More on adoption

Let's begin by saying that I am easily offended.

OK so...

It bugs me, A LOT, when people say "If we can't have our own babies then we just won't have any."

Actually it doesn't bother me when just anyone says that but when people who know my family say that. Because these people are aware that our family was created with the help of adoption and so by pointing out that they could never love an adopted child, the way they would love a biological child, they say that there is something intrinsically unlovable about Larry. And that offends me.

It gets under my skin that our friends and family can look at the wonderful ball of beauty, energy and charisma, that is our adopted child, and still say that they don't believe that they could Love a child who happens to be born from another person.

I just want to say that Chad and I are not special because we Love our adopted child--we are special because we are Loved by him!

Nap time

Larry was awoken by Holden SCREAMING that he hurt his finger (which, PS, he didn't) but I told him it was too early to get up from his nap and that he wasn't to move from the bed. I can tell that he's still very tired but every once in a while he'll yell out

"NO, Mom"

from the bed.

I'm ignoring him, he'll fall back to sleep if I can just stay quiet for a few minutes more.

Memories

The Jello Incident 2006

Stress

Our insurance is stressing me out! They keep sending me papers that say we only have a little bit left in our Health spending account and the year just started in April! Chad tells me that the insurance company is confused because we use a middleman to handle the HRA stuff, but if I get one more ominous letter my head might explode!

Must See

Have I mentioned Mighty Girl on here before? (Oh, only like 100 times, and it's in my links thingy--that is totally not enough!)

Recently Maggie Mason has started putting up profiles of her well dressed friends and calling the adventure Mighty Closet.

I. Am. In. LOVE! I want everything these women own.

Check it out, you won't be disappointed

From the boys!

To Dad From Holden and Larry (20 years from now)-

My Husband, Their Father

I have this husband; this awesome, sexy, amazing husband, who (at least until Wed., when our oldest goes home) is a father to 5 children.

My boys think that their Dad is a superhero. He can wrestle like nobody's business and when he jumps on the trampoline he makes everyone else bounce around like pinballs. And despite his inability to tell the difference between beige and grey (and sometimes between those colors and shades of green) my boys run into our room every morning to survey his outfit and run back to their rooms to pick out the closest thing they have to matching their Dad.

My little girls are head over heals in love with the man of this house. They want to be cuddled and hugged by his big strong arms and they want stories and kisses just from his lips.

And our 16 year old has found in this man a Father figure, a friend, a confidant and an example of a great man (she's told me so!).

When we were first married he told me that children were nice and he might like to have two--sometime in the future,he was in no particular rush. But as 6 years passed and 5 children came to be a part of our lives he has taken to the role of Father better than any man I know. His love for his family is second only to his Love for God and his great heart does a lot to build strong walls around this family.

He is one of the great blessings in my life and in the lives of his children.

We Love you, Chad.