What-nots and random mutterings....

So a post from me to you…. I’m tired today…

Jimmie goes to the doctor today. I kinda hope they keep him and fix him immediately cuz he’s been miserable off and on for weeks and sometimes I try to talk him in to just going to the ER but since he has had this appointment for a month he has just toughed it out. Poor fella… Anyway… I’ll keep you all updated on that as much as I can… I don’t want to risk severe over share…

We still have the girlies. Haven’t heard about the evaluation of grandma that they may go live with. The longer they stay, the more I want to keep them. Well sometimes. When they aren’t being brats. Ah sometimes when they are being brats they are still so stinking adorable…

Mayce has learned to snap! I can’t remember if I journaled about that or not. But one day I picked her up at daycare and one of the teachers said that Mayce had been walking around all day like a bad Broadway play, trying to snap. So when we got home, we were all standing around outside and Mayce was trying and trying to snap and then all of sudden we all heard it… an actual snap from her little fingers!! Wahoo! It was very exciting.

She is just such a special little girl. I tell her all the time that she just has sunshine in her eyes and to never lose that or let anybody take it away. She is just such precious little Diva… it breaks my heart when she is so sad and missing her mommy but other than having the missing mommy blues occasionally, she is a happy, but ornery, little girl.

Aniya has pooped in the potty TWICE! Yay! She is kinda sort of getting it I think… I mean, when you talk to her, you can tell that she is totally comprehending everything you are saying to her… she is very bright. But I’m just not sure that she gets that we’re trying to teach her a new habit yet, ya know what I mean? I did let the daycare know that I’m working with her at home so they work with her at daycare too. I know I probably started just a little early with her but I’d say at this point, we’re not diligently working on potty training as much as just getting her used to and comfortable with all the things that go with it. Tips and tricks will be totally appreciated!

Aniya’s vocabulary is growing too… she says “shoe” (another shoe diva in the making! She loves to play with shoes and she can even put on her own shoes!), she says “dawg dawg” “more” (and she does the sign language for more) “I want that” “What’s that” and several other words and phrases. It is so amazing to watch her grow and learn new things every day. It makes me so sad that her mother is missing this very exciting time in her life.

As for me myself and I… I really do feel like I’m cut out to be a parent to someone. Whether we have our own, adopt, or continue to be parents to random children, I’m ok with where ever God is leading us in this experience. Those first few weeks that the girls were with us, I think I confided in many people that I didn’t think I was the “parenting” type. I feel more settled and grounded right now than I have ever felt in my life. I have this complete and utter peace that Jimmie and I are doing exactly what we should be doing at this time in our life.

One thing I’m missing though is my family. I feel like I just haven’t had enough time with them this year. I think for a few years there we all saw each other so much for long visits and now we don’t and I just miss that so much. Jimmie doesn’t understand that connection and he thinks we are up there all the time. And we do come up there a lot but it’s usually because something specific is going on so there’s an actual activity and not just a relaxed visit. So I’m really looking forward to family reunion and being with my family (pretty sure we’re hoteling it this year unless we get a wild hair again)! And then going to Gatlinburg. I really wish sister and her family were going there, but with Isaac in school that’s a little impossible. I really missed not going somewhere at spring break this year with all the nieces and nephews, mom, dad, and sis. It just seems like forever since we were all together together…

I’m being weird and I’m babbling on… I’m sure that you all go thru times where you can’t get enough of your family or you just miss your family so much it hurts…

One thing I did to my house recently is I finally took down the awful wall paper border in my kitchen. I just got a wild hair one day and off it came. So then I had to decide on a color to paint it and I decided to use the same color I used in the living room. The name on the paint chip is Nacho Chip. But Jimmie called it goldenrod. Anyway, LOVE IT. I also finally coaxed Jimmie into putting up bars to make a coat closet in the little cubby where I had a coat rack in the kitchen… it is soooo much more useful and soooo much more comfortable and soooo much more me now. Now for the floors… they REALLY need some love but that will have to wait for another three day weekend.

Also, I’ll announce it now… I’ve been inspired by Kelly, Missy’s friend that she just went on a trip with, when I turn 40 in 2010, I’d like to go on a cruise – girls only! I’m thinking my mom and my sister and my cousins and aunts - shouldn’t be too hard to twist some of their arms into going! If we start planning it now we should be able to afford it! It doesn’t have to be a long cruise… 2 or 3 nights would be fine!

Well anyway I better get some work done…. Happy Thursday…