sebastian's birthday #2

sebastian's birthday video #1

two years ago we went to the same farm

two years ago.. amy was 8 months along with eden ! ..this year she's two months along with someone new :)
lucca was tiny



kiryn still loved him some horse back riding!

elgin farm today

feeling better today..
we went to my friend's friend's farm today, check out these cuties!

milking a goat


a truck full of younguns!

tristan riding



lucca with her best buddy!

kiryn looks so happy!

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my head is KILLING ME. Motrin doesn't work. i don't want to take any more vicadine, and coffee makes me feel worse so i am exhausted to boot from not having my morning joe. sigh..
it's one of those days where i am doing a horrible job parenting, teaching, standing..lol
seriously . OUCH

~~~pity part for Liz, everyone is invited!~~~~~~~~~

the eyes get even scarier!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN>

my scary eyes

i have zombie eyes!
seriously, when they said my eyes would be red-this isn't quite what i had imagined :)

ouch- my surgery (eye muscle) is on thursday of THIS WEEK!
yikes
here's a good website talking about it:
eye

i have to go under general for the surgery and then they give you vicadin for afterwords. mainly i am just worried about recovery time and taking care of the brood. Gabe won't be taking off work since he is hourly and all.

war orphans in Liberia

i am reading a book about Liberia and the thousands of orphans there. truly these children have nothing. they need homes. i think more people could open there homes to children who need homes if they listened to what God has to say on the matter.

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
james 1:27


have a look at these sights:
rye reflections

adopting from liberia

waiting children

video of children from liberia

time article

silly sentimental mommy

so, i was at Big Lots! today and i went down the doll aisle and decided i MUST buy a dolly for our foster/adopt little , even though i don't know her or anything about her yet, lol. but, i figured it would make a good Christmas gift. so lets all pray she's home by Christmas!
anyhow, as i was buying this doll i got all choked up thinking about how we were so close to meeting her. so i was like a 26 year old baby crying in the big lots, lol..

I AM SO READY ALREADY!!!!

little daddy!
sebastian was mowing with his mower, while daddy was with his!

baby Otto, home with mama!

ok, so i was over analyzing. we finished our homestudy yesterday and from what she said we passed, and should have our license in about two weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so we could potentially have our little girl in a couple of weeks :)

warning! over analyzing ahead!

my hubby thinks i am over analyzing- BUT i feel like i did horrible on the homestudy.
why you ask?
well for one when i am nervous i talk ALOT- none reading this would deny that .lol
then i had to drag every bit of dirty laundry out of the closet and it freaked me out! i am so worried that it makes me look terrible. but of course thats not the person i am anymore, but the past is there, written down. yuck
then she told me i cant breastfeed in front of a foster kid >IN MY OWN HOUSE! she suggested a BLANKET. cough cough WTF?

help me LORD

sigh

looks like someone shot my animals!
lol

well i am a bit nerve racked before the homestudy. sebastian has had a nasty respiratory infection for the last three weeks. with several dr visits and two ER trip- up to 6 meds at a time and a cranky baby, i am a little behind on everything!lol
to say the least, right?
i am just praying that we can get everything in order before thurs, or that our case worker has a loose definition of spic and span..lol
seriously , though.
i cant wait to hold my new nephew, who is home from the hospital!!
PRAISE GOD!
when we are all recovered from our sickness i want to drive out to wimberley to see the little 6 pound wonder.