Odds and ends and kid funnies

Just some things that the kids have said or done in the past couple weeks and with illnesses, I've just been entirely too tired to post.

First, I have to post this picture of my youngest three watching tv.  Poor Jaemin looks like a Hello Kitty sandwich.  My girls love Hello Kitty, which is very appropriate since she is SO big in Korea.  We had bought these little plastic fans in Korea to stay cool and the girls got Hello Kitty.  Chelsi broke Kaelin's yesterday and to say the least, K was not happy.



I swear, Chelsi has THE most amazing memory.  She remembers just about everything word for word, commercials, songs, everything.  Brian was singing that Lady Antebellum song the other day, "I need you now" and Chels just kept repeating the words "I'm a little drunk and I need you now" over and over again.  Good thing we weren't up for a social worker visit.  :)  I had to go grocery shopping at Walmart today.   I put her in the cart and she saw the word "Walmart" on the cart and repeated their whole motto "Save money.  Live better.  Walmart" and yeah, I had to google it!  The girl can hear a song once maybe twice and anything she understands she will sing.  She loves "Chicken Fry" and "Toes" and sings them perfectly, though she at least substitutes words when they're not little kid words.  She reads everything too, so be careful what you spell!  Today she told me the bathroom door was locked and it made her "nervous".  :)

Kaelin, on the other hand, can't remember anything.....or pretends not to.  I'm not really sure which.  She says really ditzy things, but I'm not sure that's not fake and she doesn't just want to hear herself talk.  :)  She'll say something kind of dippy one second and the next REALLY smart.  The other day she asked us if we could have a tornado in the living room since the ceiling fan and fireplace were both going and that would cause hot air to mix with cold air.  Are you serious??  :)

Lisa

Such a trivial Christmas purchase, really

but it felt so big.  Not large as in expensive, but large as in meaningful.

I had to stop at the craft store tonight because I wanted to make some new ornaments to include J.  I had made some for each child a few years ago and I want to paint new ones with their Korean names; to include Jaemin.  While I was there I realized he had no stocking for the fireplace.  So I studied each stocking and thought about whether he would still like it when he was a bit older.  You know you can't get a baby stocking for a boy who will, one day, be a big boy.  So I found this deep blue stocking with a white cuff that looked a lot like big brother Chase's red one.  I got new holders that matched....all 5.  It felt a little poignant for some reason.

I guess with all 4 of the older kids we'd known we were having each one of them the Christmas before they each joined our family.  I was always preparing so much for them; including buying their stocking for the next Christmas.  This is the first time I've done it backwards.  Now, I just need to get him a "Baby's 1st Christmas" ornament so he can have one like his big brothers do.

Wow, really....I shouldn't be shocked anymore.  6 months later I'm still shocked or shaken a little that we have this sweet little boy in our house.  It really seems so surreal when I actually have moments of time to think about it.

Love you J!

Mom

Happy Anniversary to Us!

Yep, today's our 15th!!  And what does Brian say to me this morning?  He says "you know, in another 15 years we'll both be 50".  Do you really think I want to think about that right now?  :)

Anyways, pretty much a n0rmal day, but he stopped at the store and got some roses to put on the table and wrote me a poem.  It was actually very sweet.  I'm not allowed to reiterate it anywhere to anyone ever, so I can't post it here.  :)

After 15 years, we do still love each other, but God I'm so tired all the time.  There's hardly anytime to show it anymore.  It will get better when they get a little older, right?

Lisa

Danged 'ole rainy days

What's a boy to do?

Well, I can watch the rain for a bit.  Yeah, that's all well and nice, but there is surely something better to do.  I have a snake...I can play with him.  Maybe I'll just read for a bit.  I'm a smart boy, ya know.  Okay, I'm a happy boy!

We did it and he looks older

 

 

 

 

 

We knew the day was, inevitably, coming.  He was going to need his FIRST haircut.  I decided tonight was the night.  I gave him a sucker and Cole took pictures.  He did REALLY well and LOVED his sucker.  Unfortunately, now the curls are gone.  Maybe they'll come back and maybe they won't.  Either way we were going to have to say goodbye eventually.  I saved a lock for his baby book and a lock for his birth mother.  He looks all grown up now.  :(

BTW, it really was just a trim.  I didn't take very much off.

Catchin' Up

So while I was sick, I was still getting out the camera from time-to-time, but just didn't have the energy to upload and post.  We really haven't had too much going on or any stories to tell.  Stories are always best if I can put them on right after they happen before I, every so easily, forget the details.

J reverted back to wanting to be in the carrier while I did dishes the other day.  He promptly fell asleep.



The kids were able to play outside all weekend.

 

J and C got to play at home with mommy today, after a morning of errands.





And snacktime over the weekend.

A little secret about me

Besides loving photographs and especially taking them of my kids, I write.  Not many people know this AT ALL!  I don't even let Brian read what I write.

Over the years I have a small collection of poems and stories and even some lyrics.  I've been writing poems since our first daughter.  She was a huge inspiration.  Then, I started writing stories about our 2nd daughter.  It's really just a series of children's stories that describe her encounters in life.  I've written some lyrics.  Though, I am NOT musically inclines whatsoever, so the lyrics are what they are.  But, sometimes there are nights that I wake and can't sleep until I write my thoughts down.  I keep a diary by my bed and this is all I write in it.  Scribbles of poems, lyrics and stories until I get them the way I want.

Now, what I'd really love is to find someone willing to publish the stories.  They are about adoption somewhat and just being a kids; mostly.  They are a tribute to my sweet little girls!

Lisa