Another Week Down!

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I am one more week closer to the end of the school year. I think we are all counting the days, 50 school days to be exact! I have two weeks of "regular" school, one week of standardized testing (yes, my K students will be attempting to fill in circles that I will later have to fix), Spring Break, three days of school, two days of Kindergarten registration, a week of school, Steve is off for a week, then there are only 3 weeks of school! If that was completely confusing to you, I keep it simple! THE END IS IN SIGHT! It is going to be VERY busy, so please keep praying for us! Lily's birthday, a wedding, and volunteering at a SCC/MWS concert all occur in the next 7 weeks!

The two pictures should say a lot! Lily found the suit on her own Friday night. She took her clothes and pull-up off (she did put it in the garbage) by herself. She wore it the rest of the night. She woke up Saturday morning and proceeded to do the very same thing! She CANNOT wait for summer!

BTW, Lily is on her fourth round of antibiotics in 11 weeks. She goes back to the doctor for her well check over my Spring Break. They will make the decision then whether or not to refer her to an ENT to discuss the possibility of putting tubes in her ears. She also had a little guck in her eye (the real reason we took her to the doc in the first place - we had no indication at that point that her ears were bothering her) when we took her to the doc yesterday. She is on an anti-biotic for her ears, drops for her ears, and drops for her eyes!

I think I am done now with my random ramblings!

Sisterhood Award

Well, I have never done this before . . . Here goes . . .

I follow Linn's blog and she was awarded the "Sisterhood award." She is passing it on to all her bloggy friends, so I am going to pass it on as well. I felt funny accepting, but she said that she would be checking on us and I can't exactly pass it on unless I accept it! Here is the link to the original post. I am nominating the following people:

1. Kim, my sister-in-law
2. Cindy, fellow mom to a Xuwen girl
3. Leslie, fellow adoptive mom
4. Shannon, travel family
5. Stefanie, fellow adoptive mom
6. Kim, travel family
7. Naomi, "waiting" mom
8. Kerry, orphan advocate
9. Marybeth, fellow adoptive mom
10. Linn, giver of the award

Anyway, in order to officially be the recipient of this award, here are a few things that need to be done -----
1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received your award.

We're still here!

You would think that with Steve home this past week, I would have more time to attend to posting. I might even have more material to post about. I can't hardly believe that his Spring Break is just hours away from being over. I can't think about it or I might cry!

Lily has REALLY enjoyed having Daddy home. He took her to and picked her up from her "school" everyday which gave me nearly an additional hour each day at school while staying within my normal hours.

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Lily: "Ow!" Crying
Mommy: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."
Lily: "It's okay. I forgive you, Mommy." Big hug follows
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Lily: "I'm bringin home a baby bubblebee. Won't ma momma be sa proud a me. Ow. He Owa me. I'm squishin up a baby bumblebee. Won't ma momma be sa proud of me." This continues for several verses/minutes.
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Lily: Crying
Mommy: "What's wrong?"
Lily: More crying. "Susan. I need Susan." Nana Susan is my mom's best friend and she was just in the area for a brief visit
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Mommy: "Are you ready to play?"
Lily: "Yes, I'm SUPER ready!"

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Recent prayers:
She'll name everything on the table with "Thank You ____"
"Pastor Stephen, sick."
"Daniel, sick."
"Susan, Daddy school, Mommy school"
"Miss Robin (her teacher), etc"
Then if we try to say Amen, "I'm not done!"

SNOW!

I am home from school and Lily's daycare is even closed. We got hit with 8 inches of snow last night! This area hasn't seen that amount of snow in one day in probably 10 years. We made cookies last night, because I didn't feel like going out. It was snowing, but nothing the car and I couldn't handle. Looking back, I should have saved the cookie baking until today!


More Lilyisms:

Lily: "After I eat my dinner, I watch Jericho. Three minutes." Yes, that's 10 words!
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Lily: "My nose came out."
Me: What?
Lily: "My nose came out on my finger."
Me: Roaring with laughter - Yes, there was a booger on her finger.
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Lily: "I love Grandma."
Me: "Yes, you do, don't you."
Lily: "Grandma loves you."
Me: "Grandma loves me?"
Lily: "Yes, Grandpa loves ME." With a big grin as if to say that Grandpa just loves her!
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Lily: "SNOW! Car covered. I can't get in it!"

Why? But why?

It has started and I am already pulling my hair out! Because I am the Mommy!

Boys vs. Girls

Tonight (while on the potty of all places) :

"Pocketbooks are for girls. I'm not a boy. I'm a girl."

Thank You

While running the risk of posting a record number of posts in one day, I felt that this one deserves its own post. I cannot thank everyone enough for the prayers and support. Just knowing that you are there and lifting us before the throne of God is assuring to me.

Specifically, thank you Mom and Dad. I couldn't do "this" without you. You have given more than I could ask for. LFCN, we are feeling very loved and supported. We continue to go further into debt, but it would be significantly worse if not for the Weltys. Your apartment for Steve is a God send.

The last 2-3 weeks have been as rough as they come to date. Today was a breath of fresh air, though. Please pray as we will be unable to make connections with Steve this weekend for the first time in several months. Pray for a sense of peace for Lily and I. Pray for wisdom for Steve as he has a very busy two weeks. Pray for endurance for all of us!