. I also woke up this morning with a fever blister on my lip. The kids and I are going to the grocery store today so I will get some more medicine for my lip. We all slept OK last night but the kids did get up at about 2:30. We all switched beds and then we went back to sleep. We actually slept in until 8:30. Well I better get ready to go. I like going to the store in the morning so the kids can take a nap in the afternoon. I will try again later to post the other video.
I am not sure what is going on with me but I woke up this morning and my lower back has been hurting so bad. Last night my stomach was hurting but I thought it was something I ate.So I am not sure if they are related. Yesterday we got a form from AIAA that we needed to sign and get notarized and sent back to them. When it comes to the babies in Korea they make sure that every condition of the child is noted. Chloe has two spots called cafe-au-lait spots. I know it sounds weird but they are spots that are very common in babies. They look almost like birthmarks but I guess (from what I have read online) if a child has more than 6 spots and the spots are a certain size they can signify that the child has another more serious genetic problem. So we had to sign a waiver from Korea saying that we are aware and accept the condition of the child. I know we are still waiting on Immigration clearance but from the wording on the papers it gave us that familiar feeling that it will be happening so...
I have one quick story. A few minutes ago Sam and Emma were in her room and we heard Emma screaming and Sam saying he was sorry and we heard kissing noises. They both came running in the living room and Emma is still screaming. So we ask Sam what happened and he said she bit him so he bit her back like I told him to do. Jeremy was trying to get out of them what exactly happened and Emma is just screaming. Samuel starts to walk out of the room and he looks at me and says, "Mom this is your fault." I had to laugh.
It is hard to believe that Emma has been home 7 months today. She is such a joy. We are staying home today. I think Tuesdays are going to be me cleaning day. I am not sure how the house got so messy when we have not even been home much the past few days. Well Sam and Emma both ended up in our bed early this morning, like 2:30. They both have just been getting out of bed and coming in our room without the yelling and crying. If they are going to wake up I would rather them just get up and come in our room, it scares me to death when I am woke up by one of them screaming. The bed got crowded so I ended up in Emma's bed. Samuel was up early again this morning. He came in the room with me and watched a movie and I slept a little more. I guess there is not much excitement around here today. I have posted some pictures of Sam and Emma that were taken Emma's first week home.
Well there has been so much going on since I last wrote. Our plans on Thursday got changed when Jeremy sent me a text at 4:00 telling me that their school was on lock down. I turned the news on and there was nothing major happening. He later found out a man was shot on the road that runs in front of the school. After they were given the clear Jeremy and a couple other teachers walked some of the kids home. Pretty scary stuff. If the incident would of happened about 10 minutes later school would have been let out and the kids would have been outside when it happened. It is sad what some of these young kids have to deal with every day of their life. Well Friday I worked all day and then went to Curves to exercise. We all just stayed home Friday night. Saturday I went to work and then I met Jeremy and the kids at his parents house. We left the car there and then we took the kids to my brother's house. The kids spent the evening being spoiled by Aunt Kelli. Sam has been wanting this tr...
We are having a pretty good day. I had to get out again today. I forgot to send something to the lawyer for Emma's adoption so I had to fax them the paper. The kids were good. When Jeremy gets home he and the kids are going to take me to Curves and then they are going to get some sandwhiches at Subway and then we are going to get some more mulch for the front of our house. We did not quite finish it this past weekend. We are trying to get some things done before Sam's birthday party in a few weeks. I have been pretty sappy about Sam turning 4 in a few weeks. I got some pictures out the other day because someone asked me if I thought Sam and Chloe looked like each other when he was her age and I had forgotten how small he was when he came home. I have not taken any pictures the last few days so I posted a few of Sam when he was a year old. The first two pictures were taken at his 1st birthday party. The first picture is him wearing his traditional Korean outfit that they wear on...
My sweet Emma is 22 months old today. She is growing so much. She is starting to lose her baby face and it makes me a little sad. We have really been working on her using her words. I think she can say just about anything but she is pretty stubborn. The one word she still refuses to say is "please". I know she can say it because she has before but she just looks away when we tell her to say "please". We are also still working on her biting and now her new thing of scratching. I guess the only good thing about her bad habits is she reserves them for her brother. Sam has been biting her back and it seems to be helping. I think it is harder on Sam biting her back though then it is on Emma. Sam has plenty of misbehaving in him but hurting someone else is not his nature. Yesterday Emma bit Sam and I told her to give him a hug and tell him she was sorry. I have done this before and she would not do it. Well yesterday she went over to him and hugged him and said "sorr...
