tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13328526310176092172024-03-04T20:18:54.106-08:00LOTS O' KIDZLOTS O Kidz!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-48638345054394160322017-03-31T18:04:00.001-07:002017-03-31T18:15:47.281-07:00To read in detail about Hope's (and the others) adoption journeys..click on the links on the right for my adoption blogs!<br />
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9 Years. It seems some days like yesterday, and some days like it's been forever. I will never forget riding on a tour bus, through chaotic downtown Nanjing, China, with at least ten other couples en route to meet our children. I remember nervous conversation, mindless chatter, as we drove. The dads talking business, and the moms mostly looking eyes wide out the window. Excitement, nervousness, and a bit of terror crossed all of our faces as we drove. When we arrived at the government office, similar to a courthouse, we were told the children were there.<br />
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OMG. Like reality set in big time. I literally felt my heart beating out of my chest. The thing is, I wasn't worried much, just excited. Darrin and I had four kids. Our oldest, Hannah was with us, giddy with excitement. We loved kids, we "got" kids, and kids really seemed to like us. I knew in my heart that this two year old sweetness was just gonna love us. To date, there wasn't a kid that we couldn't win over.<br />
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Until that day.<br />
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The kids were brought in, and I spotted my baby girl. The nanny was clutching to her, tears in her eyes, and Hope looked a tad worried/concerned. All the other families were passed their children, and most of their kids were sort of in a stunned silence.<br />
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Then, it was time for the nanny to pass off Hope to us. Oh. My. Word. The terror, the screaming, the tears (from all of us). This kid was not having us. I had a bottle ready, snacks, toys, games, candy. An arsenal of bribery items and this little Chinese firecracker, with a sort of slicked back Elvis haircut, wearing no less that 4 layers of clothing could care less. She screamed, and screamed. Then, from stress I assumed, she passed out. I was so thankful. We got to take some pics, and just look at her perfect face, and catch our breath a bit. We carried her on the bus, and she woke up. We braced ourselves, but the bottle I had, and the snacks seemed to work, and she tolerated us. Well, she tolerated Hannah and I..more Hannah though. When she looked at Darrin, it was if the Prince of Darkness was standing in front of her. Scary scary. She had never really been exposed to men before, so she was not a fan. Broke my heart. Really broke Darrin's heart.<br />
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I had the hotel room set up like a virtual kiddie playroom. Toys, specially ordered Chinese dolls, beautiful snuggly blankies, books, everything I could think of. She toddled over to her Chinese dolls, picked them up and threw them hard against the wall.<br />
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Hmm. Awesome. (side note...she never liked dolls, and remembers those and said she hated them)<br />
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I wanted to give her a bath, because let me tell ya, the layers of clothes she wore sure caused her to be sweaty. So I put her in the tub...and I brought out the heavy hitters....Bubbles, and foam bubble spray. Finally...the glorious smile appeared. Then giggles, splashing, and all out fun. I think she was in there an hour....maybe more.<br />
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Everyday, actually every hour was a bit better. She learned to like us. Funny Americans will give me whatever I desire. Lots of food...which to date is her favorite thing... won her over big time! And bubbles. Bath bubbles, and outdoor bubbles. Who'd have thought bubbles would help us meet a common ground but they were miraculous!<br />
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If I had only know now what I knew that first day, it would all make so much sense. Hope is a girl on her own schedule. She is determined, feisty, strong, and most definitely does not like to be forced into situations. BUT, when she feels comfortable, and lets that guard down, she is the kindest, sweetest, most loving child you ever could imagine. Hope was born a fighter. She was left on a doorstep at 2 weeks old. She spent two and a half years fighting for attention at an orphanage. She is strong. She is a survivor. Because Hope was born with differences in her hands and feet, this personality will be such an amazing asset to her.<br />
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Don't tell her that her differences define her. Don't tell her that there is anything she cannot do. She has shown all of us that physically...even while missing most of her toes, and having smaller fingers, she is an insane athlete. Soccer, basketball, swimming..you name it. She is quite annoyed that she can't play football for her school's team. We are going to look into her being a kicker for another area football team. This child is the definition of girl power. She proudly wears sweats and boy's high tops, and hair in a pony everyday. Unaware of how amazingly beautiful she is. There is literally not one thing I would change about this daughter of mine.<br />
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She has taught our family Hope.<br />
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She has taught our family strength in the face of defeat.<br />
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She has taught our family acceptance of anyone regardless of anything special about them.<br />
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She has given us more that we could ever give her.<br />
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Our Hope Hexu. Our tiny warrior. I praise God that somehow, someway, we were the blessed ones chosen to be your family. I cannot wait to see more of your amazingness as you grow. Happy nine years sweet baby girl.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-30565325656142865452012-02-24T07:25:00.010-08:002012-02-24T13:26:30.842-08:00The Story of One....<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL2XCL9fwoOChLsrJjdRGIKWDYwqQvTTKYED5UqZNHN-bP0QCMFEd6io7HCtWUTO-IdPbSW_kH7A21oycveGX-0okMbn-c86tsTYL-lpiHOKM63zaOIwboohlVJq5QoSbQ8gmqRXWmBfI/s1600/DSC_0680.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>It was a cool late December morning...there was the post Christmas hustle and bustle surrounding an open air market...connected to a large strip mall. Shopkeepers setting up their wares, and sweeping in front of their stores, with the large straw brooms typical of China.</b></span><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrirQsteEPddnYvhpLwSU9Z0CPy-MF-EEiC3la-mOZSkgJSlWn8zQpu4OEJFH0QBNQbcyVsIzx5EacaFGNbv5QWrOWq7PEq_zC5cYEDjzN4zS8v5okAZCGTPFDOfPu2Rx6o6zFW4eSr8/s400/DSC_0660.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712813775461461666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">In the distance, a soft cry can be heard. At first..it sounded more like a cat, so it was ignored by many. Then, it became more persistent...and as a woman looked closer..she saw it was coming from a bundle on the stairs leading to a large store. The woman picked up the bundle, and saw a baby was inside. A very sick looking baby. A boy...with a birth note..and a copy of a medical report. </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtV2AvWq_97a3BYVs1oC4KMEQMzYt0AwYeJ9_B82lm50lguqVNqzeEq0QXA79m4MIZ1rjv49X72tngWXoKujGSYIPlVpQWE5PCZQItivMWl-YrkvsVPVs3tDLx0tD9j-RNxJLdDc-a-vc/s400/DSC_0684.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712813723819166898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>She wasn't all that surprised, unfortunately. If a baby is sick...they most likely are left. Most Chinese living in this area do not have the funds to pay a hospital to care for a baby like this.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>She did what she knew to do. Called the police...and this sweet, sickly, baby boy...feverish, and making a painful, pitiful cry..was brought to the orphanage. They immediately brought him to the hospital...as he looked close to dying. Thankfully, this was one of the more well-funded orphanages, that could arrange for him to have medical care.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>Dr.'s looked at his medical report that came with him...saying he had a cyst on his brain...but they noticed he was also in extreme distress and pain. His almond eyes shut, wincing, his sweet face in a painful grimace. They then discovered he had a stomach issue...his bowl had begun to collapse into itself. He needed surgery immediately...or he would die. </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>Surgery was performed..sloppily..but it was life saving. And he was sent to the orphanage. </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>The nannies there thought he was brain damaged..so there was no rush to file paperwork for him to be adopted. It was predicted that he would live his days out there...and then be transferred to an institution later in life. </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>But this baby had different plans. </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>He not only defied any expectations...he exceeded them! He grew chubby and darling. His smile made his eyes disappear..and lit up any room he was in. He met every milestone...and then some! </b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>He quickly became a favorite of the head nanny.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>She loved him so..and brought him home with her some of the evenings...and made sure that he had that extra hug and kiss during the day. She cheered his first steps....and watched as he played...knowing that someone could love him as their own. </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_6IFn_cwsEMYM6kBQX5WVJEDWVofjpi6ClhqOwWCFj2szpNIPYdzeMMkr1qWfmUwKTlw96TEvlHaDeqw1rqtsW2ZZJ64j6Mo2C_0sTyXKJ5HogqP09z8t1ABei4VK-BQGm0M6fBkY_0/s400/DSC_0622.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712741785451556210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">She made certain that adoption paperwork was filed for him. And then a camp came to the orphanage from the United States. Originally...this sweet boy was not on the list of kids that the Americans were coming to meet and get information on so they could be adopted. Most of the kids were older than him...he was just 3 years at this point.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9VzF4CUiLtMxGURPC8vp9DtqjHGBD3H8Zr6xSnsKbchHRyeSzxkjmId39i-fCXoIMvsG0dUKStodtILBa04c870qAnqlO7zro_oqFUBMrv-R-lbg-2f2TcdPdoOITwwAQLBTNEMw3aM/s400/DSC_0367.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712740607681084002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 241px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">But some last minute begging...had him added on...and boy did he charm the pants off of the American staff! He danced, he sang..he threw balls, and bounced a basketball like no ones business. </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxYHi8Y7pwtzb0JSa1o3zhe0DyRoqYjIAuvRgwicqaMUeRcnMxJfnDG86R6Jyt37f4Bct-utrtSsoeqUw8rT7p-D09Nga1hNnTRE5k8gvQ9UzKK9VEm2F4jTiC7ERNj8WAyx0e6q5MMM/s400/Image+8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712741794229072514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Yet...all of these descriptions of a seemingly healthy child...seemed to mean little to perspective parents...as his file listed him as having a "brain abnormality". Most of the children that were met on that trip..found a family through the agency that visited. But this darling chubby faced, adorable boy still waited. Not one family would take a chance with a "brain damaged" child.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He spent his days with many "brothers and sisters". Some of them had something different about them...some of them spent time on a room just with other kids that couldn't do much. None of them had a mom and dad. Sometimes his days were fine...and it wasn't so bad. Yet, sometimes he got hit...for no reason at all. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">So he went out of his way to be extra good so that didn't happen. He became a leader in his class...and made sure all the kids were good so they didn't get in big trouble. All the kids loved him. But..because he was allowed to go home with the one nanny...he saw what a family was like. He knew that this wasn't a real family...although it was the only one he knew. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He knew love there. But he also knew inequality...as he saw many of his friends treated far worse than he. Food withheld...being ignored. It made him so sad. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">One day...when he was close to 5 years old, he learned that he had a Mama and Baba! A family chose him! He was so excited.....and showed the album of his family to all of his friends..he couldn't sleep at night he was so excited to meet them! He even got a birthday cake sent to him..with a card that played music for his 5th birthday! He smiled so wide for his pictures with his cake because he knew his very own parents would look at them.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0TFxqTFgE7wfdkVL1PmTNJZjc7DnEDY4rOrpNhrI65o0v9eA-7y1ah4k97bYj8hjhflq_Cp43urWHFiKSIetbfMRvj5-ZtzzvWrOT7RyRxLG6NKt6Tl_L0C8a6pdn3zoMyjjiFUMPKw/s400/Image+10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712740534023445634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">The day finally arrived..they were here!!! He rode in the van to meet them..clutching his card...not knowing if he would ever see anything familiar to him again. He was a little nervous but mostly excited. The nannies told him that there was a very special family for him...that would love him so much...so that sounded great to him.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He first saw his Mama--she was crying, but smiling...and grabbed him in a huge hug and smothered him with kisses...and he tried to show her his card...and say thank you. Then..he saw his Baba--oh had he waited for the day to have his very own father!! He ran right into his arms...and didn't want to let go of his strong and safe embrace! He also met his brother and sister...and they wanted to play with him right away...and gave him all sorts of balls, and toys to</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"> share! </span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVth_RzzCJtDNnbvy6CjMsJLTMsW8ebOwF_28D_SLw5uIHNHURfHp_0V72WvonBDGlMef8IjmY75neX0VoHKl3rmEG_rgqSVpeQmQ1oVf2yRpWzKy2yRXL4Ju77wzeFAz3iia5we3YL04/s400/DSC_0092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712813731543055858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1uCMAqYQOCC-fIICxt6jxzhj8Js-vXiQwTTsXrzjMdrRIxaf_LhgtM71n3kbt4gxp4RlafHg6vls3LWSA01_jS9ANjgmocHV0k5Qx2hoL4qnVnMeEYSNypUPuSb11p_E_DjmtTd1nREg/s400/DSC_0336.