Hale Family Tales

Ellie has a magic wand this morning, she is very eager to grant you a wish, if you like.

I heard her grant Hannah a wish, “Abra Cadabra, Alla Kazam, turn you into a lion…or something…”

We’ve been approved by the Ethiopian court to adopt Julia Joy!

We are over the moon and are looking forward to traveling in about 6 weeks to bring her home.

I cannot wait to kiss her cheek.

I have so much to do today, but I can’t seem to focus on anything from up here on Cloud 9.

I was awakened early this morning by someone in the condo moving around.  Not sure who it was – Ellie has a little bit of a cough, Ryan is usually restless after 5:00 am, and the little guy inside is making use of his knees and elbows more and more in the last few days. [...]

…has a pink eye today.

Bummer!

I wonder how long until my blue-eyed girl turns pink.  They were both exposed the same day to the same child.  I would rather it be sooner than later and get it over with.

My girls have been given more household chores recently and have been held very accountable for cleaning up after themselves as well.  They do most of them together and sing songs from “Annie” the whole time.

Hannah, always with a heart full of gratitude, changed ‘Its a Hard Knock Life’ to, ‘Its a Good Knock Life.’

They [...]

Feb. 23!

Next Tuesday!  This is an answered prayer…I have been praying for a date in February!

One step closer.

We tried Pei Wei for the first time today.  It is PF Chang’s bistro style restaurant.  Ryan said it has been called the Panera Bread of Asian style food.  We all thought the food was great, but Ellie was very sorry that they didn’t have dumplings.  Of course, she went to town on her noodles [...]

2010 is the Year of the Tiger.

We figured out that Ryan was born in the year of the Tiger – his son will be too.  A Tiger is known as having a bold, brave, and confident character.  He is a fierce protector and loyal, and wants to be the very best at whatever he puts [...]

Ellie zinged me last night.

I was talking about my ballet teacher from when I was a girl.  Hannah asked me how old I was when I had this teacher.  I said, “Well, I was about your age.”

Hannah replied, “I wonder how many years ago that was.”

I started counting back, and gee, it was more years [...]

It was another busy week around the Hale household.  I am thankful for a quiet Saturday.  I am getting ready to leave everyone in their jammies and head out on some errands (and quiet time) in a bit.  It was a busy week with several “extra” activities thrown into our schedule, just to keep things [...]