My two night streak of sleeping good was broken last night. I worked all day yesterday and then went to Curves to workout, so last night I was really sore and had trouble going to sleep. I finally drifted off to sleep and in comes Samuel. He climbed in bed with us and about 30 minutes later we hear Emma. So I got up and got Emma and then Sam and I went to Emma's bed and I put Emma in our bed. I feel like we play this game every night, someone cries and we all switch beds. I do not have to work today so we did sleep in a little thing morning. We are planning on staying in today. In fact this week starts my Monday and Friday schedule at work so I do not have to work until Friday. I am going to try and not get out the next few days except to exercise. I always spend too much money if I leave the house with the kids. I am also trying to get in habit of staying in because I do not plan on leaving much when I have three kids to get in and out of the car and into the store. The plan for t...
We had a good weekend. The kids slept ALL night on Saturday. I heard Emma saying "mama" at about 7:30 AM and I could not believe I actually got 9 hours of sleep. They both woke up happy and with no screaming. Last night they also slept pretty good. The kids went to be about 8:30 and Sam came in our room this morning at 4 and Emma woke up at 5 but they are both still asleep in our bed. I got to be at 9 last night so I am pretty well rested. I am getting ready to go to work but I just wanted to mention that Chloe is 14 months old today. The time is just rolling right along. Our paperwork has already been in Memphis for two weeks. I have to work 8-4 today and then I am planning on going to Curves. Well I posted a video of Sam once again just being silly. He has started making up songs that are silly. You can also see that Emma tries to do everything Sam does. Well have a good day.
Today was our big day with Thomas the Train. I will start out saying that Sam had a good time but Jeremy and I were kinda disappointed. It was OK but it was not quite what we were expecting. There were a few things to do like getting Thomas tattoos and some inflatable jumping things, and a petting zoo. The actual train ride was about 20 minutes long and we were going about 1 mile a hour. Sam kept asking why Thomas was going so slow (or in his words "slowlay). We were wondering the same thing. After the train ride you could stay in this extremely long line to get your picture taken with Thomas but we decided not to wait. The train left every 30 minutes so we may of waited in line and not even got to get a picture. We left there around noon and the kids fell asleep on the way home. They are now playing and I am going to get the house clean. Jeremy is working outside in the yard. The landscaping (I guess you could call it that) is pitiful. He is just going to clean it up a little. Oh...
Well I think Friday's are going to be rough around here. We (the kids and I) get spoiled staying home the three days in the middle of the week. It was pouring down rain this morning so that made it that much harder to get out of bed. I got up and got ready and was eating breakfast and the power went out. Poor Jeremy was still in the shower. The power was still not when we left, thirty minutes after it went off. I lit a few candles so I could finish putting on my make up and so we could make our lunches. I finally got everyone in the car and buckled up an headed down the road and I could not remember if I blew both of the candles out. I turned around and went back home to check. I had blown them both out but I am glad I double checked. Sam and Emma had a good day at Gran and Papa's house. Emma though had a blow out in her diaper and today happened to be the day I forgot to put the extra pair of clothes in her bag. Oh, well. We got home a few minutes ago and we are waiting for Je...
We made it back from the vet. I took the little cage that I was going to use and the people at the vet put the cats in it for me and we had an uneventful ride home. The cats are good but it looks like I will be their nurse for the next few days. Not like I know what to do for them. Well last night I decided to sleep with Sam and let Emma sleep with Jeremy so I could actually get some sleep. I was planning on getting up early and go to Curves before Jeremy went to work, but Sam woke up several times times in the night whining about something so my good nights sleep was not so good. I was going to exercise this afternoon but we are going to get our papers notarized to send back to the lawyer when Jeremy gets home. I guess I will exercise tomorrow. Something pretty neat happened today. I guess I struggle with bearing my soul to much, especially in a blog, but I decided to share something that I have been struggling with and how God is just opening my eyes to how much he loves me and care...
Ok, so I think I am the biggest worrier ever. Our social worker called me just a few minutes ago and the call was about the finalization of Emma. She was calling to tell me that she got the release from AIAA saying that we have been approved to go to court to officially adopt Emma. She apologized for getting me so worked up. I guess I have learned with the other two adoptions your agency does not call you unless they have something good or bad to say or they need something else from you. Jeremy said last night that he thought it was about Emma, but of course I did not believe him. Well I survived the vet trip this morning, barely. I had this little cage that I was going to put the cats in to take them in out van, but the bottom of the cage has this tray that you can take out to clean and the cats kept moving the tray and jumping out the bottom. I did not know how I was going to get them in the van. They kept running away from me. I seriously thought about not even taking them. I final...