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712740616323416242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px; " /></span></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2m61zzN0ttbTpi0lpEv61hxK3KQUFuJPAxGCTfcHf1kJXpU3XreBImaq8ghRmfKS6LroVILdKOHolHQRdoTK2FA4YO25FIjMwmzy-dZQoPyup2kECLBvhkNPRqswdER5nIandLjeuB78/s400/DSC_0545.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712740587685360258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He wanted them to like him, so he grabbed the bag of goodies his nannies packed for him, and handed all of them out to his family. He was so proud he had something to give.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT0-biERxJcgGsrAqqnbk8B30wrgMMkO_RhgQ-Ju7CHMzkAXVAOJ5ut-aZlVqneoKw5B5XqzajTTGwj50S8W3y6X77wjt9eQQhl0TPcJ7QmpMVTzetd9vru6TSgiegsMbpmc7b3My5hM/s400/DSC_0348.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712741819450671682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Fast forward....10 weeks. He is home. He is cherished. He is amazingly smart. He is athletic. He is kind. He is giving, and loving like no one can believe. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i>He is a son. </i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i>He is a brother.</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i>He is a nephew, a grandchild, a God-child, a friend, a student, a basketball player.</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i>He is NOT an orphan.</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And we got the news a few days ago that he should not be here. No...he should absolutely not be alive....or at very least not functioning as he is. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">That "cyst" on his brain was actually a pre-natal stroke. Yes..that's right...he had a stroke in utero...and by most accounts should not have survived it...or thrived after it. He also had his stomach issue...which can be fatal even when treated immediately. It wasn't. He was abandoned at one month...not treated for it for almost 2 months. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i>He shouldn't have survived. </i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He...to quote a neurologist at Johns Hopkins...is a "walking miracle". "A child with the stroke that happened to that part of his brain should have extreme weakness in his left side, and difficulty walking. He should have motor problems, and vision issues..even vision loss in the left eye. He should not be a basketball playing, soccer ball kicking child that is picking up English faster than any 5 year old I have ever seen".</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He is a miracle. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He is OUR son.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And my God...what if we had fallen victim to the worry and stress that he "may" have all these issues instead of trusting that he was ours. And mind you...he would be loved NO less if he did have more needs than we had known. But we could have been so scared of the "what ifs" that we missed him.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaqzcy_8JN1Q147xFCaJBLg9mrgxkHVVCs4x0DJgyzLQY9Qv0esVDMO_3VsF-kQz43YSoJxkvDddeImjf9EBbZw_hW_S1M6N4DksePq0Ti2P4QpWyXfYsBEEPjs_Thtmgeo7lrimccLk/s400/DSC_0171.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712741812209176514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i>Him. O</i>ur son...our PERFECT Shawn ShaHe. Who may need an eye surgery for a slight wandering of his left eye---the only need that can be attributed to his stroke. The ONLY need. He compensated for what part of his brain is affected. He will have no further issues...other than what we have seen...what's done is done. And God has granted this beautiful boy LIFE. A life that is already marked by by greatness...no matter what he does or becomes.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Although at the breakfast table this morning he declared..."I gonna be a Doctor!"</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And that he can be...if he wishes. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">How many kids are still waiting....like him? </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Too many.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Too many that on "paper" seem unmanageable, needs far to great to handle.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">TRUST me....a child is SO much more than what is written in a report.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">They are beautiful little beings with needs FAR greater than what it states medically. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">They NEED love. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">They NEED to be cherished.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">They NEED to feel worthy and important.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">They NEED to believe that they are worth taking a chance on.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I was never going to share Shawn's diagnosis...I thought that it was his story to tell. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Yet---after I saw all the miracles that surrounded him....I realized that he could inspire <i>SO many. </i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He can inspire people to take chances. To live POSITIVELY. To LOVE with every ounce of your being. To have FAITH.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">He is my inspiration for so many reasons, and I believe that we are being graced by his gift of self to us. And we are so, humbly grateful.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i>And we cannot wait to see what God has in store for our miracle son.</i></span></b></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaK_q2e_scyZMQ1V1cSzlO30MAUFKy1Bvd6VATrbXIUMQVgctdTXHEM3T0RuUsyGcjeU5Fvjsuck9f__elA75YUBwel4_B0damb22Z8teqkFTFkwloX1TB5IA75xz2IMrZZHEsuEZ8IBU/s400/DSC_0326.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712813761081087538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 341px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><b><i>***Beginning part of the story was embellished with one of the many scenarios that I dream happened with Shawn in his first years...mixed with facts that I have learned.</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-62904665898171620232012-02-19T05:45:00.001-08:002012-02-19T06:32:20.915-08:00FAMILY<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b>FAMILY</b></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1tiTrk9WZmnTSSzLGNhU-ZDfgHwfSrRxih11a7mMViNhrQRk2afb64IC4gSPkc7MPOor8hxgWgY-o_yiO5rIcKLXI15I6od0kiITg0N2Ec7oYPqDjIpVWkgtIhkGmX93FKia4j4L40c/s1600/DSC_0558.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRcg3N_myHGyivQ8Sud_WTIAuxUdIPu79-BmthGsAzFcH4_uTpU0ZPrfYXDRh5gdBHvV8teOyGIM1UWUE5FDJhyphenhyphendtbOU0AoLZPFXleeP_B1uT5iiEz5biHrfxMz7ungNA3yVo97qyuTI/s1600/DSC_0584.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRcg3N_myHGyivQ8Sud_WTIAuxUdIPu79-BmthGsAzFcH4_uTpU0ZPrfYXDRh5gdBHvV8teOyGIM1UWUE5FDJhyphenhyphendtbOU0AoLZPFXleeP_B1uT5iiEz5biHrfxMz7ungNA3yVo97qyuTI/s400/DSC_0584.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710851806583889474" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b> CHANGES</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2m5jW5xWXUkbrNK6qRodl6gvpBhN6T3aifc1miaF481K1hCV3W1LYEZxA0iG479GRWTplTwHZ_ADyUUo3bVWDfEWOQ8jryRx-igfZE5cVxRI5EzuazYuwlL0MZ8sr7s0_IzonBSDEreM/s1600/DSC_0509.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2m5jW5xWXUkbrNK6qRodl6gvpBhN6T3aifc1miaF481K1hCV3W1LYEZxA0iG479GRWTplTwHZ_ADyUUo3bVWDfEWOQ8jryRx-igfZE5cVxRI5EzuazYuwlL0MZ8sr7s0_IzonBSDEreM/s400/DSC_0509.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710846092952710082" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEM-_QEtv5qquKrQekbfTwQEfz8aKtbqAX8h528lqPaxpSJvnA39NUe3VOdjCMGDHCud4YFtrvCK3Jnp63JtBB6mRw_yyUXEhml8nKCCsAQjVGmRkjxk4koyN3T8kzJL9vfwb3ifvWnw8/s1600/DSC_0494.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEM-_QEtv5qquKrQekbfTwQEfz8aKtbqAX8h528lqPaxpSJvnA39NUe3VOdjCMGDHCud4YFtrvCK3Jnp63JtBB6mRw_yyUXEhml8nKCCsAQjVGmRkjxk4koyN3T8kzJL9vfwb3ifvWnw8/s400/DSC_0494.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710846074094554226" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b> EVERYTHING</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiTm1_QbMAJHdCE-e8vNqc3xBqq5Mj7ygC8z3-TtkTLW_wA9rZ9h7cP6JZv6O5_r37IxeVAcPAjwXlqLR4agyeOlm-Y-Aj7quOp3YYX1RQusXC6vWhp2Fs_cR5WXvuPWlWCsQQqNDrLs/s1600/DSC_0495.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiTm1_QbMAJHdCE-e8vNqc3xBqq5Mj7ygC8z3-TtkTLW_wA9rZ9h7cP6JZv6O5_r37IxeVAcPAjwXlqLR4agyeOlm-Y-Aj7quOp3YYX1RQusXC6vWhp2Fs_cR5WXvuPWlWCsQQqNDrLs/s400/DSC_0495.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710846066541972530" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b>HOW DID WE.....</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_dvwuhcvUXPdKr9jHsCM8GyC5t7nqx9yXIShPDshGa0GFF7rgHlHzcdv4fmqTsQAEgkzgS45QpyXshloIKb87euo0Fuzlie5txVnQ6ZxXU-I0DMoileWNgJdfynHM1odIVeMNyPrBRs/s1600/DSC_0496.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_dvwuhcvUXPdKr9jHsCM8GyC5t7nqx9yXIShPDshGa0GFF7rgHlHzcdv4fmqTsQAEgkzgS45QpyXshloIKb87euo0Fuzlie5txVnQ6ZxXU-I0DMoileWNgJdfynHM1odIVeMNyPrBRs/s400/DSC_0496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710846047885396738" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b>GET SO BLESSED...</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHDFpKCEWAKJajP8uNRHdGM1iUgGhnJEhZZXyKLccE2y9y-TpVTr21Dd3hvKvkmPW7aws2t_zCOW4OzZOVEC6O4yIQzT_UR7aifg8wPAeF597wLvOgvswPcdftq63FQrtfT3QsDPW0vk/s1600/DSC_0497.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHDFpKCEWAKJajP8uNRHdGM1iUgGhnJEhZZXyKLccE2y9y-TpVTr21Dd3hvKvkmPW7aws2t_zCOW4OzZOVEC6O4yIQzT_UR7aifg8wPAeF597wLvOgvswPcdftq63FQrtfT3QsDPW0vk/s400/DSC_0497.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710846046283600562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b>TO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL BOY...</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXc1AwTm2ckaozUkRt8xCrBmjWTrqgupR9LN5roly4VxaXPVK-G9sDPunQasMAxMSrKPgENBxbsC7zNI3ChHhybR6M7q4En8div031pnridyN2nPLip6I7g001T9I22EaxUPst3yydrng/s1600/DSC_0499.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXc1AwTm2ckaozUkRt8xCrBmjWTrqgupR9LN5roly4VxaXPVK-G9sDPunQasMAxMSrKPgENBxbsC7zNI3ChHhybR6M7q4En8div031pnridyN2nPLip6I7g001T9I22EaxUPst3yydrng/s400/DSC_0499.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710844933636957346" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b>IN ALL OF OUR LIVES?</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewevRPYLj-HY7TBjKtb1hANro-Kdj8_SyvgHe1Icx9D0xwvGat9D8WVlIBzF7z13IaY8s71d-osAxof-SAXQg2swKBOnak7cHxG39mm1mf5aTgmg5bMWMKTB6VY5GAq7N_TuJowa3vEA/s1600/DSC_0557.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewevRPYLj-HY7TBjKtb1hANro-Kdj8_SyvgHe1Icx9D0xwvGat9D8WVlIBzF7z13IaY8s71d-osAxof-SAXQg2swKBOnak7cHxG39mm1mf5aTgmg5bMWMKTB6VY5GAq7N_TuJowa3vEA/s400/DSC_0557.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710844924208178770" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b>HE HAS BROUGHT JOY...</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOY6MqseTqkxoH16vmF9uQo65ESk6UPqxV60bR9fiJBfX6bTXfUJN_uS81N_AcSCiRYCgyO8sNooOwYwFmkVA3Q_SA9z6x5r-raHakdY1NQCFZ-9b0mYjkginJ28aSOZQ8abZiDiA6yU/s1600/DSC_0563.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 371px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvOY6MqseTqkxoH16vmF9uQo65ESk6UPqxV60bR9fiJBfX6bTXfUJN_uS81N_AcSCiRYCgyO8sNooOwYwFmkVA3Q_SA9z6x5r-raHakdY1NQCFZ-9b0mYjkginJ28aSOZQ8abZiDiA6yU/s400/DSC_0563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710844909739970850" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX102T0YxepA4-s_6vb97nrvwI7y7OpGmRHTGgm6-aStS4OtFfiqOgcOM5sMKqCHk6MzpBT1esU-3Ng6JjXbqYLz5XRjk5THVEMRjKZB4HITafV7AUKnnVBxgG0Tyvl77Eevea7Vxhdp8/s400/DSC_0543.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710851851593835986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivAzhH92t0ifgGMSK3Ub8sHnx0ds-HA5WlW-6jrQcq99fwSmtTSHaKzQDkF5iYS4bRLbFXWpQvQo8kFffxenE1Glr4bsRSTG4SSAMxQ-XKhJ5X4etgALQsbvm9H8O_FiepVcJh2OtsLk/s1600/DSC_0505.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivAzhH92t0ifgGMSK3Ub8sHnx0ds-HA5WlW-6jrQcq99fwSmtTSHaKzQDkF5iYS4bRLbFXWpQvQo8kFffxenE1Glr4bsRSTG4SSAMxQ-XKhJ5X4etgALQsbvm9H8O_FiepVcJh2OtsLk/s400/DSC_0505.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710844891880941778" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;"><b>AND AMAZING AMOUNTS OF LOVE...</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIsiNnvZG5kuU9qK2DH6Q8vlK6a-8nfHsbRkIRRLGM7M2jNo0pgWdpmCELM-RpNrM_d2ZtxyGMdRQOh7JZcEp2VW9KVeaW2r8N-MhrTqIWO6IER7Wy9XfowKvo0oh2j_8TtabYyziwPg/s400/DSC_0361.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710851822523192290" style="display: block; 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"><b>AND WE THANK GOD EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE GIFT OF HIM! 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outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(30, 123, 172); text-decoration: none; ">rice vinegar</a> (not seasoned)</li><li class="ingredient" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 23px; ">1 tablespoon <a href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/soy-sauce/index.html" class="crosslink" debug="161 169" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(30, 123, 172); text-decoration: none; ">soy sauce</a></li><li class="ingredient" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; 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Add the soba noodles and edamame and cook as the noodle label directs. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain the noodles and edamame and run under cold water until cool.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; ">Whisk the peanut butter, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil and <a href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/chili-sauce/index.html" class="crosslink" debug="289 299" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(30, 123, 172); text-decoration: none; ">chili sauce</a> in a large bowl. Add 1/2 cup of the reserved cooking water and whisk until smooth. Add the noodles and edamame, season with salt and toss to combine (add more cooking water to loosen, if needed). Divide among shallow bowls and top with the chicken, cucumber and <a href="http://www.foodterms.com/encyclopedia/scallion/index.html" class="crosslink" debug="563 571" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: rgb(30, 123, 172); text-decoration: none; ">scallions</a>.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; ">Per serving: Calories 652; Fat 25 g (Saturated 5 g); Cholesterol 57 mg; Sodium 1,446 mg; Carbohydrate 78 g; Fiber 5 g; Protein 38 g</p><div><br /></div><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "></p></div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-47481109147497678222012-01-20T13:18:00.000-08:002012-01-20T16:03:33.501-08:00The whole truth and nothin' but the truth.....<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ04ksCjJYFWdkFUp-7h5Vtw8Qmb6vHQzStlOrEMwELBrqLdgREuJ-X4KJE7ye0_rWdin1t9tRXiHrcg5Sqxrh5sBWTxIRnYbMburC-_oelsA1blZEQqvQEPZX71L9nBGSIDRKw-GX1A/s1600/DSC_0429.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Ok--so my ambitions were BIG in writing on the blog this week.....and then LIFE happened! Birthdays, and pneumonia (for Charlie), schoolwork, and practices swallowed me up. