Archive for January, 2008
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Monday, January 7th, 2008Today is Christmas in Ethiopia. Melkam Genna to my sweet boy. Whether he is born or is soon to be born I hope that this will be his last Christmas without his forever family. We are thinking and dreaming of him more and more lately. We are almost done with the paperwork for our dossier. [...]
By Request
Sunday, January 6th, 2008“I want Curbside Pocket.” — Annie I can’t remember exactly what word she used instead of “curbside” but she was asking for me to sing “Curbside Prophet” by Jason Mraz to her—for the third night in a row. Our nightly tradition is for me to take requests and sing songs to The Girls. Annie wanted [...]
Knowing My Place
Saturday, January 5th, 2008“DADDY, WHO’S THE BOSS!” — Kimberly Said while pointing at Sandi as we were discussing whether I should take The Girls out to buy presents for Sandi. Sandi was in favor of the idea and I thought it was ridiculous so soon after Christmas. Our checkbook could use a break.
A swing and a miss
Friday, January 4th, 2008Today Kimberly figured out how to pump the swing!!! I was inside cooking dinner and she was out there working on it. Soon Annie came running in to tell me Kimmie was pumping!!! Kimberly was beaming with happiness at her good work. Annie was totally proud of her as well. She just sat out there, [...]
A slice of . . . Kimberly
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008Today Kimberly had her dermatologist appointment to check up on her birthmark. At her four year old check up the Dr. was concerned over the irregular shape it was taking. We made the appointment back in October and the day finally came for the appointment. Kimberly was upset a couple of days ago about having [...]
Tv simplified
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008We have decided to cancel our subscription to Directv. This was a long drawn out saga but in the end we found out that we really don’t need it. We don’t watch too many shows and those shows we do watch can be seen on the internet or on dvd. We found that we were [...]
Happy New Year!
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008Happy New Year. I pray all of my readers have a blessed and wonderful new year. I know that the Brown Family will have a very interesting new year. We will continue to watch Annie, Kimberly and Mimi grow. Bill and I will continue to grow in our relationship, and we will bring another baby [...]
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