Introducing Johnny

On Friday a new little cousin/nephew joined our family.  CJ and Jess welcomed Johnny Lee into the world.  We went up on Sat. morning to meet and hold him.  He is such a cute little...or I mean BIG thing :)

Sentences

Another great parenting a teenager moment...

150 sentences and all was well again :)

Homecoming

On Friday Brooke's school had Homecoming.  Papa & Grammy and Mammaw & Grandpa Tom joined us to watch Brooke (and the rest of the Dazzlers) do a dance.  And watch the football game (that we lost) and the crowning festivities...

Papa & Grammy brought the girls a snack.  It's a faux root beer float (because Brooke can't have real root beer), it has root beer jelly beans, a cupcake and icing (for foam), a root beer candy stick and an empty root beer can.  How cute!

More Questions

More hard adoption questions asked and answered before bed last night.  I think looking at pictures earlier during the day spurred on last nights questions.

Earlier in the day...

(looking at baby pictures of Lexy)
L - "Can I see a picture of when I was a first born baby?"
Me - "I'm sorry I don't have any, remember you came to us when you were 4 months old so we don't have any pictures of when you were a newborn."
L - "Oh ok."

Later last night (Lexy couldn't get to sleep and for the first time in months was really worked up and told me "I'm mad or upset about something but I don't know what") she was sitting on my lap and asked...

L - "Do you know my birthmom?"
Me - "Yes I know who she is"
L - "What is her name?"
Me - "____ is her name"
L - "Oh (with a smile), do you know where she lives?"
Me - "I don't know where she's living right now but I think she lives somewhere in our state"
L - "Do you know her phone number?"
Me - "No I'm sorry I don't"
L - "Did my birthmom give me a different name?"
Me - "Yes she gave you the name ____ and we changed it when you were adopted"
L - "Did I have a different last name?"
Me - "Yes it was _____"
L - "ok"

The conversation ended and Lexy asked me to lay in bed with her and rub her back until she got to sleep.  Afterwards I went into the bathroom and had a good cry.  Not in sadness for myself but in sadness for my wonderful daughter that has to deal with these hard emotions and have these questions.  At one time Lexy told me that she wished she could have just been in my tummy...

I wish that too.

Soccer

Lexy's soccer season ended this week.  Her coach was new to coaching and forgot to order trophies so the team all met one more time to get trophies and eat cupcakes.

Foster Memories Friday - Kreisa

After Isaiah left us for the second time we felt we had our hands full with Lexy's case and there just wasn't too many calls for foster/respite kiddos coming in during that time., we ended up taking quite a long time off.   Then we got a call for Kreisa.  She was 3 years old and needed a respite home for a week while her foster parents vacationed.

We had a great time with Kreisa and did lots of fun family things while she was with us.  We were all sad to see her go at the end of her stay.

Toddler

This week is Spirit Week for Brooke.  I can't believe today was the first day I thought to take a picture! 

This time they had:

• Ugly sweater/sweatshirt day - Brooke wore a sweatshirt from our rival team.
• Favorite Country Day - Brooke wore a red, white and blue outfit
• Favorite Celebrity Day - Brooke dressed like Taylor Swift (she has a teacher that tells her all the time that she looks like her)
• Today - I'm not sure what they're calling it but the freshmen are dressing as babies, sophomores as toddlers, juniors as adults and seniors as senior citizens. Here's Brooke as a toddler, she looked so cute!...