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And guess what I did? I felt guilty about not doing what I had said I would. Felt like I kinda set myself up for failure..and that everyone would judge me. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I recently passed on a link on FB that was so powerful, I now see it being spread amongst many of my mom friends. It's called "Don't Carpe Diem" and it is such an insightful article..and SO NEEDED!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Read it <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glennon-melton/dont-carpe-diem_b_1206346.html">HERE</a>...and then come back! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I have a tendency to look on the bright side of things...remain somewhat unruffled by kid stuff...and to keep things cheery...at least to the outside. I cannot TELL you how many times I have been told while out with the kids...minding my own business...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"oh you must enjoy having all those kids around"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"So many reasons to be happy"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"What a blessing they are..enjoy them now..it goes fast."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"What an incredible person you are"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"You are a saint!" (at this I literally laugh out loud...)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizl7Z2YRMG7wnEP2z5YNd0zZ9dgJ8vdbSgGLdmk4d_2TjLHhf_Nu6xkX3mCrmU69x-jQCl_ZGx9o0GVHBF9X3v-DHPWatURG65OIFVse-a5pMo6S986mdnkVoIEA6s6_jnky-Lxkft6g/s400/DSC_0061_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699866053875065698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And I <i>ALWAYS</i> give the answer that they want to hear....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"Yes...our house is <b>SO</b> much fun!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"Oh they make me smile everyday!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"I am <b>SO</b> enjoying every minute..I'll be sad when they're gone!!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">as for the accolades about me being a great person and all....well I always respond...."these children have blessed me waaayyy more than I them."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHi4ji_XCka3UwJy_iqWJGluO43YqUaPAHbZ24l5hjl723NJr_A9SkSVRxiN9PBiSWsRwnr-bIgxXeFbBbPHffqyTGnUpFpVhTKrbyzOltQulYGXiJMUi_vkwMvj-7Nw4DxiUmNUUY6UI/s400/DSC_0514.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699867775994935122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneOFz_EGFn1muV6wGPlheRW5RDHEhLayBUHb522Vc6iM5trapB8Ma98JfJYW0GnFvCOlbERIxlf4JBghTjJLeiHxiDb1THAbRhHEwSjgupGwBw-P0-7h-s1ZVaN_y7yjrgzVFSBm-aPI/s400/DSC_0488.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699866046566494082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And I actually do mean everyone of those responses..I truly do. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Just not <i><b>EVERY</b></i> day.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And why is it that we can't, as human beings... just tell the truth? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Why, instead of giving wanted answers...can we really say how we feel? Maybe not to the cashier at Target...or the well-meaning grandma...but how about to our friends? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">What is it...Fear of being judged? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Fear that you might come across as...I don't know...<i>normal</i>???</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Fear of breaking the perfection illusion that you have created?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Or in us adoptive parents..fear that people will think you regret your adoption? Or that you have gotten yourself in way too far over your head? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhi7SOsuKnOTw6lVOLtuDD9QM144HOqWLm0PxsEWdnBL-olraHf4ykqmKwzNgbe6tnx63sQ0Civ_loRMcLErdKIOjgJYZ1I8fq6sjOiB-iDY-z-qWIjMFDuhVV3ANmKDFB8X1TMgiwp0/s400/DSC_0498.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699866019421937778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Because, as I posted that link...I got thank you's from my niece who is caring for her first infant...and feeling guilty when she just wants to scream from her baby screaming. But she's afraid to say it because she should be grateful she has a beautiful healthy infant .</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Or the private message from a friend that has many kids that feels like she's drowning some days...and won't fess up because she got herself into it in the first place.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">The email from my friend who is navigating her way as a single mom..and doesn't want to give off the impression that she's struggling.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b>WHY??</b> Why can't we share?? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I know that when a mom tells me of any kind of trouble with her kid, personal life..whatever...I am so happy to hear that I am not alone!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">When someone lets you in...you feel closer to them..and it can have a great impact on the quality of your friendship. I know that I <i><b>LOVE</b></i> real people. The kind I can dish with over coffee...and that I can tell about the craziness at my house..and all of the sudden be laughing so hard I can't stop!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I think it is WAY healthier than keeping it all bottled up inside...so on that note...I will share. I will give you (in bulletpoints) an honest look at the past few weeks.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I will promise you that all of the following statements are fleeting feelings...that we all have...and <b>I DO LOVE MY KIDS</b>....really I do......</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv4RDSdw7sJAyuzxEzb77Qys9_9vqH5kJuqz3hy5IOcYpkr3EbL20Q33pi3-QpS3BotiPAj3twPYL3Vdd_RTEdQwLoLW8pUiLriO-i8JPgqXefQWiDxQ2cajfSjdfAoM6BQT7Rbv_KhFY/s400/DSC_0215.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699866024825868962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Here are some things that I <i>could </i>have answered to the above statements....</span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">*Well-meaning samaritan:</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"Oh you must enjoy having all those kids around!"</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">My "real" response:</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"You think? Yes I really enjoyed waking up to 4 kids, two dogs, and 10 matchbox cars in my bed this morning. In addition, I enjoyed discovering that my 4 year old wet the bed..again..and I have to wash all his sheets....again. I also enjoy seeing that as I go downstairs in my hazy fog..I discover that someone has drawn smiley faces on my white spindles..in red....with a sharpie. I also enjoy the mad scramble of feeding 7 kids..5 of whom are always running late for the bus..and all of whom argue about everything that I prepare. </span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Now THAT, my friend...sure is enjoyable...especially before 7:30 am!!</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Yes..having all these kids is a daily joy-fest. Have a nice day...."</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">*Kind..usually elderly person: *"What a blessing they are...enjoy them now, time goes fast"</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">(this would be the carpe diem comment)</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">My "real" response:</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"How fast does it really go? Because right now my dreams consist of being able to have one nano-second to myself..like for the luxury of peeing in peace. Yes---please tell me it goes fast..I would like to go into the pantry for a pretzel, and eat it without hiding in fear... of the "seagulls/kids" that will swarm me if they see me having a morsel of food. </span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Yes, dear kind person...I would like to watch something besides the Disney Channel..and I do NOT want to know all the words to every Justin Bieber song. I would like to watch movies without 3D glasses, and go to restaurants that don't have a kiddie menu. Fast, you say? Yes, fast will get me through the day...thank you very much!"</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And the best...of them all..as I tote around my adorable Chinese children..from all kinds of people:</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">"you are an incredible person, saint, Mother Theresa..whatever.."</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>My "real" response:</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>Well, thank you kindly...but I seriously doubt that saints, or the dearly departed Mother looked forward to a beer at 5:00 pm to get them through to bedtime.</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>I also don't think those of a saintly status had times where they lied to their kids and told them it was 8 pm...time to brush their teeth..when in actuality it was 6:30.</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>Or I am quite certain that saints don't second guess themselves...thinking that if we had only had two...we would be doing this, that and the other....(usually quite frivolous things..like trips, and the like...)</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>I also know that the Holy do not throw temper tantrums worse than a two year old at times when their kids don't listen. So ....thanks for the compliment...but.....</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>The saintly would also be quite calm and patient when kids do things like....</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>hide mom's car keys..so well that the car has to be towed to the dealer for a new set</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>or</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>stuff 12 juice boxes down the toilet...mixed with applesauce..for fun..</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>or</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>take food from the pantry..and when they have eaten half of it..just stuff the remaining half in the couch..to be found..quite awhile later...</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>or</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>carve their name in the kitchen table...</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>YES..these things would NEVER ruffle a person with "holy" describing them.</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">So, that' the REAL truth...and nothin' but the truth...so help me God! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And at the end of the day, I would never, ever, trade this life for anything. No life of leisure could compare to the love that I feel for every single one of my kids. No amount of money could replace the amazing experience of having this family. And quiet, perfect, houses make me a tad nervous.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I'm just saying'....it aint perfect <b>ALL</b> the time. And it's ok to let it all out. Tell a friend, sibling, partner, your dog...anyone....how you <b>REALLY</b> feel at times. It gives such a sense of freedom.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And to be honest.....I think it helps you to appreciate your life on a whole new level, because when you <b>REEAALLLY</b> picture your life without all "this"(whatever "this" entails to you")........it just seems empty. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">SO vent away my friends....take a load off your shoulders and your heart...and your tomorrows will take on a whole new meaning.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ04ksCjJYFWdkFUp-7h5Vtw8Qmb6vHQzStlOrEMwELBrqLdgREuJ-X4KJE7ye0_rWdin1t9tRXiHrcg5Sqxrh5sBWTxIRnYbMburC-_oelsA1blZEQqvQEPZX71L9nBGSIDRKw-GX1A/s400/DSC_0429.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699867788891266098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-5913410664778129122012-01-16T12:49:00.000-08:002012-01-16T15:04:23.518-08:00COOK IT UP MONDAY!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><div id="recipe-lead" class="clrfix" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 21px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 21px; padding-left: 0px; zoom: 1; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 206); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><i>Here is the first entry in COOK IT UP MONDAY!! It's easy, kid friendly, and can be prepared with "light" ingredients, and a few variations for taste! </i></span></b></div><div id="recipe-lead" class="clrfix" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 21px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 21px; padding-left: 0px; zoom: 1; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 206); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><i>I will be cooking it up tomorrow...so I will let you know how the kids liked it!! Please leave me your favorite recipe....I would love to build a database big enough to have a special button on the blog for them! Help a mother out please??</i></span></b></div><div id="recipe-lead" class="clrfix" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 21px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 21px; padding-left: 0px; zoom: 1; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(214, 214, 206); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><i>Have a great Monday!!! Tomorrow I will post on the birthdays we are celebrating today and tomorrow! 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"></div><div class="body-text" style="color: rgb(61, 61, 61); font-size: 13px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 14px; padding-right: 14px; padding-bottom: 14px; padding-left: 14px; position: relative; z-index: 10; "><p class="note kv-intro" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 21px; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; ">In just 30 minutes, you can serve this delectable dish, with a rich, satiny Alfredo sauce that coats chicken, broccoli and pasta.</p><h2 class="kv-ingred" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; 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padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 23px; ">1 cup fresh or frozen broccoli flowerets</li><li class="ingredient" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 23px; ">2 tablespoons butter</li><li class="ingredient" style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 23px; ">4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves (about 1 pound), cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces</li><li class="ingredient" style="outline-style: none; 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Add the broccoli during the last 4 minutes of the cooking time. Drain the linguine mixture well in a colander.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; ">Heat the butter in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until it's well browned, stirring often.