I don't have my photo blog up yet because Jason says it has to be on WordPress in order to work with the site. I hate WordPress (I shouldn't say that, I've told my kids that's ugly). I can't figure it out. So I'll be posting some of my best work here for now. Not for the general public, but so you all can "oooh" and "ahh" for me and boost my confidence.
We went to Classic Skating on Friday with the Carvajal's and her friend Bethany and her kids. It was a huge hit. Especially with George. She got on a tricycle and didn't look back. She didn't look forward either. I don't know where she was looking. She went the wrong direction the entire time. It was like watching reverse Frogger. Georgia would be riding the wrong direction, minding her own business and there were near misses at high speeds nearly every 3 seconds. She shares the same philosophy as her mother when she drives, "If they don't want to get hit, they'll get out of the way."
She even got off the skating floor and rode her tricycle around the arcade to check it out. Then she rode it right back onto the floor. Pictured is George still on her trike while the rest of the population plays "Wipeout" in which the music stops, the announcer yells "WipeOut!" and every kid on the floor is supposed to fall. SUPPOSED TO. The announcer finally called her void.
She did tell me tonite, "Your butt's not too big."
My beautiful boy looks just like David Archuleta. That means that David Archuleta is a very handsome kid (I'm 31, so now I have to call anyone in high school a kid).
I vote for David. Well, I would if I voted. I watch it usually the day after it comes on. He's such a doll. I also like Brook and the other David.
More about Isaac:
The other day I made meatloaf. I don't have a loaf pan, so I had to put it into muffin tins. I'm a crappy cook and I don't necessarily enjoy it either. On that particular day I also made cauliflower and couscous with mushrooms. Not a typical family dinner. Anyway, Olivia decided she was through and got up to take her plate to the sink. I said, "Olivia, you at least have to eat your meat."
"That's meat?" says Isaac
I am a crappy cook.
Also...BIG NEWS!
ISAAC IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO READ!!!
He got Liv's word cards out and started sounding the letters. I am helping him figure out how to "glue" the sounds together. How nice, before I even start this homeschooling thing I will have 2 readers! Maybe 3 if Georgia continues to be an anomaly. She's not a genius anomoly, just a general anomaly...who knows what she'll do next, either calculus or eating clay.
F.Y.I...
I was so impressed that my husband came home from a round dance trip to say, "Your hair looks really pretty." He told me he's over the idea of me having long hair, YIPPEE! I really don't look great with long hair.
I also decided I needed a few pics of myself. I told Jason that if I die he's to comission an artist to do a portrait making me look good. I really don't photograph well. So I need a few more pics so that the artist can have something to draw from. By the way, he just laughed at me, so you all may have to insist for me. He He He.
We had a celebratory milkshake!
Well, how's this for a kick in the pants?...Hours after writing my last entry we went to have yet another set of family pictures taken to send in with our adoption papers. A couple who was in our ward more than 7 years ago owns a photography shop and Jason goes there all the time. The guy told Jason he would take our pictures and they'd turn out great.
They live in Salem, so we went to their house to get the pics done. They have a new baby named Maleah (8 months old). She's adopted. Sis. Allen was telling me that she remembers when I went and talked at one of the adoption classes given by our agency when we got Olivia. That was nearly 6 years ago! They had waited more than 5 years for their first baby! I suck.
My first New Year's resolution is:
Be Patient!
My second New Year's resolution:
Be Grateful!
P.S. I'm changing my tune. I'll pick a more appropriate one.
I chose the current video for our blog ("No News" by Lonestar) because it's driving me crazy that we have no info about any adoption, especially about the Michigan one. Also, everyone in the known world is pregnant. I keep re-mourning the emptiness of my womb.
I can't imagine having to wait for years for an adoption to happen. We've been so blessed in the past. Then again, if we had waited for years prieviously, I probably wouldn't be so anxious and impatient...then again probably not. I'm probably the least patient woman on earth.
We had the greatest time with the Hopkins' in Jackson Hole! They have a beautiful new house, two cats and a dog, snowmobiles...everything any kid could ever want!
