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Hannah-ism. There aren’t too many words that trip up an 8-year old. But today one got her. She was playing with the calculator on my phone today in the car (I know, we spend a lot of time in the car – like most other families who run to dance, piano, church, etc). “Mom, what would you [...] Ellie said today, “last week I was a baby. Then I had my birthday. Now I am a big kid. I am THREE!” Yes, just last week you were my baby. Next week, I will turn around and you will be turning twelve. Realizations like that make me understand the blessing of time that comes with being [...] I called my husband and checked my gas gauge. I actually felt sorry that I filled up just a couple a days ago – I’m not one to pass up a great bargain! Last week, I was able to buy a half price leather bench at LinenNThings’ closeout sale to use as a coffee table in [...] This picture was taken about a month ago at Grant’s Farm during our Beihai Reunion. Judging by the bright smiles you can see that we were having a great time! Sometimes it can be hard to come up the the exact word or phrase you are looking for. Ellie doesn’t have that problem…she just makes up her own… –Corn Man — While driving to town today she was noticing how many cornfields had been combined. She came up with this term to [...] that bunnies have short, fluffy tails and live in a hole in the garden?” If you are around my girl very long at all you will hear this conversation starter. I don’t know where it came from, why it has hung on…It is what she says when she wants to have something to say but doesn’t [...] how much satisfaction there is in watching my child master her addition and subtraction facts. I think I can actually hear the wheels turning as she decides whether she needs to regroup a problem or not. It seemed to take awhile to get her there, but she is definitely thinking mathematically now! There are so [...] Waiting for Ellie was a hard, frustrating phase of our life. For us adoption became the way to extend our family after experiencing and coming to terms with infertility. We were told when we started that we should be home with our child within 12 months. Then China slowed down- everyone in [...] As I have said, we have a very full fall. We quietly cherished Ellie’s adoption day, then it was on to the birthdays. Ellie turned 3 on Oct. 23. We celebrated with Mimi and Papa and an orange cake (well orange icing, of course the cake was chocolate) and orange ice cream, [...] |
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