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; ">Stir the soup, milk, cheese, black pepper and linguine mixture in the skillet and cook until the chicken is cooked through, stirring occasionally. Serve with additional Parmesan cheese.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "><em style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: italic; ">Grilled Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo:</em> Substitute grilled chicken breasts for the skinless, boneless chicken.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "><em style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: italic; ">Shrimp & Broccoli Alfredo:</em> Substitute 1 pound fresh extra large shrimp, shelled and deveined for the chicken. Cook as directed for the chicken above, until the shrimp are cooked through.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "><em style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: italic; ">Serving Suggestion:</em> Serve wth a mixed green salad topped with orange sections, walnut pieces and raspberry vinaigrette. For dessert serve almond biscotti.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; ">You can substitute spaghetti or fettuccine for the linguine in this recipe.</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; ">Cost per recipe: $7.86</p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; "><br /></p><p style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; ">HOPE YOU ENJOYED!!</p></div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-62108975886649017702012-01-13T06:46:00.000-08:002012-01-13T07:23:24.559-08:00I'm Baaaackkk!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">Hello there! Tap tap tap ...is anyone still following?? I hope so! </span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">I am so excited to be back to regular blogging..and to share some exciting new things that I hope to have on the horizon for 2012!! </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">I am going to detail the plans for this year here...by number since that's the easiest way to organize my brain! :-)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">Firstly...if you followed our travel blog, I want to thank you! We are still adjusting beautifully to the new addition in our family....he is, in a word ..AWESOME! And he leads me to my first order of business in the new year...</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwIfyatJ9yXI9rcjGLOARQmEzthqR85yf8nf-hD0JMiENV-sF2wjd_45CuMFsEFSG9nk28ZQeunYNatktNKjxPqPDy8pMr9KhvISvDyk6Sfn0GU7nUzrJJLh-OAaQpV2OMB-IGquXu-Jg/s400/DSC_0163.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697135481069994898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>1)getting the word out about orphans that wait that are over 3 years....dubbed "older" and "harder to place". I will be sharing on my blog once a week, profiles of children that are "older" that need homes, as I cannot share enough what an enormous blessing it has been for our family!</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>I will also looking or families that have adopted older children to share their stories with me so that I can feature them on my blog...</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>if you have a story to share...please email me @</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>dinello04@comcast.net</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cbgqXW2ts9bi9UysVAGL85Y7btAHccCfHgChoF3-Eg1nICNrtSx6uVO79Ll_-D1m-d8uj_htyBADM-uG1v72vk53PbsqYEs8uPXSlUh-WkOJdbiUCueJziHCz0umgT8ABo-JZwjk7g4/s400/images-1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697137244732997186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 194px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>2) Featuring a family recipe of the week. Every Monday I will share a recipe, and encourage you to share one in my comments section. I am ALL ears when it comes to getting recipes to feed this huge brood of mine, and my predictable recipes are getting quite stale....So PLEASE help this mama feed her family, and help other readers freshen up their pantry too!</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvTmtIK022tzDeT99lsqMllc1whMZgUJyDdtzAw-4Mw0y0Ha-Z8tpCxKK4u8PTz8OPFxyc9-fzkzR19ud_lx1wGH_E-YEb0GENpKOexdswW8z5pS_Lx-Kl5UqeIH7cJ3zQ8KjAackF7I/s400/images-2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697137247423490914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 194px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>3) Design a home...I will be doing a blog redo...and have a section on home decorating...on a budget! In my other life..before kids....I LOVED decorating, and still do...but need to reign in the expense of it, so I will share some of my finds, and tips for decorating on a budget..and will be showing pics of some of my treasures that haven't broken the bank. I am also looking for any blog readers pics too...again email your pics and a brief description to my email:</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>dinello04@comcast.net</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWyjQ_XhN-TSGCIkmo4tvuKmtnxgM0NS8w40dSAybWNPj0-KC-qaVZF0d2diOGjYg2GFhevped4Akb85W4rgx1ErSmi1j3sCjb0Pb6hJdPQyvSrhiUhXwlVMfcIhEpeSwn0gMQ3AMku0/s400/DSC_0596.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697135486879631426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>4)Lastly...and MOST IMPORTANTLY...I am embarking on very unfamiliar territory, but this has been on my heart for awhile....I am going to start my own non-profit. Details to follow....but the idea of it is to mobilize schools, churches, neighborhoods, into having the KIDS give to kids that are in need. I will be establishing a template that can be used in all of the above, to help children fundraise for orphans. I will be selecting a few non-profit organizations that the kids can choose from to help. My goal in this is to create empathy, understanding, and awareness in this next generation. I have been seeing in so many kids today (my own included!) that the "me, me, me, take, take, take, have, have, have" attitude is permeating their childhood...and the ignorance of what really being in need feels like escapes most kids.</i></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrV2cnh51O1yR3eu5wtFp3uBzmftXR2JBEIqbnQIqPaFtLcURP7Yl3ZEiX-FLqwF7b7A_U0iSnKhRpfVkHJibOvqjRPGMs0n8gFiooap0VSv4h6NfNHJjJk-x5NW-g2loRiGYdJGCuHA/s400/DSC_0435.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697135498441788706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>I am hoping that by creating awareness, I can help children be more aware of their "brothers and sisters" around the world. Having that awareness, and the ability to make a tangible difference in others lives could be such an important life lesson for them. </i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>Again...I am in the baby stage of this project..so I will update as I get further along! </i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i>So stay tuned....2012 is sure to be another important year in our family...we are so excited to have you join us!!</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-38682333163663463972011-11-20T05:23:00.000-08:002011-11-20T05:28:56.684-08:00Travel Blog!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><span><span></span></span>Just wanted to let you all know that we have started a travel blog that will follow our journey to Shawn! Please sign the guestbook...and include your email if you want to be notified of our updates!! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">6 DAYS until we leave...I cannot even stand it I am so excited!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">Here is the link...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://www.babyjellybeans.com/web/do/site?ID=32682">http://www.babyjellybeans.com/web/do/site?ID=32682</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Hope you will join us!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>xoxoxo</div><div>Amy</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-52294451390460678492011-11-04T11:36:00.000-07:002011-11-04T11:41:39.529-07:00WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaAfGhGNzZTkg2jVfRp-5uAB6XYVXcUWv-AlIQNAIu5BVBRu2vZxPAXKGtnlMa5fkqzA_xDnrTeQMivH72gSeuSV9qNrPnCqkwZk2_OSsAS4gPMgibVebj5Hu8yo6DP9avFZnAxA3Mcg/s1600/10472327-plane-over-china--map-is-copyright-free-off-a-goverment-website--nationalatlas-gov.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZaAfGhGNzZTkg2jVfRp-5uAB6XYVXcUWv-AlIQNAIu5BVBRu2vZxPAXKGtnlMa5fkqzA_xDnrTeQMivH72gSeuSV9qNrPnCqkwZk2_OSsAS4gPMgibVebj5Hu8yo6DP9avFZnAxA3Mcg/s400/10472327-plane-over-china--map-is-copyright-free-off-a-goverment-website--nationalatlas-gov.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671212371296635506" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">THAT's RIGHT!!!!! WE GOT OUR TRAVEL APPROVAL!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">We will hear back Monday as to the exact travel dates, but we are hoping to leave on 11/25, and meet our son on 11/28!!!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">WoooHooooo!!!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Hang on sweet boy...you are in for the ride of your life with this crazy family!!!! Cannot wait for you to join us!!!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKmKlrj-3fzoEgL5nJy7N5jkjXF8Nb5n_7ZagQYjnjJm7EzQnMQkvhqxxKJm4CrEgw2W9nauJXnip-PYo-9NbxQTSkfLOYx_T3gpCUBOHerAVFw1NZmZR784CTGAZ5C7sUXQFXe26Cwks/s400/bao+sha+he_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671211958521295282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN9Y4UTtWRamONhP95Os_RiaZhyphenhyphen6IsKF0mC07e8-N65pe7wG7kTwAvqdY-uZ6w6RXoeWAgEtpAKOAqB0aScRAYBW7NvPS8ZLShvgXV7SPbkBze4tpmGXBRq5phr1Uaefuc8UZWx7VsJ4/s1600/10472327-plane-over-china--map-is-copyright-free-off-a-goverment-website--nationalatlas-gov.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN9Y4UTtWRamONhP95Os_RiaZhyphenhyphen6IsKF0mC07e8-N65pe7wG7kTwAvqdY-uZ6w6RXoeWAgEtpAKOAqB0aScRAYBW7NvPS8ZLShvgXV7SPbkBze4tpmGXBRq5phr1Uaefuc8UZWx7VsJ4/s1600/10472327-plane-over-china--map-is-copyright-free-off-a-goverment-website--nationalatlas-gov.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-20506634564614792242011-11-03T12:10:00.000-07:002011-11-03T12:28:20.500-07:00New Pictures!<div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">We were so fortunate to get new pictures, taken on 10/30/11! An Agency rep was visiting Shawn's orphanage and took these pictures for us......how lucky we are! Here is what she wrote about Shawn...</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Hi- Shawn is amazing!!!!! He is so cute, active and smart. His best friend is Olivia, this little girl playing ball with him. They were just running down the halls together for a while… I got lots of video too but you will have to wait til I get back as my connection is so slow.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br />CONGRATS<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"> </span></b></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">NOW...we just wait for our travel approval! We are 13 days into what is supposed to be a 2-3 week wait...and I am officially losing it a bit! I LIKE a plan, I don't like not knowing and guesstimating every day when I think that we will go.....it is really, really hard! </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I just want to get there and bring our dear boy home!!! Praying that we will be able to leave the day after Thanksgiving......God willing! </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">If you could say a prayer for us...We would appreciate it! We are so anxious to go!!!</span></b></p></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rb4jaFUKLDRm48PHLOiq-3WVE9kcZ-JY2ejb7wHIAQSzbLg4WXN-vz_fhrw89RZQYTFKhkaCmF9aN_J-V4SwBOSqJwXFqmR2SGy7Ezppv2NkDDIVR7U9sVMNJoHj1BAa2Sav_GZya5Q/s1600/Image+9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rb4jaFUKLDRm48PHLOiq-3WVE9kcZ-JY2ejb7wHIAQSzbLg4WXN-vz_fhrw89RZQYTFKhkaCmF9aN_J-V4SwBOSqJwXFqmR2SGy7Ezppv2NkDDIVR7U9sVMNJoHj1BAa2Sav_GZya5Q/s400/Image+9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670851674177755410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZJu8S2RrOcaydSGQqS2WI-q1sQOaHVtmeyE1jfKyLujF5Z27uqcSP4k2n-zprdXa4WSli4KFh0NXpUwfrsvPd2dsAZ1DoaW0N9zy1cG7XRXUQ-lSXCtajBQFE2EwTrL0LcH1_QXubEE/s1600/Image+7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZJu8S2RrOcaydSGQqS2WI-q1sQOaHVtmeyE1jfKyLujF5Z27uqcSP4k2n-zprdXa4WSli4KFh0NXpUwfrsvPd2dsAZ1DoaW0N9zy1cG7XRXUQ-lSXCtajBQFE2EwTrL0LcH1_QXubEE/s400/Image+7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670851655765737362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxlujVCV6KD83bVzHeQQCiVUaXZ546tjpWKFJqdvO2c031iCzv9KfVuV1E8PqwCe81exvPx7vBFwAsmjMKj_7mOn6AYN0acCy5Ik1EYVGooGv5XKW-SxaW9EITyoe97w1q4ggZsie8ys/s1600/Image+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxlujVCV6KD83bVzHeQQCiVUaXZ546tjpWKFJqdvO2c031iCzv9KfVuV1E8PqwCe81exvPx7vBFwAsmjMKj_7mOn6AYN0acCy5Ik1EYVGooGv5XKW-SxaW9EITyoe97w1q4ggZsie8ys/s400/Image+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670851647620231010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4sOIoFzth4YvcFlbv_GaJg_szrOr4X94MBFBPljW_7p5ArtHDOWbBl8eJtgD6fIdcFOrbUf_5gsxyVEKc6LfmxIbiClwaOMCiGmRJ_8KuJ5cN5hq0Gq8yyMX9K-53-aLb3nh3iZIZtWI/s1600/Image+8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4sOIoFzth4YvcFlbv_GaJg_szrOr4X94MBFBPljW_7p5ArtHDOWbBl8eJtgD6fIdcFOrbUf_5gsxyVEKc6LfmxIbiClwaOMCiGmRJ_8KuJ5cN5hq0Gq8yyMX9K-53-aLb3nh3iZIZtWI/s400/Image+8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670851637811747154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwjMsWMp1VtPFBm6EwZuF1xVHF83mjmO4j_rdcjVGXljmGa8P5AWCtQxmxKpfkiRJXy61LtNw43N2IQPAzh1gGjLdYv2NKDdpM56iePB8ztmP9jsuXgr7jPEdA71HXx9VnZ1ESDLVeJQ/s1600/Image.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwjMsWMp1VtPFBm6EwZuF1xVHF83mjmO4j_rdcjVGXljmGa8P5AWCtQxmxKpfkiRJXy61LtNw43N2IQPAzh1gGjLdYv2NKDdpM56iePB8ztmP9jsuXgr7jPEdA71HXx9VnZ1ESDLVeJQ/s400/Image.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670851632224680978" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-77445482645674713332011-10-26T04:49:00.000-07:002011-10-26T05:00:49.539-07:00CHRISTMAS CARDS...and A GREAT CAUSE!!!<div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">Ok--BIG NEWS!!! </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">My favorite photographer....that has done the most incredible images of my kids...(see pic on the sidebar with kids on red truck!) has generously offered to do a Christmas Card event---shooting all day on NOVEMBER 5th...with the most incredible background....an old vintage sleigh, or her beautiful farm....</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">and she will be donating approximately $200 of the $295 fee to LOVE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">What an amazing opportunity for you to get your BEST Christmas card ever....and help orphans in China that so desperately need you!! It's a WIN-WIN!!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">She is located in Dillsburg, PA...a very close drive from Maryland, PA, DC area...and SO worth it to travel further!!! PLEASE support Love Without Boundaries...and Heidi! She is an incredible woman who besides being an <i>incredible</i> photographer...is also a 5 YEAR Breast Cancer survivor, and awesome mom to her great kids!