Sarah's 1st Christmas Tree

We went to a Christmas tree farm not far from our house on Saturday. This was after driving 3 hours from Illinois. The ad said cut your own or we will cut it for you. The guy running the place handed Dave the saw and a carpet square and pointed us in the direction of the 6 footers. Poor Dave! haha I took a couple of pics of Sarah and Daddy in front of the tree before he started to cut it. We were not dressed for this at all. It was on a bluff so the wind was really blowing and none of us had any gloves. We didn't know we would be cutting it ourself..thought we would just pick it out and sit back. haha Dumb! Got the tree decorated yesterday with help from Dave and Sarah. She has done really well with the tree. Such a good girl. She only looks at the ornaments or just puts one finger on them. Praying that keeps up! She is such a sweetheart (most of the time..but alot lately!) If we hurt ourselves, she is right there to say "I kiss and make better?" I have said that to her a few times..and usually get a stern NO! LOL The only real "problem" with her is at the dinner table. She loves to throw food when she is done eating. Drives us nutso. That and saying NO to everything. Other than that she is a wonderful little girl. While at Wal-Mart yesterday, we went by the toy cars. She immediatly wanted a car. I said "ask Daddy". I know..so nice of me! So she said "Daddy I want car". LOL Of course she got one. Well two..the cheaper ones came in a two pack. He said she was practicing now for when she wanted the real thing. LOL She loves her Daddy so much. He has a set of drums..she wants to play them, he loves cars...she has to have one too even if it is a toy, he loves to play on his pinball machines..she has to "play pinballs with Poppa". So cute. I love this stage..but then I love every stage she goes through!

Where has time gone?

I cannot believe it is almost Thanksgiving again! This year has flown by. One another note..my sister is doing great. Her shock treatment worked! PTL! Sarah and I ended up leaving way early on Friday to come home. She woke up with a nasty cold..which she still has today. She didn't want to go back to sleep and I just wanted my own bed. She is doing some better today. Hopefully she will be back to her old self by Wens. She is so looking forward to swimming with her cousin next weekend. We found a tricylcle at Wal-Mart that she had fun on. She didn't want to get off tho. We didn't buy it. I wanted to..but we already bought a ton of stuff for her Christmas and birthday. Found out that A had the baby Friday. The couple named her Olivia. Dave and I thought that was a great name..one we hadn't thought of when we were coming up with names for Sarah. The baby weighs a pound more than Sarah did and is an inch longer. Part of me is sad that we weren't the ones to adopt her...but it is for the best. Sarah is more than enough for us. Growing up I always thought I would have two children. A boy and a girl. But things work out for a reason. We are so blessed with Sarah. She is such a joy. I now believe the saying "how did we live before she came along?" I am also trying a recipe I got off my favorite adoption forum. It smells wonderful. I hope to take some with us for Thanksgiving dinner. There goes the buzzer...better run!

It's so quiet..

Little one is down for her much needed nap. After being awake till almost 1am. I got her to bed around 11 last night and she entertained herself till falling asleep. She was having a conversation with her bear bobo I think. I have a feeling she was showing him her Biscuit book. ;o) I don't know how she has any room to sleep in her new bed. She has bobo, a musical aquarium (taken from her crib) and a ladybug that shines stars on the ceiling, plus a book. I decided to hold off on full blown potty training for now. She askes to go to the potty but then has already gone in diaper (just a few minutes before asking) or she just wants to sit on the potty. Plus we are going out of town on Wens for a couple of days...plus going out of town for Thanksgiving..so not the best time to start. Hopefully all will go well with my sister on Thurs. Praying that the shock to her heart will kick it back into regular rhythm. She and her husband and our niece are going to Florida for a few days in Dec. I know she will go no matter what. So better her being healthy so she can enjoy the trip!

Intro

Where do I start? I am a 40 y/o SAHM. Love my job!! I am Momma to Sarah and wife to Dave. We live in Iowa. We have lived here a little over 3 years. We adopted Sarah in Florida in 2006. We were at the hospital when she was born and have been with her ever since. She is a Valentine's Day baby. I have two sisters..twins, 1 niece who is 17 y/o and was also adopted. I worked in the Accounting field before getting married. I do not miss it one bit! I hope to keep my blog up-t0-date as much as possible. But don't hold me to that ok? ;o) This will prob turn into more of a brag blog..so be warned! I love my little girl with all my heart and we think she is one of the smartest 20 month olds out there!