Beautiful Brylie!

Brylie is one of my favorite 10 year olds in the entire world.  She is an example to so many kids that look up to her and she is simply adored by my JG!  Check out Brylie wearing a Baby Beignet dress!

Fathers Day & Into the Streets of Ethiopia

Do you need a Father's Day card that does more than just sit there on the shelf?   My friend, Alisa, is making cards to send to the special men in your life...and 100% of your donation will go to Into the Streets of Ethiopia!  What a wonderful way to celebrate Dad!!! Click on either link to order yours today:)

First "Beignet Baby" Dress

I am dusting off my sewing skills from childhood & middle school home ec to create a new super-cute business to help fund our second adoption. I will post more pix of my creations later, and we should have fabric samples and a way to order online by June!

And Baby is 2!

JG celebrated her 2nd birthday right around our 2 month anniversary of being home from Ethiopia. Mommy got a new camera- enjoy!

Princess, Pirates, and Pest Control

Princess: JG trying on her birthday outfit:) she squealed when i pulled it out of the box and cried when i made her take it off...she is ALL girly-girl!
Pirates: DH finished the new playground and the boys love it!!
Pest control: 24 hours after our 2nd lice treatment we ALL got a 6 hour hot-oil hair treatment:)

1 month home

We moved at week 3, and have been home a month now. JG has gained 2 lbs! Our pediatrician is pleased as punch with how she's doing. She wanted to wait until JG's 2 year old visit to see how speech is going then...she's saying a few words but her comprehension is improving. I've ordered her 2nd birthday outfit (i know you can't wait to see it in September)...and have taken the plunge with Carol's Daughter hair products, but we also like the Mixed Chicks leave on conditioner. I've ordered our stuff for home school and it should arrive in time for me to look it over for a few weeks before we start. our house is still not ready for school to start and we have a few more projects to complete before then...so for now the kids are playing well together besides for a few bites, a few "JG, i simply won't tolerate you biting my legos", a few lice (yes, seriously, as if i didn't have enough to do), and a few DOZEN loads of laundry...that is my month in summary.

Climbing the walls

So our "across town" move is complete, well except for the pesky boxes sitting there, laughing mockingly at me. Our church family was such a blessing in help with packing, moving, cleaning, and cooking! I had a little incident (trip & fall) where my face met the concrete in our brand-new driveway. My face looked so scary after i got home from the ER (5 stitches, possibly broken nose, skull ok, scratches etc) that T would not kiss me goodnight saying, "i don't want to get too disgusting before going to sleep." Wow, thanks.