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">BOOK now...so that you can feel EXTRA good about your holiday cards this year...and save yourself the extra stress!!! AND get a great memory!!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">CALL 717-648-3652 to schedule your time slot!!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMBPEi9IXjfuZRY1WALD6GcjEnvAdz24glczO-3PnDSyZfznxYDp7Bfiku9BpXnXl7rrCvbEI3OLGWK8k11qM-20Lj4JNWoCGFY9ZZI3qrFvi-V1p7v68MyrXr3HTDCUdAdW1zhGpgaU/s1600/304859_10150334383870688_78317800687_8150225_1391517323_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMBPEi9IXjfuZRY1WALD6GcjEnvAdz24glczO-3PnDSyZfznxYDp7Bfiku9BpXnXl7rrCvbEI3OLGWK8k11qM-20Lj4JNWoCGFY9ZZI3qrFvi-V1p7v68MyrXr3HTDCUdAdW1zhGpgaU/s400/304859_10150334383870688_78317800687_8150225_1391517323_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667766898657206562" /></a>Thanks!!!!!!<div>Amy Dinello</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-6505119685032886122011-10-17T09:35:00.001-07:002011-10-17T09:35:32.418-07:00About A Boy.....<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hn2A1NsKVtUFSjhgCpMOayZQjhCwPu0MjHlZuYympZk38fiYDv3QrYjdz39pw-tiNYI9AOQxzSRbJNshBi8G5C5t2Ga51khHdxq4lxq6dtvCgT5Oc9mgiJRdI2Niqn9oyuc4X251tAI/s1600/bao+sha+he_6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hn2A1NsKVtUFSjhgCpMOayZQjhCwPu0MjHlZuYympZk38fiYDv3QrYjdz39pw-tiNYI9AOQxzSRbJNshBi8G5C5t2Ga51khHdxq4lxq6dtvCgT5Oc9mgiJRdI2Niqn9oyuc4X251tAI/s400/bao+sha+he_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664469990145653410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><div>Since I have our newest son, Shawn on the brain, and I haven't shared all the great bits about him yet....I thought I would let you all get to know him!!</div><br /><br /><div></div>I first saw his face when he was part of a camp that was held at his orphanage. An American agency visited, met him, made videos, asked questions, and gave an amazing assessment of who our sweet boy is....<br /><br /><br /><div></div>Here are some things that were said about him by the agency rep that met him.....<br /><br /><br /><div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUC_0OXm4gihfAautDY1gnwCGFR8mGTenUhJf5KcmktNbIR2184RciYQGUwuJf5_4c86rFZmanFDCXcbKzphEeRBdOqAavSy-G3GsKVRXJLMkhzvDavCD8qRb44awEOj47OaE_wlGai4/s400/bao+sha+he_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664469995298710354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"Shawn is absolutely precious! I got to meet him when we did our camp there:-)</span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">He is an orphanage favorite! The nannies all talked about him so lovingly.</span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">They would take him home at night, so he has some experience in family type settings:-)</span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">He seemed very responsive during the interviews--he was able to point to all of his body parts and he knew his colors. He was often caught snuggling with one of the nannies during the camp. He performed a cute little tiger dance all by himself for the camp.</span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">I worked so hard to try to find him a family, so I hope so much his family finally will find him!</span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Do you know about his orphanage? If you don't, you should go to our blog and look at the posts about Bao an. It is truly a very special place. They have a tremendous amount of resources there,including the Sunshine Academy (which you can look up online), which teaches the kids English. Miss Heidi is the American English teacher and she is great with the kids.</span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">They take all sorts of outings, like to the market or the zoo to help the kids experience life! They do a lot of performances at Bao'an, because I guess they have officials visit pretty often. It's really quite an amazing place. Don't hesitate to contact me if I can answer any other questions for you."</span></em></strong><br /><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">This was written also during the camp....</span></em></strong></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><div><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;">"Let's take Shawn: he has a special need that may never effect him in his life, or it could--it's hard to say. Up until now, he has been a healthy, intelligent, scrumptious little boy! Everyone loves him. ."</span></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em>And this.....</em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;">"Shawn is an orphanage favorite. All of the nannies enjoy taking him home and giving him lots of attention! His special need doesn't affect his daily life and he is adorable and well loved. He is one of the youngest in our group of kids this time. I had no idea he was any different than any other 3 year old! He's quite responsive and knows his body parts and colors and can follow directions. He had a good time with the beach ball!"</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><br /></em></strong></div><div><strong><em>And this too......</em></strong></div></div><div><strong><em><br /></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;">"Shawn is definitely loved, and the nannies fight over him! He is smart, agile, and has such a sweet personality! The family that gets to call him theirs, will be very blessed!"</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><br /></em></strong></div><div><b>So there you have it!! It seems that our dear boy is being very well loved while he is waiting for his family. This is WONDERFUL, as it gives me such peace of mind. However--it also is one of my greatest fears.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>He will be missing these loving nannies terribly. They have been his "Mama" for almost 5 years. He loves them. He know nothing outside of his orphanage. He doesn't realize that having a family is better than living in an institution. He WILL come to realize this, but in the beginning it will be so rough for him, I'm sure.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Our 5 and 7 year olds are coming with us to China, and I have prepared them, as excited as THEY are to meet Shawn....he might not feel the same way in the beginning.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>If you are a praying person---please pray for his little heart--as we are preparing to meet him. Pray that God holds his little hand as he meets us, and that he is as prepared as he can be!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>I truly cannot wait to have this blessing of a boy home....even the challenges, I welcome them--he is so worth it!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>And at the end of this week, we will be officially waiting for our travel approval! Anticipating travel hopefully in about 5ish weeks!! Holy Cow--we are in the homestretch!!!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Amy xoxoox</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-84783526391273336952011-10-13T06:34:00.000-07:002011-10-13T07:34:38.888-07:00The Juggler<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWW5ZZsfhyZz9YFDPjXXLxeDvTvdFmzDq02WZQQ00ss3EF_5PDDYwPw554r4PIi8NpSsX56hUPYaU0zb3jm6TXvkxVSTerNXT4OFyvO5dD4pwG6-8NYug3Ad1u_3341TeJTambhT_o9M/s1600/Unknown" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 92px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWW5ZZsfhyZz9YFDPjXXLxeDvTvdFmzDq02WZQQ00ss3EF_5PDDYwPw554r4PIi8NpSsX56hUPYaU0zb3jm6TXvkxVSTerNXT4OFyvO5dD4pwG6-8NYug3Ad1u_3341TeJTambhT_o9M/s400/Unknown" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662974535789609586" /></span></b></a></div><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Lately, I feel like I have taken on a new occupation...one for which I was not trained, nor, ever thought I was capable.</span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">I have become a Juggler. Yes--every single day--I juggle.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Breakfast</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">laundry</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">football</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbc9TxXoCWKeAqBG4rrjf9AX3vNGmRiVcaoYkE5cY4tMJC02rCRormr9fwQ9VUqyiVNRKcs6Fzx92OPVwI2L8raJoIUAvHiWKktCf_yxzZkjnb1-5lCTSYdTQeaJFkfPXKsT1HMV2EWM/s400/DSC_0976_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979173365898466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">cheering</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiidn-6HMyrLnEK0ABstqhWO4Oq-ayx1ceMPaHNEERnrNBYR6VF2NCKYWSk_AKjqSDEyvp2p4vtBhiQNpEPLfsK3ynJx_5YOghi7hy1blYrSGEDY9pKPsFStTIZ-jZNbYn9ULw5oFKGfgg/s400/DSC_0004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979136699827762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKj_nrafuv8j-DFAJ6wzcG5CHbdyFmRPeLzK1l4832fV2kXRNlhqoNznWfIUbzi_ncer3Xbpr1ip78-BnUWCXsqKXHRmAAS8dkvS9V-i9bNTFU3ZRL8JfQPu-L1QkUozUinhZGdFimP0M/s400/DSC_0040_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979142034605074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">dance</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALtq9HhR-tA0OlJiWFaaBalCLkCviMG9ioF4O8DWhtoXbwixUWwLwPra4OXHhThsDXTrEtLoOC_i7hc7vJUDBjfAmSIx0XbU8hgxL9HL0xIzLPojBMcxX-vXxh7OvZT1Eod4B3C0Qfv4/s400/DSC_0311.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979177108784498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">gymnastics</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVqmbeKqxKf9K6GglsGTj_W-6eP9v5YIzKyIBm8B4iCrAtyS-IGoQzWy2Pf3MHGt26pVROPKvMhzsPWQnpH76LB3srdrB3KNvGMIBv7h5DCISoYuMX3mqJX_LHEEhtrqENHmzpc4zEdQ/s400/DSC_0217_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979154152415954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">homework</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">marriage</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">hurts</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">celebrations</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyFBfGHuoo-BXYuzPL-jHHnIXx4wxZiv_Dr1JTSLxC3q0qP3c2zObFrA_PvXEvJIgLcu-ETGu-mk9d3X-8l999g_bkG-QLPUnBrhP_cbY9ushgvhst7CxTVzEzm6gNdGfswonxc_-XSk/s400/DSC_0220_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979706650986658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">tears</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">cuddles</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">discipline</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">baths</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">bedtime</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">adoption related stuff</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp8Z202C8O4GxnsuYRcmJE-rR34a5w3hhzG_5lRP47fZE9QhyAB_Q5pm4HcI8l-FZbcP66bp_w8rr6zMEb5m_jNQcKqLyHOIesrJFsrjUZuOXvuVVnt4_l6EY8iHpyff549mTy5LtlpM/s400/bao+sha+he_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979727968332194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px; " /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp8Z202C8O4GxnsuYRcmJE-rR34a5w3hhzG_5lRP47fZE9QhyAB_Q5pm4HcI8l-FZbcP66bp_w8rr6zMEb5m_jNQcKqLyHOIesrJFsrjUZuOXvuVVnt4_l6EY8iHpyff549mTy5LtlpM/s1600/bao+sha+he_6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp8Z202C8O4GxnsuYRcmJE-rR34a5w3hhzG_5lRP47fZE9QhyAB_Q5pm4HcI8l-FZbcP66bp_w8rr6zMEb5m_jNQcKqLyHOIesrJFsrjUZuOXvuVVnt4_l6EY8iHpyff549mTy5LtlpM/s1600/bao+sha+he_6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">and on and on and on</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Every day--I have all the proverbial balls in the air--trying to make everyone happy...maintain some sense of control, and normalcy.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTsYDk-DhuSnwW58VA-xQ_JCJ0zIYJu2M_6GjlrTkfUoarwB4iDnhmC4GCWwYxneE6EkEbsYUwNAVLd1870Ip54UCSoN9_rC3RvyaIRtiw9QZEhKn3m3saSEdYTkZMSBcXdUFCuKEzho/s400/DSC_0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979692473690434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Guess what happens<i> every</i> day?</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">One of the balls is bound to drop.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">There is just no way that I can do it all, and do it all perfectly. Some days are pretty great...we sail through, all goes pretty well.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqM2wn7Z9bI7H8rX8Saw2d1-d_GgQScYKeT1bHN0YXusjzE3buun6QcHXiOAi8oeMUuDAkMttCbN1PdKH-eJTos9QGgLDm70Z9KIYBxQBlnNiJHmrSykDQ1GYn5vXwK31a-l6oytYUjU/s400/DSC_0059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979687518383858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">But some days--I feel as if all the balls are just lying on the floor taunting me...and I just want to run screaming. <i>Or possibly, just take a nap.</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcPCxymYe-dDyvonR438m-RFZU0q_MOnbfO2ZNAtpJaGbj6AXow2vLT6RRDv7iVCuyLbN49in1L4Ks9SqtN5dFuteSikATfj4W5S03dkiBtLknKkLkeuG3kK2_2QNW2VChzhnv6-87bjE/s400/DSC_0423.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662983998150103042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Do you know what I have learned? </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">It is OK to not be perfect.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">It is OK to drop the ball once and awhile.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">If my kids see me as infallible, then they will get a false sense that they too must be perfect. That they can't have an off day.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46uzN4p6QQ0CfscnFREYZ4WawSSRSCOtorXSK94oQI6cQOVG9OfJxHCHxWPBb7TA4z0uDQTTwn9epzDjdvuh3MJOSsyc7OeNMPjxQk6EICcNS-BA17dhrU_vMd0V9uQvl0otGNb0g9qQ/s400/DSC_0017_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662979704326702210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And that's just setting them up for failure. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">So I am learning to embrace the days that dinner gets burnt, there are missing socks, one kid is in a timeout, while another is dumping rice all over the kitchen floor. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">It's LIFE. And to be honest, in this house....there are more balls dropped then kept in the air most days. </span></i></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And guess what? </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">My kids forgive me. My kids love me. Most times they don't notice when things aren't just so. And life continues with the promise of a better tomorrow.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And, my family gets a lesson in all of it. </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Perfection is over-rated . </span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">And if I wanted to be a juggler---I would have just joined the <i>darn circus.</i></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;">Wait a minute......I think I already have!!! :-)</span></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-48666132818185472352011-09-27T05:37:00.001-07:002011-09-27T06:43:20.103-07:00Shawn...