Archive for January, 2009
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Last night Paul slept through the night!!!! 7 pm until 6:30 am and awoke with a happy face. We are hoping that this trend continues. We understand that he has only done it once and most likely this isn’t the way it will always be but we are excited at the thought that we* could [...]
Allergic reaction *Updated
Monday, January 12th, 2009Turns out I am allergic to sulfa drugs. I had to take some bacterial fighting drugs for a bacterial infection on my left knee. I have had hives all over my body since Friday morning. Yesterday I was beginning to think that they were getting better but I woke up to a huge amount. This [...]
We know his song
Saturday, January 10th, 2009Paul used to hum to self soothe. We would hold him or rock him and he didn’t find enough comfort from us so he would hum to soothe himself. I am very proud to report that he rarely does that anymore. We finally know his song, or the ways he like to be soothed. As [...]
Melkam Ghena
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Today was Christmas in Ethiopia. I decided to celebrate by making Ethiopian food and having family over to enjoy it. I began cooking around 2 pm and figured out quickly that this was going to be a long cooking day! I enjoyed doing it and the kids loved helping out. We made Misir Wat (lentils), [...]
Ethiopian food
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Tomorrow is Ethiopian Christmas and I am going to be making an Ethiopian dinner. I resisted using the term traditional since a) it is my first time making it ever and b) I don’t know if it will be anything like it is traditionally made. I do however have the correct spices and the right [...]
Junk food is good for you
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Today Kimberly ate her lunch and was able to have an afternoon snack. She wanted cheetos. She was in the kitchen eating them and called me over to read her cheetos. It was so cute. She said at first she just spelled DO but then she wanted to make more letters so she thought some [...]
Running off some energy
Monday, January 5th, 2009We have had so much rain lately that the kids have been cooped up in the house far too often. Winter is usually a time for us to be outside a lot. The weather in Arizona is far too hot to be outside in the summer, unless in the pool. So we tend to take [...]
Another adjustment
Monday, January 5th, 2009Today Mikaleigh came over for me to care for her. It was the first time since Paul had been home that she came over. (She had been over another time but there were other people here as well so she was just another person.) Today Mommy had to take care of her and this did [...]
Eating issues
Monday, January 5th, 2009Day one of the battle was brutal. As I said before they ate very little of their lunches and had to wait for dinner to eat again. Mimi was the most pathetic, literally crying at my feet as I was giving a snack to Mikaleigh and Paul. Kimberly was going on and on about how [...]
Mom, can I have a snack?
Monday, January 5th, 2009This is the number one question around here that makes me batty! We have three little ladies who will eat a few specks of their meal and then say they are completely full, only to walk up minutes later and ask for a snack. I have been dealing with this for so many years and [...]
New face
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009Many have commented on the new layout and have loved it. I created the new layout based on the announcements for Paul. The adoption announcements that are out there to purchase are lacking. They all seemed slightly cheesy to me and because one of the things that matter to me is nice announcements I set [...]
But Mom, I like it . . .
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Our boy Paul lived for his first 12 months in Ethiopia, he is very familiar with Amharic and responded completely to the verbal requests in the orphanage. He is getting better with English all the time but it is obvious that it is not his first language. Before we met Paul people would ask us [...]
A whole month
Friday, January 2nd, 2009It really doesn’t seem possible. Just one short month ago we were in Ethiopia finally holding our son for the first time. He has gotten so much more used to us now and I would say that we are bonded, he seeks only Bill or I when he needs comfort and he is leery of [...]
Creative genius
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Kimberly is always thinking up things and doing some very creative things. Today she was building with legos and her favorite thing to do is build buildings, or castles as she calls them. Over the years they have gotten more and more complicated. Here is her four level pony castle she built today. The pony [...]
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