Cookie?!

Elizabeth has my sweet tooth. She loves cookies, candy, chocolate, you name it. Sam does too. David doesn't. E has learned quickly the value of helping make cookies and that you get to lick the spoons and bowls. She loves this. Sam does too, but is now old enough to actually help. E and I made cookies a few weeks ago and she had a great time. I think she got a bath when we were done though.

By the way, I love her hair in pig tails! They are so cute and bouncy and funny. Even when she is fussing or whining at me, she is still super cute, so her hair is in pig tails a lot! David really likes when they pig tails come out and her hair is still sort of in the shape of the pig tails.

More Peas Please

We usually have peas for our vegetable for dinner. They are my favorite, the kids too. David is getting better with them. The other day Sam put a pea in his tooth gap. It was so funny, we all cracked up. Elizabeth laughed too, then promptly did the same thing! Of course when I had the camera out, she wouldn't do it again.

Happy Valentines Day

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted on here. It just gets too much, with Facebook, emails, scrapbooking and this blog!

The kids are getting so big and E will even occasionally play with Sam.

Tonight we went to the Milwaukee Domes for their evening concert series. We met our friend Matt there and his mom, Debbie. It was great to see them and fun to see the concert. It is pouring rain here today and it was raining in the Domes too. The kids had fun dancing and playing with Uncle Matt. It was great to see flowers, grass, plants and smell the wonderful smells. The show dome was decked out with Lego creations and trains.

In two weeks we will go to Children's Court to re-adopt Elizabeth. Then we can get her her WI birth certificate, then her social security number, then her US passport.

At the end of March, (3/31) will be her one year anniversary with us! I think we will mark the day with a trip to Chicago and Chinatown and a dinner party here.

Some recent pictures

It is really hard to get a picture of Elizabeth actually smiling. I was really pleased to get this one. I also love the polka-dot shirt.


Bridget and I took the kids to the museum last monday. They are sitting in caterpillar cocoon.

This is at her two year old birthday party. Grammy made her a turtle cake. You can see pictures of the turtle cake at: http://www.travelswithchummy.blogspot.com/.

I like this blog because it is an outlet for me. I get things bouncing around in my head and I need to get them out and writting a post is a good way to do that. Every now and then I get a comment that further helps me sort things out. I know the most of you like me to post pictures so you can see how big and how cute the kids are. Here are some recent pictures.

Bitsy Foot Update

We took Bitsy in today to see the Orthopedic Doctor for her re-check. We had not been there since September. They said she was doing really well and we don't have to come back until July. Great news. The real story is that our appointment was for 12:40. We got there on time and were taken back to the room right away. Then we waited until 1:15 to see the PA and then till 1:30 to see the doctor. Both were in there for about five minutes.

She still needs to wear her brace at night and we need to keep doing her stretches. So far we have really lucked out with our "special needs" child. It has been a lot of trips to the doctors, but no surgeries and things are healing up really well.