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq4IbXdgWe5xhn0RMTVTEo6eLyPslMUw8HXy6NJjODb27S7y8lc1HTs2Jt7fObAySxbHYqsERd2CW1Vo3Jhuc-Em8LAhT4Jp8HL1ln5J3O2SJ1vyWD4OPav2zy7XosiGbNE0sPW4jEMI/s1600/bao+sha+he_8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaq4IbXdgWe5xhn0RMTVTEo6eLyPslMUw8HXy6NJjODb27S7y8lc1HTs2Jt7fObAySxbHYqsERd2CW1Vo3Jhuc-Em8LAhT4Jp8HL1ln5J3O2SJ1vyWD4OPav2zy7XosiGbNE0sPW4jEMI/s400/bao+sha+he_8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657027337818808770" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">I cannot even tell you the stress that I have been feeling at the lack of pics since April...</span></b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">I truly felt like there had to be something wrong...he was hurt, sick, something...(I know, it's irrational...I mean it's not like they are busy or anything!!:)</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">And then, after checking my emails one last time before bed...here they are!!! My beautiful, beautiful boy!! Is it possible that he is even cuter???? Oh my word!! And he is so big...it makes me want to seriously cry!!</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">As Caroline said.."Oh, no Mom...it took too long to get him, and now he got big!!"</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">We love him to pieces...seriously...madly in love with his face!! And we could be holding him in just 2 months!! (If all goes well!) ...</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">Without anymore rambling...here are pics of him, taken Saturday...which just happens to be my birthday!! What a GIFT!!</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;">At the end of the photos I made a slideshow with my new bday present..Macbook! I am having so much fun with it!! Click on the arrow to watch the slideshow!!</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwH_tHyt3ZQZn9VPHd5nRf0Le9UQQDufjSir1AUfnIMKPA27aRcTWXyE5cTZweWuVVjrspLBXaBudz1KQl6PU67ydDyHERatiGv6k9-PIruBe11VqqLUcrzEEFnslyGxUh1QTIAj2n5k/s1600/bao+sha+he_8.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6joR4QScVx-Q_ePR3PTRcrCWDeR3p7jR9woxUQs_QUeJsAKg0y746GMsVmdB_bLJow_krlalKlwmgTlrr0RozHn_BP17UOxrHDOT56NlxIvJkufugjZNqjuC00E42XMGnp_MBCplmt8/s1600/bao+sha+he_7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hr16kj_JOS21-uEKcyiKs1HdC62qMMkuCdLAyP-IcmEWL0DjT9ZLAD4R9zVM874JMj_axOwnBSdCq1dZowpvxujjePByjUv_Jc8rAtlKYWCBybh4rLimSxFrUe2bbElJzYq03lG-eyw/s400/bao+sha+he_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657026671846544466" /></a><br /><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>Isn't he AWESOME!!!???? I am so in love!!!</i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><b><i>Here's the slideshow!</i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxjF9fREs9rYYzCfIrMcz22ecpX9LP70boriKRS9SD3CDOXvF7S6Ye1aX-Ge24wnabJ_IpKymQpSyKpCIDDOg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-14099270015581340362011-09-23T07:34:00.000-07:002011-10-17T07:50:29.641-07:00ABOUT A BOY.....<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hn2A1NsKVtUFSjhgCpMOayZQjhCwPu0MjHlZuYympZk38fiYDv3QrYjdz39pw-tiNYI9AOQxzSRbJNshBi8G5C5t2Ga51khHdxq4lxq6dtvCgT5Oc9mgiJRdI2Niqn9oyuc4X251tAI/s1600/bao+sha+he_6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Hn2A1NsKVtUFSjhgCpMOayZQjhCwPu0MjHlZuYympZk38fiYDv3QrYjdz39pw-tiNYI9AOQxzSRbJNshBi8G5C5t2Ga51khHdxq4lxq6dtvCgT5Oc9mgiJRdI2Niqn9oyuc4X251tAI/s400/bao+sha+he_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664469990145653410" /></a><br /><div>Since I have our newest son, Shawn on the brain, and I haven't shared all the great bits about him yet....I thought I would let you all get to know him!!</div><br /><br /><div></div>I first saw his face when he was part of a camp that was held at his orphanage. An American agency visited, met him, made videos, asked questions, and gave an amazing assessment of who our sweet boy is....<br /><br /><br /><div></div>Here are some things that were said about him by the agency rep that met him.....<br /><br /><br /><div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUC_0OXm4gihfAautDY1gnwCGFR8mGTenUhJf5KcmktNbIR2184RciYQGUwuJf5_4c86rFZmanFDCXcbKzphEeRBdOqAavSy-G3GsKVRXJLMkhzvDavCD8qRb44awEOj47OaE_wlGai4/s400/bao+sha+he_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664469995298710354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">"Shawn is absolutely precious! I got to meet him when we did our camp there:-) </span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">He is an orphanage favorite! The nannies all talked about him so lovingly. </span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">They would take him home at night, so he has some experience in family type settings:-) </span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">He seemed very responsive during the interviews--he was able to point to all of his body parts and he knew his colors. He was often caught snuggling with one of the nannies during the camp. He performed a cute little tiger dance all by himself for the camp. </span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">I worked so hard to try to find him a family, so I hope so much his family finally will find him!</span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Do you know about his orphanage? If you don't, you should go to our blog and look at the posts about Bao an. It is truly a very special place. They have a tremendous amount of resources there,including the Sunshine Academy (which you can look up online), which teaches the kids English. Miss Heidi is the American English teacher and she is great with the kids. </span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">They take all sorts of outings, like to the market or the zoo to help the kids experience life! They do a lot of performances at Bao'an, because I guess they have officials visit pretty often. It's really quite an amazing place. Don't hesitate to contact me if I can answer any other questions for you."</span></em></strong><br /><br /><br /></span><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;">This was written also during the camp....</span></em></strong></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><div><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;">"Let's take Shawn: he has a special need that may never effect him in his life, or it could--it's hard to say. Up until now, he has been a healthy, intelligent, scrumptious little boy! Everyone loves him. ."</span></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em>And this.....</em></strong></div><br /><br /><div><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;">"Shawn is an orphanage favorite. All of the nannies enjoy taking him home and giving him lots of attention! His special need doesn't affect his daily life and he is adorable and well loved. He is one of the youngest in our group of kids this time. I had no idea he was any different than any other 3 year old! He's quite responsive and knows his body parts and colors and can follow directions. He had a good time with the beach ball!"</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><br /></em></strong></div><div><strong><em>And this too......</em></strong></div></div><div><strong><em><br /></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff0000;">"Shawn is definitely loved, and the nannies fight over him! He is smart, agile, and has such a sweet personality! The family that gets to call him theirs, will be very blessed!"</span></em></strong></div><div><strong><em><br /></em></strong></div><div><b>So there you have it!! It seems that our dear boy is being very well loved while he is waiting for his family. This is WONDERFUL, as it gives me such peace of mind. However--it also is one of my greatest fears. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>He will be missing these loving nannies terribly. They have been his "Mama" for almost 5 years. He loves them. He know nothing outside of his orphanage. He doesn't realize that having a family is better than living in an institution. He WILL come to realize this, but in the beginning it will be so rough for him, I'm sure.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Our 5 and 7 year olds are coming with us to China, and I have prepared them, as excited as THEY are to meet Shawn....he might not feel the same way in the beginning. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>If you are a praying person---please pray for his little heart--as we are preparing to meet him. Pray that God holds his little hand as he meets us, and that he is as prepared as he can be! </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>I truly cannot wait to have this blessing of a boy home....even the challenges, I welcome them--he is so worth it! </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>And at the end of this week, we will be officially waiting for our travel approval! Anticipating travel hopefully in about 5ish weeks!! Holy Cow--we are in the homestretch!!!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Amy xoxoox</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-65901042213387894842011-09-08T18:36:00.001-07:002011-09-08T19:04:44.267-07:00THIS JUST IN..........<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBvb80eO0CdsxZlZfAaMoWX37R-0-xSjRUdG-rFM3e8RdfNeA3TNwOuffPf8Sw4rImPK6wDhhQ0jiZEyLfR75zQOGijthjF-P6xa_VF391UarZm4dW_hV0p8kbZPlZlDhBWyMUwEFw-Q/s1600/samp12ff94f734e4770d%255B1%255D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650168240202534994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyBvb80eO0CdsxZlZfAaMoWX37R-0-xSjRUdG-rFM3e8RdfNeA3TNwOuffPf8Sw4rImPK6wDhhQ0jiZEyLfR75zQOGijthjF-P6xa_VF391UarZm4dW_hV0p8kbZPlZlDhBWyMUwEFw-Q/s400/samp12ff94f734e4770d%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Celebrating here today! We got our Letter of Approval from China to adopt Shawn! This is the biggest step in the process, and it means that in China's eyes, we are approved officially as his family! :-)</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">We now wait on our travel approval, which is broken up into several small steps that take about 8 weeks. We anticipate late November/early December travel! I am so excited that it looks like our sweet boy will be home for Christmas!! (unless we meet with a delay of some sort---praying for none!!)</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I feel like now I can start organizing things for travel, and really getting things ready for Shawn! I get superstitious before this point to really do too much. I am just so excited---I cannot WAIT to wrap my arms around my darling boy!!</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">In my excitement, I sent Shawn another care package! I also will be mailing him a few things from us--through our care package lady--Ann, at Red Thread China--she's great!</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">The Autumn Moon festival is coming up in a few days, and the moon is incredibly important in the Chinese culture. I am sending Shawn and his buddies some Moon Cakes to celebrate--and some Lollipops, since I know he likes them! I am also sending more pics..with all his siblings English names, so hopefully he will be somewhat familiar with them! :-) </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Funny thing is, when I uploaded a picture of Shawn to send--the label Sam was on the pic--without me realizing it. His name when he was listed at our agency was "Sam"-which is also the name of my youngest! </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">(ironic huh?)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Anyhoo--when Ann got my pics--she kept the Sam label on. By the time I realized it--the package had already been sent! So--the orphanage just might start calling him Sam! Yikes! </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Hopefully she can e-mail them and tell them my mistake! Can't have two Sams in the house......haha!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Here's the pics of the kids....(and Shawn labeled as Sam!)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMZSzNqMjyhgKTkCRrS4vPkqgvRyVSe3kKea6Z3o1oyIHoh8Xm7DrBh5wOricSVyGluhdavUsImtmKHDNsHJQEZFr1FTr40Vh9k0PoJBU2fDQ-vPYFfI8ZK0oXxzPNymH4ItLzZ9zKb0/s1600/bao+sha+he1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650168237278409394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikMZSzNqMjyhgKTkCRrS4vPkqgvRyVSe3kKea6Z3o1oyIHoh8Xm7DrBh5wOricSVyGluhdavUsImtmKHDNsHJQEZFr1FTr40Vh9k0PoJBU2fDQ-vPYFfI8ZK0oXxzPNymH4ItLzZ9zKb0/s400/bao+sha+he1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Here are the treats we sent--I hope he likes them!<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHpeurk-2cK20kFYMRz2hqutkCxBN66h6r3UayguA9Z5U6Q6XY0VXlY7T7X6-CNgqLERv5hp0o7pSJmFp5kmif-zQTJibd9neKByTQSPDD0UhMHh2s9zGiQHlYvxSUbcjsKzgcy07vds/s1600/bao+sha+he3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650168237949026626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjHpeurk-2cK20kFYMRz2hqutkCxBN66h6r3UayguA9Z5U6Q6XY0VXlY7T7X6-CNgqLERv5hp0o7pSJmFp5kmif-zQTJibd9neKByTQSPDD0UhMHh2s9zGiQHlYvxSUbcjsKzgcy07vds/s400/bao+sha+he3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I'm so excited to be at this point--but now I just want to go and get him home!! Can you all pray that the process goes smoothly--and quickly---from this point on?? Any delay could mean Christmas travel--and we would have to wait till after! ugh!!</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Can you also keep people in PA in your prayers--we have had MASSIVE flooding, and even been off school for two days. It is heart wrenching to see all the damage done by water. </em></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Thanks! And I hope you all have a great Friday! </span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">xoxox</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Amy<br /></span></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-30886997257231956582011-09-01T06:40:00.001-07:002011-09-01T08:12:53.549-07:00Don't tell them<div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">This post was initially going to be a back to school post---focusing on Hope and Charlie--since they started their first day of Kindergarten today! (sniff sniff!) </span></strong></div>
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<br />they love each other........just the same as if it were so.</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">They watch out for each other.......</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">get in loads of trouble together.....</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>have the most fun together....</strong></span></div>
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">they are REAL siblings in every sense of the word REAL....</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">In fact....their names run together even in my mind...as in "HopeandCharlie.....get in here!!"
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Their personalities are very different...yet they have the same sense of humor--and can find something silly in everything!</span></strong></div>
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">And to think that I was so worried before we adopted Hope that having them so close in age might be a bad idea. I didn't realize that God had it all planned out...just as it was meant to be. HOPEandCHARLIE......</span></strong>
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">starting Kindergarten today...together...watching out for each other, having the security in each other that only a sibling could bring.
