GAFE Bound!

I am so excited about GAFE this weekend. Not only to learn more about Guatemala, but to meet many of my cyber-friends finally after all this time!! Isn't it funny how we all feel so connected and that we "KNOW" each other even though we have never met in person? Adoption is and has been the most amazing experience of my life! I started out with the perception that I would find my daughter and ended up with not only the most perfect child for our family, but so many bonuses along the way!! The most exciting roller coaster ride of my life and one that is still providing thrills nearly every day!

What is also exciting about this weekend is being able to spend four days with Sophie~Bug and have some real Mommy and Sophia time. I feel as if she is always on the go in the car driving her big sister and brother around, yet she always smiles and giggles and has a good time. This weekend is just about her... to learn more about her beautiful birth country and experience time with other families who have been blessed just as we have. I look forward to sharing this with her even though she may not understand what is going on.

I can't post without a few pictures, so here is my little Bug with her new slide!! Notice her "frog mimi" that goes EVERYWHERE with her (I just ordered a spare on ebay this weekend for "just in case"):


She loves to have me sing "Wheels on the Bus" when she drives her new ship... er... bus




Wheee!!! (Doesn't she look thrilled?)


This one looks like she has some 'tude going on, but we were doing the "round and round" part to the Wheels on the Bus song!!


Oh... and we can't forget her new sandals that she picked out at our favorite store, Target!! Her first "toe" sandals with the little piece of leather that goes between her toes... I can't stand them on me, but she LOVES them. This girl is on her way to competition with Imelda Marcos, she has quite the collection and will change her shoes many times per day... off, on, off, on, off... you get the picture. Is she stylin or what? Look at her model them... maybe I should call an agency - LOL!




Also, I have been tagged by Lori for FIVE THINGS, but I will have to wait until I come back to town to post. Consider yourself tagged if you are reading this and I can't wait to read what others have to say about their five things!!

Can you believe it is the end of July?? Where did the summer go?? Two more weeks and it is back to school time for Morgan and Grant!!


As much as I hate to see summer end, the routine of the school year will be welcome. This summer social schedule for my two older ones is killing me!!

Love and FROG!

Sarah

Dora Dora???

Sophie is pretty late on the talking front and is just now putting two words together and an occasional three. She is still in weekly speech therapy through the First Steps program and I am seeing slow but forward progress.

Today, after work, our summer nanny (who is awesome... we love her) was cracking up trying to tell me this story of Bug today. Sophie is very much into naming things, but has never been able to say her own name and does not respond when we ask her who the baby is in the picture when it is her. So, today, she was shown a picture of herself and was asked who is it? She responded Dora Dora!! So now, she is going around the house pointing to her pictures and saying "Dora Dora" to them!

So, what do you think? See a resemblance??

Peas In A Pod...

Can I just say that I just LOVE my kids? As much as they can drive me insane by fighting and whining and generally being PITA's, when I look into their faces, I realize what a miracle I have been given for these three children to call me mom.















Now remind me of that every night when I am pulling my hair out waiting for all three of these angels of mine to GO TO SLEEP!! Then, I can go in like I do every night to watch them while they sleep and bless them on their foreheads (or maybe exorcise a demon or two - LOL!).

Allie is coming home!!

I am so excited that I just had to share the wonderful news that ALLIE is OUT of PGN and coming home!! WOOHOO!! I am so excited for Heather, Don, Kyle, Brandon and Devin and the most amazing angel, Jacob!!!



This beautiful miracle in Guatemala will soon be coming home to her forever family!!

Love and FROG!!!

Sarah

GUATOBERFEST!

Hey everybody... there is going to be a party going on in Atlanta with many of your favorite blog pals with their beautiful Guatemalan (and Chinese and Thai and American, etc) children October 5-8 in Atlanta. Check out GUATOBERFEST or use the link on the sidebar to find out more information.

We are hoping to attend since it is a drivable distance. Hope to meet more blogger friends there!!

Sarah

Pigtails and Phones!

Finally, I am ready to share the surprise from the photo session. It only takes me a couple weeks to get my self organized!!

Anyways... once upon a time (circa 1970), there was a little blonde haired, blue-eyed, two-year-old little girl. Her mommy took her to the photo studio to get her pictures made. She dressed her up in a little seersucker dress and put her hair in pigtails with white ribbons. The result??

Sarah


Wasn't she cute?? They did not do many pictures in color back in the day - LOL!

Fast forward 24 years (circa 1994) and that little girl had her own little brown haired, blue-eyed little two-year old girl who she dressed up in a cute little watermelon dress and pigtails with white ribbons. She decided to take her to the photo studio and have her pictures made with a much smaller, but stylish telephone. The result??

Morgan


Fast forward 13 more years (2007) and that first little girl was blessed with a dark brown hair and brown-eyed little two-year old girl who she dressed up in a seersucker dress with pigtails and white ribbons. She took her to the photo studio and had her pictures made with the same stylish phone as her big sister used! The result??

Sophie


Now, all three pigtailed little two-year old girls are lined up next to each other on our "Wall of Shame". I am so happy that we have this tradition to carry forward with my granddaughters someday (I may even save the phone)!!

Dance Dance Revolution!!

Have you heard of it? It is a game that Morgan plays on her Playstation 2 and is in most all arcades. It is quite humorous to watch as the dancers have to follow these arrows on a screen and move their feet to the dance moves shown to get the best score! Morgan and her friends love it.

The other night, Morgan had a friend over to spend the night. Sophie was really into her Sissy big time this night and followed her all over the house. At one point, the girls disappeared downstairs to put on some socks since they were cold. I noticed that Sophie came up the stairs (which I hate to see her do by herself as I am terrified she will tumble down) and ran into her room, heard her drawer open and close, then her little feet running into the den with a huge smile on her face, proclaiming "My socks". I took her back down to the basement to be with the girls and before long, all three of them were coming up the stairs and Sophie was proudly wearing her socks, just like the big girls.

They decided to break out the dance mats and do some DDR. Bug was very interested in what they were doing and loves to dance!!

Sissy, can I try??


I know you put your feet on here like this


Show me how you do it, Sissy


OK, this is FUN!!


Yeah!! I did it!!


I think I need my own mat now... I got this figured out!!!


Ok girls... ready for the next song! Let's Dance!!


Thanks Sissy, I Love You!!


I wish their mommy had some sense of rhythm!! I just love my girls!!