One Year Post

Can it really be?  Have I not posted anything since January?  Well that just won't do!

I will cut myself some slack as it does feel like I'm in some whacked-out time warp game and I'm constantly losing time!  Lots has happened in the last 5 months..wonder if I can remember it all...I know the answer to that already..NO WAY!  But I'll do my best to catch up.. oh what fun we've had!

(Confession:  that last sentence is what I HOPE my children are thinking.  My own declarative statement goes something like:  What the *&$% just happened?)

Here is the first known pic of sweet boy Ty..as at  7 mos of age he was no doubt super sweet!

Sweet Boy Ty learned quickly the messy ways of his gender and hasn't bothered to look for alternatives.  He has changed so much in the first year home, it's amazing to consider!  Now we know that his obsessive ability to clean his plate, and then move on to ours, was really a product of his previous environment and his love for all things digestible.  Now days he will walk away from his plate after eating what he wants the most, and has been known to show off his great arm with chunks of chicken flying across the table.  Of course we encourage him to eat as we do his sisters, but we know the accomplishment this is..this new level of security for him and it just makes us glow inside.

For our one year celebration as a Fabulous Family of Five we celebrated at Goha, our favorite Ethiopian restaurant with our favorite Ethiopian family!  We dined on all of our favorites and then topped it off with an ice cream treat. The girls have adjusted well... they love their brother dearly as long as he's not using them as a mosh pit (which occurs often).  Brian loves coming home to 'big hugs' and already sees the soccer potential in his little guy.  And me, well I'm still trying to figure out what this boy business is all about...and hope that one day soon I can share it with the world!  Until then, I'll be on alert for trucks in the plants, toys in the toilet, dish soap on the floor, cat food in the to go containers, missing shoes, long distance charges, missing library book pages, Q tips in the nose, and flying chicken. 

This Grateful Heart is taking a beatin' and still lovin' life!

O