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>Don't tell them</em> they aren't "real" brother and "sister". They are the real deal...in every single way that matters. </span></strong>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Though my mama heart is breaking today at them being gone all day...I have such peace because they are together......</span><span style="font-size:180%;">just as they should be, just as it was meant to be.</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>amy xoxo</em></span></strong></div></div></div></div></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-6583269048196621472011-08-24T19:48:00.000-07:002011-08-24T20:17:45.174-07:00Shawn update!!
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<br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>****(before you read this...I will just let you know this is the fourth post I have done tonight....so if you want to see more of our summer...and you have some time on your hands....read the few posts below this!)</strong></span></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I know, I know...I have been bad about updating about where things stand with our son waiting in China...our sweet Shawn!</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">We received an update on Shawn...which was so wonderful! I asked some questions...and asked for pictures, and we got answers (yay!)...but no pictures (boo!). We also sent him this album!</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">But I also got lucky enough to get the newspaper ad that was filed when he was first found (called an abandonment ad). This is put in the local paper, and is necessary to run before adoption paperwork can be processed. </span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I have to admit...it is quite hard to see. In it, is possibly the earliest photo I will ever have of our dear boy. He is one and a half months...and the precious angel is smiling....be still my heart! His whole world just got turned upside down...and yet, he smiles. It makes me want to just cry! And it is also hard to see the rows of babies lined up with him...every one so darling...</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><em><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I wonder about each one....do they have families? They are all about 4 or 5 now....how many still wait? It could really haunt you and consume you if you really think about it. SO many....too many......yet not enough are going to grow up with the love of a parent......</span></strong></em></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Without further adieu....</span></strong></div>
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Here are the questions that were answered.......</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div>Dear Amy :
<br />First Bao Sha He got your package ,then below are information about bao sha he :
<br />1.Bao Sha He know dad ,mom and siblings .
<br />2.Bao sha he loves little monkey and dog toys .
<br />3.bao sha he `s favorite color is purple .
<br />4.sha he likes dogs .
<br />5.bao sha he `s favorite food are fish ,banana and suckers .
<br />6.bao sha he has started to learn English,sha he can count in English,sha he also can recognize letters .
<br />7.bao sha he is very happy to be adopted .
<br />8.Please bring dog or puppy toy for bao sha he ...</div>
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<br /><div>So, what do you think I did the next day? Well I got the darling some dogs and monkeys!! mini pillow pets, Pj's, little blankies.....I'm a woman out of control!! A care package is going to be sent this week....and yes, there will be a HUGE bag of lollipops (suckers!) and stickers for all the kids!!</div>
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<br /><div>And where we stand.....we are almost 5 weeks into waiting four our LOA</div>
<br /><div>(Letter of Approval) ---judging by recent time lines, we should be getting it in the next couple of weeks. </div>
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<br /><div>After that...there are a bunch or little steps...that move quickly (thank heavens!) and we should receive our Travel Approval in about 8ish weeks after our LOA. Then it's time to get packing! So I am hoping, praying that we get it soon...and I anticipate late November...or early Dec. travel. BUT....that can all change like the wind...so the above could be wishful thinking!</div>
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<br /><div>I am praying everyday that we will have our son in our arms as soon as humanely possible....he is very loved ......and so missed!!!!</div>
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<br /><div>If you could keep us in your thoughts and prayers I would so appreciate it!! </div>
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<br /><div>xoxoxo</div>
<br /><div>AMY
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Joseph celebrated his b-day this month!! What a FUN day he had....from morning till night! It seriously made me wish that I had the energy of a nine year old boy!!</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Joseph is such an amazing gift to us!! He is sensitive, sweet, yet all boy...and loves sports, and his buddies with a passion!! He also loves his family tons!</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Although...he can be a typical brother sometimes....I mean nobody's perfect right?</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">We had a blast celebrating his ninth year...started with family..then laser tags with friends!</span></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">We love you darling boy!!!</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">One of our favorite trips to make each summer is to the Land of the Little Horses in Gettysburg! </span></strong>
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">It's a great day...filled with fun...and not a TV, computer, or video game in sight!
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Just fun with family and our great friends....
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Until...the kids got into some really big trouble......
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">A happy time was had by all!! See ya next summer tiny horseys!
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<br /><strong>Many of you know Teresa! We are so fortunate to have become friends with her Mama--and were delighted that we got to share the day with her family!!
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<br /><div><strong>The thought that kept going thorugh my head, as I watched all of these kids running, laughing, </strong></div>
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<br /><strong>being silly and mischeivous.......
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<br /><strong>and relishing in the beauty of a day with new friends.....</strong></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>was that every, single, one of these kids was adopted with a special need.
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Some repaired, some not, some visible, some not......
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<br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">BUT...one thing I can assure you is this.....EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. was SPECIAL!
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<br /><strong>Mama's and Daddy's to love them......a FAMILY!
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<br /><strong>My how these children made my day!
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<br /><div><strong><em>Ren: So Charlie, are you adopted from China too?</em></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><em>Charlie: No---I don't think so......but my sister and brother are...and I have a brother still there--he's waited for some papers so we can get him.</em></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><em>Ren: Oh cool!</em></strong></div>
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<br /><div><strong><em>Ren: YEAH!!!</em></strong></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-28316272585035862662011-07-25T08:30:00.001-07:002011-07-25T10:42:07.007-07:00BEACH!!!<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Not alot of words....just alot of pictures!! </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">These are the formal ones.....which the kids despise! </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">But they turned out pretty good! I know there are a ton....but I am using this as a scrapbook too! Later I'm gonna share the fun beach ones! Lucky you!!!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Best of times, one of our favorite vacations....and favorite places!!!</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_ItC3iMD7PhqUZcyAQWdICS1d6UggstUgGENoLCPZUwPAdYtZho9PJ7bFYLVj4C-5WV0aXSEaYoxl9sq6HfQ3mczfzVOsrJCx6Txso9QaaDhhAfAQ17AHcJFF60FFP6gp3wPUeR8NRQ/s1600/746.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633322497760415698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_ItC3iMD7PhqUZcyAQWdICS1d6UggstUgGENoLCPZUwPAdYtZho9PJ7bFYLVj4C-5WV0aXSEaYoxl9sq6HfQ3mczfzVOsrJCx6Txso9QaaDhhAfAQ17AHcJFF60FFP6gp3wPUeR8NRQ/s320/746.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMFkBM2_3i0RrqM_qcjHsI596IwSbPj1RiYTJul18tcnyVk-jb8yAjjcIu-bOXhi74jZvLevVfeKJS7rdNxh4hwEEar3EPUGqY3BA-S3WDHuAtCatY8x7bsODRL88ddpE-d4AQqUbRyU/s1600/748.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633322496007132498" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcs9u39fo5viSyPkuyUzybSmDYch2HTWLuFjhD4QWcuoo-iPAHVyY15YJNUH6feHVAXXGTLATQjk3IWtvxax788w8QkvLaKHljEkBXOazNL3I4A_ixO5OHZvR42T5iQsQ32bxvaSg9ugg/s320/038.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong> </strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Hope with her diploma....all business!!!<br /><br /></strong></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjITuP0wGvHx7KJ7D3YCgnukVf8os5vpYxFPp0WUxuWzVmmvbDXeaXdD-kkL9PyqcK9I5uIvFHnrs4M_FXZsD40csH5oFApr9rz_2zHY-3n3RvevlVaD-qMekDv_leJY53K_RHmxMD498/s1600/040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615101799856405410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjITuP0wGvHx7KJ7D3YCgnukVf8os5vpYxFPp0WUxuWzVmmvbDXeaXdD-kkL9PyqcK9I5uIvFHnrs4M_FXZsD40csH5oFApr9rz_2zHY-3n3RvevlVaD-qMekDv_leJY53K_RHmxMD498/s320/040.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqpiG7zAv8KiamLCx3A-inR0rkpherfX2y0vnaXkuZLFmPnef2BRgf5x80AcgkEarlSFF9sWl-0SYz4PyAB5oOUViWNUBdNRbMQQSAPstjOikMWSrgIwtmIpS6ouF77L4cDk3spLf9Tc/s1600/044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615101328375496546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqpiG7zAv8KiamLCx3A-inR0rkpherfX2y0vnaXkuZLFmPnef2BRgf5x80AcgkEarlSFF9sWl-0SYz4PyAB5oOUViWNUBdNRbMQQSAPstjOikMWSrgIwtmIpS6ouF77L4cDk3spLf9Tc/s320/044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Some of Hope's gang!!<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYpbZMZ3sW3dJpPeZhIuvhK4LhtGDRvMKdIWZubs6inQYj_jzAtWPunu_pbwY9drb2aYXoxwczxvMwieFOrvT0QpZyIilNtyjl5GmnjsnHVyvrIyFw_t-pMZwwYt_PCLRoPGxC-WCsbM/s1600/052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615101319625770530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYpbZMZ3sW3dJpPeZhIuvhK4LhtGDRvMKdIWZubs6inQYj_jzAtWPunu_pbwY9drb2aYXoxwczxvMwieFOrvT0QpZyIilNtyjl5GmnjsnHVyvrIyFw_t-pMZwwYt_PCLRoPGxC-WCsbM/s320/052.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sam had surgery last week, to repair a bit of scar tissue on his foot.....went well, but we are looking at a summer of casts, as they want to "train" his foot to stay straight (it wants to go out to the right). Good times.......ugh!<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghItQda8Pvps0NzJFXEpYNwnCP8t8hwn_l8Ycl2c3gBcIwLY_YNvEX6J55qVid5_Q-G1Nqy3WkhqzcFZw9fptyhpqm1CmPqx-xTRQwOyk0ObdbCoqGBnf5h7904vwL7EAsEfFCwsJzmlY/s1600/051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615101311247088082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghItQda8Pvps0NzJFXEpYNwnCP8t8hwn_l8Ycl2c3gBcIwLY_YNvEX6J55qVid5_Q-G1Nqy3WkhqzcFZw9fptyhpqm1CmPqx-xTRQwOyk0ObdbCoqGBnf5h7904vwL7EAsEfFCwsJzmlY/s320/051.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Sam's adorable toes!!<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTjlq2xrH4xSc4F3fLL9NWGmYBliu9Svo68R0QsZjVPSb9Kh0yuxliR4XLgt1HGw7_llLbHnnTb9wZZt8S-b8ZeqciYE-E8xxHV9P4vYnI84YUzqUJQyR2hhwcr-Ko6v0Pfx0PL4a0Cw/s1600/055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615101305761089250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTjlq2xrH4xSc4F3fLL9NWGmYBliu9Svo68R0QsZjVPSb9Kh0yuxliR4XLgt1HGw7_llLbHnnTb9wZZt8S-b8ZeqciYE-E8xxHV9P4vYnI84YUzqUJQyR2hhwcr-Ko6v0Pfx0PL4a0Cw/s320/055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">And a note from his big sissy Caroline...who never left his side!!