A phone call

I recieved a phone call last night from Brother Foy,  asking for both Loren and I to meet with him before church.  Hmmm A new calling for Loren? Or a calling for me?  It was a calling for me.  I am now one of the Activity Day leaders.  How fun!  I always wanted a calling that had to do with girls.  But with 4 boys, I have been in scouts many times.  Now I get to do fun girly things with girls.

Looking for children

No I am not looking for my own children.  I am doing Childcare in my home and looking for a few children.  If you or anyone that you know is in need of a steady , fun,babysitter, please contact me.  THANKS

Hope 4 weeks, and catch up

Grandma and Grandpa E. came to visit for a few days.  And so the blog got put to the side.  Now it is catch up time.  Hope has been a horrible sleeper lately.  She sleeps better in her car seat than her crib.  However, I don't dare let her sleep in it much.  She had to pass a car seat test at the hospital before they would release her.  They make all preemies and baby's under 6 pounds do this test.  It is to check their oxgen levels and their heart rate to be sure there aren't any ill effects on the baby.  They told us to limit her time in the car seat.  So we have.  My mother in law had the wonderful idea of purchasing a boucey seat for her to sleep in.  She even took me to the store and bought one for her.  Hope did sleep a little better last night.  I hope that it gets better with each night.

I can't believe how big Hope is getting.  She is at least 2 inches longer and is getting chubby.  Her one month Dr. appointment is one friday.  So we will know how much she has grown then.  We also have our first post placement visit with the adoption agency on Friday.  We don't know what to expect with this meeting, since this is our first adoption. 




Grandparents E's.

Hope 4 weeks                                                                                      doing her exercises

Ethan came home very excited today.  The table that he sits on at school got the most table points.  The reward for this was a NO HOMEWORK pass.  He likes the idea of no home work for the day.  The third graders also had an egg drop at school on Friday.  His egg survived.  Yeah.  On the other hand, Parker came home very upset.  Somebody stole his scooter from school.  Hopefully they return it.  People today.  My little dogs got out the front door today when grandparents left and chased the neighbors son on his scooter.  I went and got the dogs and apologized.  But I still feel bad.  Dumb dogs.

Paige hasn't babysat as much lately, she would rather take care of her new sister.  However she did accept a job for tonight.    Braden and Zach say nothing exciting has happened to write about.

Cold weather already?

I can't believe how cold it got last night, already.  What happened to fall?  I had my kids pick tomatoes so they didn't freeze and go bad (however I don't think it got that cold).  So, with all of the tomatoes Braden and I made more spaghetti sauce.  Thanks to the other helpers that keep Hope intertained, it went fast.

I put a onsie on Hope today, along with a cute sweat outfit to keep her warm.  We did turn the furnace on last night.  But with the kids coming and going all of the time it can get a little cold.  And we had to drive Parker to school.

Parker wanted to see Hope in her big crib, so I put her in it this morning.  She just looked around and was content so I jumped in the shower.  When I got out I could hear Parker singing songs to her about shapes.  He learned the songs at school and loves to sing them.  Hope was still happy, so I let her stay there for about 15 minutes, while Parker sang fun songs to her.  It was so cute.

We got a gift in the mail from Baby Butterflies adoption refferal agency.  They helped us find baby Hope.  Terri, the lady that owns the company adopted Hopes half sister (Riley) eight years ago.  The sent us the normal gift they send ...a cute T-shirt with the compay logo on it. 

However, they also sent us an outfit, shoes, socks and a blanket.  Riley, spent her own money and got a certificate to build a bear so Hope can have her own teddy bear.  We are keeping in touch with Terri's family so that the two girls can get to know each other and maybe meet when they are older.

Thanks you  Terri and Riley

Paige thinks that this outfit is the BEST.  It was a gift from our sweet neighbors, the Meiners.