A few more have moved into our home…

No matter how hard we try, this girl LOVES her some stuffed animals!  She went into her bedroom, and one at a time, brought her animals into the kitchen and laid them on the floor. Then she played with each one of them, feeding, rocking, burping, just taking care of them. It was too cute…but WE are BEGGING you…NO MORE STUFFED ANIMALS as gifts! Thank  you and we LOVE you all!!

Double fisting already??

So, Brin goes into the refrigerator and says, “I want milk Mommy” So I give her the milk, then she sneaks in and grabs the water and says, “I want water too Mommy.” This is the result…She tried to drink like this for a good 5 minutes…I guess you can call it, making skim milk??!

 

Chocolate!

So, yesterday, about 6:45 AM, Nick and I are still in bed, Brin is in her bed and we hear her say, “I want chocolate, I want chocolate.” Now, mind you…she hand never knowingly had chocolate…so as we lay there and listen to her, she begins to change her statement to, “Mommy, I want chocolate”…she repeats this 3 or 4 times. We continue to lay in bed and just listen to her through the monitor and then her statement changes to “SUZ…I want chocolate”…we about died laughing!

A few recent randoms…

I found Nick and Brin watching gymnastics YouTube videos the other day. They were soo cute…I think we are looking at a gymnast and her coach! She sat on his lap for at least 10 minutes just watching and they would talk about it  too…it made my heart melt! I found Brin feeding Lola one day…she knew exactly what she was doing…this kid is soo observant…it’s CRAZY!!!Before work last Monday, I was getting the last things ready before we left, I walked into our bedroom to find this…Brin standing on Nick’s footplate and the two of them in conversation about her first day at Aunt Nona’s house.

Coloring with Morgan at their daddies Rugby game. Opening a Christmas present from the Sauber’s. Thank You Sauber’s. We LOVE Elmo here!

Happy Valentines Day

Here are a few pictures from Brins Valentine’s Day. She had a small party at school and got to pass out valentines to her friends. Brin got a valentine balloon and a ladybug mini pillow pet. We had a quiet raviloi dinner at home last night (Brin ate a few cheerios) and Nick and I worked on my homework…Happy Valentine’s Day…My how our life has changed in the last 4 years! We were talking at dinner about how we spent several Valentines dinner’s at Francesca’s for Italian. It was delicious then but we would not trade one thing to go back…this valentines was perfect…(minus the homework part) .

 

Brins Valentines for her friends at school. We made heart shaped crayons, gave everyone a sucker, and a matchbox car. She is totally into matchbox cars right now.

You are INCREDIBLE!!

I sit here and can hear Brin talking to herself as she tries to fall asleep and I can’t help but think about how lucky we are to have her home with us! Our lives have become more full than we ever could have expected with her in our life. I have always been a person who is affected by the meaning and words in a song. I cried the first time I heard this song by Christina Perri. Now, I know that this song is intended as a love song…however, the words describe so much of how I feel about being Brins parent, waiting for Brin,  and the love that I have for her as a her parent.

Dearest Briny,

You are our beautiful girl! We have loved you for a thousand years and will love you for a thousand more! There were days that we thought our dream of you would never come true. We thank God everyday for you! You are our love story. We will do our best to show you our love for you and help you grow to be the best you can be. You are so funny, you love so truly, you are a lot sweet and a little “stinker”, you love to hug us when we are hurt and ask us “what happen?”, you love pizza as if it were not going to be tomorrow, you love Lola, you are tough, you are smart, YOU ARE LOVED!!!

Love FOREVER,

Mommy & Daddy

Hand Prints

Today is Wednesday, which is Nick and Brins day together. I worked very late trying to catch up on all kinds of stuff at school that I have just let slip…Nick and Brin seemed to have a blast today.  She was a in a good mood for him. When I got home this picture on on the table, I think it is SOO CUTE! They were tracing hands today…I think Brin got a lesson in ‘different’. Look closely and you will see Nick’s paw print and Brins hand inside his.

Another funny thing about Brin today…Nick had the radio on and Brin ran out of her room, looked at Nick and said “shake booty” and then began to dance…No idea where she got those words! Still finny tho!