three today

Today I am watching my friend's daughter all day so I am getting to experience three children all by myself. She is jack's age. So far, so good. Definitely more work and lots more noise. Guess I may be taking a tylenol shortly. Lol. Happy Monday!

So this is what happens....

When you start to have more time than you want to think about your baby. You start to think of other baby names.

Here is the other name I love:

Annelise

Annelise means "graced with God's bounty". My name is Elisabeth Ann, so it is sorta reversed. And I LOVE the meaning and way it sounds. I guess we will just see what name fits her best!

(You can also spell it like this: Anneliese ) To prounounce, say Ann, then elise.

The name Ann goes way back in our family line. I still love Leah, though. Plus, it is all over my blog. sigh.

eleven months

Today marks 11 months since beginning our adoption journey with Korea. Our journey to baby has been longer since we began with China, did a paper Chase, then switched agencies and countries. To say the least, my emotions have been on a roller coaster for over a year. Have I grown a lot? I hope so. Have I made many wishes on stars in this year? Yes. Have I prayed for, cried for, yearned for and fallen in love with a little girl I have yet to see a picture of? Most definitely. The path to our daughter we will continue to follow. And little one, I love you so very much. And I pray someday soon I will hear the words " you have a daughter" because in my heart, I already do.

Tired Tuesday

A couple of sleeping boys!

Brought to you by the letter "A" and the number "2"

The birthday boy first thing on his big day. Don't worry, things got better for him!

He got this sweet house!


Decorations.....


I loved his cake!

Mamma and her boy

Yea, I'm cool like that. I dressed in theme.


Fun elmo and barney gifts


My sister in law made Anderson this amazing doggy quilt. I love her.

Candles! Notice Jack trying his best to blow it out from his seat. hahaa



We had a great day celebrating two years with our Anderson. And Anderson loved his birthday. He is still talking about it and singing happy birthday to himself. :)

mommy guilt

I thought I would do a little blog on something I struggle with, mommy guilt. Here are some things keeping me up at night. Anderson does not have a baby scrapbook. And his pregnancy memory journal is about 10% filled in. Jack has 2 baby scrapbook but one still has two pages blank in the middle. His pregnancy journal is half filled in. Sigh. This is driving me nuts. I tried to order baby pictures to start Anderson book but only half got delivered. Also, I want to make photo colleges for each of their rooms. Jack needs some current big kid jack photos in there. I still need to get Anderson two year pictures taken and guess who still needs to make his two year doctors appt.?? Enough guilt? Nope, moving onto leah. I love her. But I am terrified of leaving Anderson, my baby now. For a week. I am considering having Daniel go get her. Big mommy guilt on thinking this. I am torn. I am fairly sure I will end up going, but also sure my heart will ache for a week of missing all my boys. Let's move on to stay at home mommydom. Some days by 3pm I wish to heaven for a chariot to carry me away to a quiet adult place. Where there are mature discussions, money being made, perhaps some Starbucks being quietly sipped on while I ponder my work? Mommy guilt. Why am I not so thrilled to have so much time to spend with my boys? Why am I wishing so many days away until daddy gets off work? I have no outside job, and I rarely get away from the boys except to grocery shop on the weekends. Wishing to get away more leaves me with:: you guessed it. And lately I am longing for the days with one child. It is so much easier with one. You get to spend so much quality time with one. I feel bad Anderson does not have that and jack lost it. And now we will have a third. I took jack alone to run errands lately and it was heaven. He was so easy and fun. I tried to make it fun for him since we usually have little brother with us. We even sat quietly and read books in Barnes! Sweet Anderson tears thru Barnes pulling books off shelves. On the other hand, anderson naps, which is glorious. Jack has not napped for like 3 years. So I guess mommy guilt runs rampant in my life. Thanks if you read this! I hope your life holds less guilt, more joy!

** I have to add, if you do work outside the home, I think that is great, to each his own. I hope you have no guilt over it. I may end up doing it eventually. I hope I did not come across like anyone should have any guilt over anything! Just sharing my own feelings lately....

Which bedding?

These are two of my favorites. I wanted something without much design, just soft girly patterns. I want to get some hanging lanterns in light pink for the corner of her room. Which do you like best?