<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0K6hsNE2yfzkGtOKjnhm8FuwnvrDcx8KDbkVXz1uICSC1_PdjUIti50g0cGlLLW0QvnFhhGd27u7QXph36kMXzVO1FLFLrVBvfgYUUcQHDcmRssaVbksdTK_klmWcHTI5zwHk_QdyeE/s1600/059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615101303970448210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0K6hsNE2yfzkGtOKjnhm8FuwnvrDcx8KDbkVXz1uICSC1_PdjUIti50g0cGlLLW0QvnFhhGd27u7QXph36kMXzVO1FLFLrVBvfgYUUcQHDcmRssaVbksdTK_klmWcHTI5zwHk_QdyeE/s320/059.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Next up...we stole an idea from a bloggy friend...thanks Amy!! Vinyl sheeting from Home Depo*<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9oNbRrBoc9VRZRoSPXsLyPq8NXbCoFepChxbmO5lAC3Osnfpy8BluowdMjMCqziYDmL_pSlAkPHgh8gFFjfmDmfYF6pWNmCSktyt_pRAcjinJXiT0f5r61LIUf48JQfxF8lf0s0Dg6rY/s1600/068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615100038237927874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9oNbRrBoc9VRZRoSPXsLyPq8NXbCoFepChxbmO5lAC3Osnfpy8BluowdMjMCqziYDmL_pSlAkPHgh8gFFjfmDmfYF6pWNmCSktyt_pRAcjinJXiT0f5r61LIUf48JQfxF8lf0s0Dg6rY/s320/068.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> plus one sprinkler......<br /></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRfb2kTTP62JuL4SXvCpgp_bY7roRi2Qp7074NXHc8f3Hcd0pB04CzOp3VXtrD_LPAmJDGtdEN_aTDnmO1zfZGz9uxEQxibpsgNx7ATC2-29MbQue3Hv-Oldmf3qNzeCvrWVYTKSoHYI/s1600/069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615100034010902450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRfb2kTTP62JuL4SXvCpgp_bY7roRi2Qp7074NXHc8f3Hcd0pB04CzOp3VXtrD_LPAmJDGtdEN_aTDnmO1zfZGz9uxEQxibpsgNx7ATC2-29MbQue3Hv-Oldmf3qNzeCvrWVYTKSoHYI/s320/069.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">plus a bottle of dish soap and some blow up thingys......<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdAztaLURZU-IhbkJnc4Z51cTMLbkm8YPXLDnIUeVgzRpjkibFRml9kKxh5jB5OA3nkVcBYjdORY7pN5oE_xlnN0OJLF69uudrVRL0z2ebUUkI8ZBNDDydUT4QWi-PCFEa8kuIFCvEEw/s1600/072.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615100033384473026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdAztaLURZU-IhbkJnc4Z51cTMLbkm8YPXLDnIUeVgzRpjkibFRml9kKxh5jB5OA3nkVcBYjdORY7pN5oE_xlnN0OJLF69uudrVRL0z2ebUUkI8ZBNDDydUT4QWi-PCFEa8kuIFCvEEw/s320/072.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> and some bagel bites on the patio......<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">equals an AWESOME summer day!!!!!<br /><br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLs1lnD9hM97ArymyX5Fld0U3IYIPdc2KbMe71eBkoWZZDOLwD6VtnphzvSkZYQLhxpc9o6qxiOfzhm8E2FUP9heSSg63wBDKxQYWCsX_gdYAANmQqLn4yYZ54bVXKBoMHnAwj92m8bXc/s1600/076.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615100026020546994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLs1lnD9hM97ArymyX5Fld0U3IYIPdc2KbMe71eBkoWZZDOLwD6VtnphzvSkZYQLhxpc9o6qxiOfzhm8E2FUP9heSSg63wBDKxQYWCsX_gdYAANmQqLn4yYZ54bVXKBoMHnAwj92m8bXc/s320/076.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">And lastly...Hannah had her ballet recital this past saturday...and did so awesome! She tapped and hip hopped her way across the stage and we really saw her 9 years of dance pay off!!! Isn't she a beauty?? (she really is...inside and out!!)<br /></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIIr9sfZUPza_B5kir0CA8f1oaJI8pj2t5Jwo_xbE2YwR8dE74sgoAkM68B-zB6Xl6K9SoYZ7Rtk8xLHEMkQBCH8gZEWFu0FHgFtlLUxqtHeN5hGHZvNwbDX0tABM_1joyYUY5U3lP-o/s1600/082.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615100023010742242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIIr9sfZUPza_B5kir0CA8f1oaJI8pj2t5Jwo_xbE2YwR8dE74sgoAkM68B-zB6Xl6K9SoYZ7Rtk8xLHEMkQBCH8gZEWFu0FHgFtlLUxqtHeN5hGHZvNwbDX0tABM_1joyYUY5U3lP-o/s320/082.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">SO there you have it......a week in our lives....!!! Next up...swim team season, finishing up baseball, and Hope and Caroline's ballet recital!! And then the beach.......ahhhhh...cannot wait!</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Hope you have an amazing beginning to your summer!!</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">xoxox</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Amy</span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><div></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1332852631017609217.post-62781206056366268062011-05-26T05:07:00.002-07:002011-05-26T05:37:43.807-07:002 Years of my sweetness....<strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Two years of this amazing little man.....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610999850309401426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiM9OvVgKi_xz4wSlldFl8vmeC9HG-8nX_VvF_9hqoORYB4whNlgrNrVBvSzCO-2C_36au3AvKU7ne6LQjeJZDq_zOwkRPzCDasUB6mFR3sbNxCKuKNpQcV6y7WvM74X6mxUVVrj83fU/s320/011.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qi6EwB5-iWc-mN84qhwrjcKzCj0A3-JVULrwgfhDrGmNGBRJNIuHGXU7qDlV40Igux_AK7W9SGclhDXsdVa59o7XBF7ZrXXP0XSRKzdoDgTvoGvl9gpVufEvhlPecU_g6jfPMQdeczg/s1600/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611000148478412882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5qi6EwB5-iWc-mN84qhwrjcKzCj0A3-JVULrwgfhDrGmNGBRJNIuHGXU7qDlV40Igux_AK7W9SGclhDXsdVa59o7XBF7ZrXXP0XSRKzdoDgTvoGvl9gpVufEvhlPecU_g6jfPMQdeczg/s320/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2FqZ0WBvMis8p7StaxE_y8ouSz0UWFkTTFGzD2MsRIBstZD9cxSaIdFQPQHpPGlAEcLIAQC8LBD72_7bvyaDf3kYAZ1PWhOQHZpYUlcJV-aF55CF6FjSyqk5KZ9lHiXICkyE3-Kf_ys/s1600/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610999857137570002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2FqZ0WBvMis8p7StaxE_y8ouSz0UWFkTTFGzD2MsRIBstZD9cxSaIdFQPQHpPGlAEcLIAQC8LBD72_7bvyaDf3kYAZ1PWhOQHZpYUlcJV-aF55CF6FjSyqk5KZ9lHiXICkyE3-Kf_ys/s320/015.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTwVWb5PKiDNUDvoXLav3q9ivMHJAB1a7EqVj7V932B3BV_yqo9iDCBYT4bO7NMrvif9bZNXUcJXlUoJugVxrKhdeuiIyZEOOoyGuVDEfHD1m5Rtk0mkAOE_L5UnpmN_e7PdAdvkUL7I/s1600/012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610999851841212898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTwVWb5PKiDNUDvoXLav3q9ivMHJAB1a7EqVj7V932B3BV_yqo9iDCBYT4bO7NMrvif9bZNXUcJXlUoJugVxrKhdeuiIyZEOOoyGuVDEfHD1m5Rtk0mkAOE_L5UnpmN_e7PdAdvkUL7I/s320/012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><strong>He has blossomed from a frail, quiet, baby....to a vibrant,<br /><br /></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH27h8DaZjoAadCzZhvt3gd9Ob_6NCHOWhRHnwGwWITEJk8hgoQ1dW0z-mi8OmzfiKI8HMyT5rtKpyS7srG19_y9NGjOfU1Op7-gopucEWoCqxUOY9N4UVJveMow-rSuFbDXlH4WvC1JE/s1600/beach+2010+221.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610997640570473042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 293px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH27h8DaZjoAadCzZhvt3gd9Ob_6NCHOWhRHnwGwWITEJk8hgoQ1dW0z-mi8OmzfiKI8HMyT5rtKpyS7srG19_y9NGjOfU1Op7-gopucEWoCqxUOY9N4UVJveMow-rSuFbDXlH4WvC1JE/s320/beach+2010+221.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">FUNNY,<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XSD6PhuVCU8CIQBpnYGO7Orq2zIWPI-6CsPYT-FXDz8YwYAZddLVoAMPEr8ybTIt3wkEGtM2Rt0ti0-vmjYsG792BYD8OKYZmb2UhDk2mgo5jmM17pNeDjnSHcWoeL09HXhYCwLNVWE/s1600/beach+2010+171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610997638899792450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XSD6PhuVCU8CIQBpnYGO7Orq2zIWPI-6CsPYT-FXDz8YwYAZddLVoAMPEr8ybTIt3wkEGtM2Rt0ti0-vmjYsG792BYD8OKYZmb2UhDk2mgo5jmM17pNeDjnSHcWoeL09HXhYCwLNVWE/s320/beach+2010+171.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">cherished....</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610998973762152850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyLqzAaY8gBKOl09LN1A63tl_JCmEHbPWoKcG7WYHKDvcsRqkkj5vayoozofKlIGRyGmyOnJpmeXgMf8NrP4GW-Q_EZssk3acms1p3ZgFRHptiTMT92EtLrQ47MFbox7RJFVqxThyphenhyphenlWA/s320/beach+2010+419.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong><em>AMAZINGLY STRONG...<br /></em></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EqKIeibECCJt5a1g4Pgz4lc_SXmyJq65tPJdEeHibtbdn4zv2yQ7cDCDSarHcYwj5fexSp1IMrzxf88k0ssp2jl8obYP0dYGUgVLf12A-dNcC7D9PF7MUsNOx6qY3W4ckBqbFNyasKM/s1600/fall+2010+027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610997634048176130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EqKIeibECCJt5a1g4Pgz4lc_SXmyJq65tPJdEeHibtbdn4zv2yQ7cDCDSarHcYwj5fexSp1IMrzxf88k0ssp2jl8obYP0dYGUgVLf12A-dNcC7D9PF7MUsNOx6qY3W4ckBqbFNyasKM/s320/fall+2010+027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">AND AMAZINGLY HANDSOME......<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpurmrd3z40hCZaqwBdAWQnXohxs_kmZcDavE004bBs-mq-1U7quV572hgoHUto6rNvotExmsURNxfHDSrGchcqzv7VsDMAErB9IKABeQM4PT3NgUEtLKMC5oGFGM7CoE8Ytg8x1nMFg/s1600/fall+2010+026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610997634515365106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpurmrd3z40hCZaqwBdAWQnXohxs_kmZcDavE004bBs-mq-1U7quV572hgoHUto6rNvotExmsURNxfHDSrGchcqzv7VsDMAErB9IKABeQM4PT3NgUEtLKMC5oGFGM7CoE8Ytg8x1nMFg/s320/fall+2010+026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">THREE YEAR OLD.<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksMJgVIfOWlz7A4MMKvk_gTDEFJrf0zUS92P1YpzyO_m75XpA2OXK05u3mbFOTNrenCJ3uZu7RFKP49IiltSxPoiSTs9ns4-ZzNBVZoYVBk6ca61t0ecf0j585B0_4kHjWRu2KBgcPfQ/s1600/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610996708136297218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksMJgVIfOWlz7A4MMKvk_gTDEFJrf0zUS92P1YpzyO_m75XpA2OXK05u3mbFOTNrenCJ3uZu7RFKP49IiltSxPoiSTs9ns4-ZzNBVZoYVBk6ca61t0ecf0j585B0_4kHjWRu2KBgcPfQ/s320/002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">HE IS BRAVE......<br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb6goyx6ZWHH-T62W0xkAL0XJa36b-MNQXl9BApaMR29Phtddk4EDdbq0xtnjQePedLeNlWTcTz8m2xT0YqxGBr2wKw8siP8rTAzPuLngYGJquGsModXkX4_UJUnbYxS-KtwFsf06SWY/s1600/fall+2010+2+110.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610996704690928354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieb6goyx6ZWHH-T62W0xkAL0XJa36b-MNQXl9BApaMR29Phtddk4EDdbq0xtnjQePedLeNlWTcTz8m2xT0YqxGBr2wKw8siP8rTAzPuLngYGJquGsModXkX4_UJUnbYxS-KtwFsf06SWY/s320/fall+2010+2+110.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><em>AND HAS COMPLETED OUR FAMILY IN WAYS WE COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THEN.....</em></span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><em></em></span></strong></div><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xQKAFQmltHJCAWNEG3ML_3nvantyhXIfkGGow2sUikvBhyj1r6djp6Cq4-sAOgbsspIRET-qlS-yL1QNYTPg3op6KvjfGPB-pbugkdVPdpahDkmrrV2k7kZZmVB0XYc9iSlnSEKQQ6k/s1600/joes+1st+communion+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610996699637247810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xQKAFQmltHJCAWNEG3ML_3nvantyhXIfkGGow2sUikvBhyj1r6djp6Cq4-sAOgbsspIRET-qlS-yL1QNYTPg3op6KvjfGPB-pbugkdVPdpahDkmrrV2k7kZZmVB0XYc9iSlnSEKQQ6k/s320/joes+1st+communion+025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">BUT are so aware of now.......<br /><br /><br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8tdNjrETAQZEvzOJHgPUsERIgPCxAAoURYYVtT3QC9suFrIXYPM406os2MwFNG-M6gngrnRB2hFbePx1CYzrJOphKAuUjhLNCPg5WAMOmUr0cjxcYB5bLV4wrBzYNzvU1FcD3SNXd7g/s1600/easter+2011+043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610996695060946786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8tdNjrETAQZEvzOJHgPUsERIgPCxAAoURYYVtT3QC9suFrIXYPM406os2MwFNG-M6gngrnRB2hFbePx1CYzrJOphKAuUjhLNCPg5WAMOmUr0cjxcYB5bLV4wrBzYNzvU1FcD3SNXd7g/s320/easter+2011+043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">WE ADORE YOU SAMMY BOY!!! AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO BE YOUR FAMILY!!!!<br /></span></strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS40s1SyWIPQYC-FXhyphenhypheniO5g2tMeBPlkQSqeDlwEfdnCeWjYnPe1Ce8RQatGIoIBJ1yvtnkweP_fwn93mm2js3hfQ8Hv-kVThJsvKkuH8Oqtipe-M8uf2S0U5Ka5tj1uMzPhDjZaiBxLxc/s1600/easter+2011+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610996694023817234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS40s1SyWIPQYC-FXhyphenhypheniO5g2tMeBPlkQSqeDlwEfdnCeWjYnPe1Ce8RQatGIoIBJ1yvtnkweP_fwn93mm2js3hfQ8Hv-kVThJsvKkuH8Oqtipe-M8uf2S0U5Ka5tj1uMzPhDjZaiBxLxc/s320/easter+2011+006.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><strong><em>THOUGH WE ARE QUITE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO "CHANCE" INVOLVED!!</em></strong></div><br /><div><strong><em></em></strong></div><br /><div><strong><em>GOD BLESS YOU SWEET BOY!!! HAPPY TWO YEAR FAMILY DAY!!!!</em></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2