from the land of Nod...

Hello faithful blog readers. I am so sorry that I have been incognito. I have been doing all the fun paperwork that comes along with placements and fostering. As well as squeezing in training hours and visits with 2 of our 3 children! OH yes... and teaching, playing with, feeding, diapering, potty training, bathing all of our littles! AND the normal house stuff...dishes, cleaning, laundry. Then there's the dog, cat, fish feeding, tank cleaning that goes on.

Needless to say we have been busy. We are all adapting well and getting along just fine. Some days are still testing the waters but I am loving our 3 littles!

I took "Miley Bird" to her first visit a couple days ago. I have to say I was at a loss for words. I did type up a letter and print off some pictures of their precious daughter for them. I prayed about it and felt like it was from the Lord so I proceeded to type the letter not knowing anything about them. I got to the visit and saw some people sitting in the lobby. I thought the woman looked WAY too skinny to have a 3 week old baby! But then the CPS CW came and took baby bird from me and then the people in the Lobby left to go back too. Hmmmm guess that's them.

I am in no way judging them but I really hope they can get it together if they are serious about getting her back! I gave the CW her diaper bag and showed her the letter that I had written to them. She shook her head in acknowlegement and proceeded on.


Other than that newness... Bear is still in potty training mode. He is doing amazing. He can go all day without a diaper (if no one comes over OR we don't go anywhere) and not have an accident. Even for naptimes he is good at holding it until he wakes and then gets out of bed when I come to get him and goes potty repeating "haiwy, haiwy, haiwy Pot-T".

He has been sleeping in a toddler bed now for about 3 weeks. We just took the front rail off his bed and left it open. He only fell out maybe twice and now he is sleeping like a champ in his bed. He stays in for the most part. I did go in there one day and he had a shoe on.... and unless it was hiding in his bed when I put him down I am POSITIVE he got out. It was under his bed so he could have just dangled over the edge and grabbed it. I have seen this act before; who knows! :)

He can now put on his own shoes and get himself dressed from the waist down. His shirts are still a bit tough and slow going so we still work with him and help him on that. He is getting so independent and he is so smart. He can say lots of stuff now. He can say some things that resemble sentences missing the conjunctions. It is fun to hear him speaking and telling us what he wants now.

He has also started this lining things up bit. I came into the kitchen today and found these cars parked just like this along the bottom of the cabinets.



I later went into his room and found some of his toys lined up on their play table.

He is really getting into his tee ball set and his cars. He loves hitting the balls off the tee and running to get them... He has become Duke's best friend! With his cars he drives them all over the place making car noises and he loves to take them to bed with him so that he can drive up and down the back rails of his bed while lying there. Eventually he falls asleep with them tucked beneath his arm as to not let them fall off the bed. He is so fun and we love him dearly! He loves his newest role of big brother. He has always been a big brother but Moe is not that far behind him in age so now he has someone he can hold and just stare at that doesn't move all that much!

Moe is still doing Moe things. Still removes his diaper from time to time. Still pees in his bed when he does remove it. He is still our little comedian. He makes us laugh most of the time unless he is having a day! Then he makes you want to pull your hair out b.c he is so clingy and needy. I love that he is my snuggle bunny but when I have 20 other irons in the fire I have got to do something more than sit on the couch while he whines! Those days he goes and sits in his crib until he is ready to be good then he comes out with a changed attitude for the most part. He is good like that. He will change his behavior when corrected. He is learning new things too. He watches Bear all the time and pretty much tries to do all the things he sees big brother doing. He is still the typical little brother but he is loved and taught right beside big brother!

That is about the updated version of our lives right now. Check back and maybe; hopefully, I will have filled in more about our lives. I sure hope to post some pictures soon. Maybe someday!

We are alive and well!

Well here she is... we have been a bit busy with a sick little Bear. He has been running really bad fever and is trying so hard to stay away from this little bundle of bows and pink!



She is so absolutely amazing and we are enjoying her presence in our family!




Life with 3 under the age of 2 is interesting. It is not as hard as I thought it would be. The TRYING thing is one little boy that wants to be independent but cannot comprehend all the things that independent little boys do. Moe baby is pushing every one of my buttons to see what he can and cannot get away with. He used to do this when he was sick or teething. I have been changing some pretty bad diapers and... ahem... sheets from him. So it could be that OR it could be that he is getting older and is getting more and more confused and starting to lash out at us. We LOVE HIM and are dealing but it is getting really rough. ON ALL OF US! This week we should be seeing a transition schedule. It is going to be good for him that he can now know "stability" and will know that he lives with his daddy. I will keep you posted.

In the mean time we are getting little Miley Bird on her schedule and she is doing great. With the boys we were on a 3 hour schedule... with Bird we are on a 2 hour schedule b.c she eats so little and it is very different. YES just an hour is a HUGE difference!

Bear has been trying to play catch with her. He brings her books and balls hoping that she will do something other than lay there! He is so enthralled with her and is always looking for "Miley" (he can even say her name and calls for her). So sweet and always looking to do for her. She loses her paci, he is there trying to put it in... he sees a bottle and says her name and points to her. If he finds a bottle low enough he will try and feed her. He just grins from ear to ear when he sees her! I love seeing them together!






So here she is... I have been having ever too much fun with her beautiful hair and mixing and matching fun outfits for her. This is way more fun than I could have ever imagined! hehe

Blog friendly!!! "Miley"

Today we ventured out into the great wide open. We had a visit for Moe's dad and decided to go to the museum. My niece Jessica is still with me and so she helped with Bear a lot. He was feeling a little under the weather I think so it was kind of dramatic at some points but all in all it was smooth sailing.

Unloading children: I took out the wagon from the trunk of our camry and then put Bear in first. Then put Moe in; strapped them both in. Then I put "Miley" in the Moby that I had put on before I left the house. Easy, Cheesy, nice and peasy!

She is getting the schedule down pretty well! Eat; up for an hour or so and then down to sleep. She fusses for a minute or two and then she's conked out. It is getting less and less time between laying down and falling asleep. I just swaddle her and put her in her cradle she is getting great at getting herself to sleep now. Ahhh I love Babywise :).

We are doing great. It is complicated with visits and all but other than that it is good! Thanks for your prayers!!!