CH CH CH CHanges!

Okay, Okay! I know I have been TOTALLY neglecting this blog. I feel hugely guilty about it but for some reason I am not really doing anything about it! Steve has even been on my case. We have tons of fun stuff going on and I am dropping the ball on recording it in our history. Plus, I had such grand plans for this year and my little blog and it bothers me that I am just throwing those plans out the window! I pictured a makeover, not just in overall appearance, but I was going to try to post one little blurb every day. This was my solution to the sunken Project 365 plans (the Becky Higgins project that I missed the boat on). It is a way of recording sort of the little moments in life and I was stoked to get into that frame of mind. Especially since lately I have only been blogging like MAJOR events. I am forgetting to jot down the little moments and that was one of the reasons I liked blogging in the first place. Anyway, I wanted to turn over a new leaf and do just little snippets of what either happened in the day, something funny someone said or little thoughts and pieces of conversation. I even had the first couple weeks kind of mapped out and just NEVER did it! Now I am just finding myself completely dropping the ball all together. How pathetic.

I still really want to follow through with some of my plans but once my life completely changes in April, I'm not sure WHAT I will be able to accomplish as far as the cyber world is concerned? I still have not been successful with getting my blog "published" into a family book. The website I was going to use (blurb.com) no longer works with Blogger. Bummer. I haven't had time to shop around for anything else. Is there anyone out there that has done some research in this area that knows more than me? Please share your knowledge! I also have a huge "nesting" to do list that I try to chip away at every day, but I have such little energy (um, it will be nice when that comes back) I'm not making much progress.

Here is just a little list of what I need to get done:

1. Substitute plans for the entire last month of school
2. Prep for Kindergarten Graduation
3. Prepare all "end of year" stuff for the students
4. Preschool Stuff (I think I'm going to try and do at least one session):)
5. Re-arrange my ENTIRE house, practically! We need to move the boys downstairs and set up two nurseries upstairs. This will involve refiguring storage, hanging shelves, buying furniture, painting and on and on!
6. Clean everything! Simplify! Downsize! Declutter!

Oh the list could go on and on. Those are my top priority though, besides the stuff that is usually and constatnly on the "to do" list already! I keep thinking in the back of my mind, advice from a friend "rest while you can." But I don't see how that can be possible. There is too much to do and we are running low on time.

So, my apologies to the blog world, and my husband (who I never realized enjoyed my updated posts so much) for being such a major slacker! I know I will figure it all out soon and get the ball rolling. I look forward to being "on top of things" again! Oh, I will be SO grateful when that day comes and I am optomistic that it will!

Anticipation

Yesterday at school, one of the little girls in my class asked me to help her snap up the sleeper on one of our classroom dolls. I'm not sure why, but snapping up those little buttons and looking down on that doll face just got me SOOOO excited for the times to come! I actually ended up needing to give that baby doll a squeeze before I handed it it back to my little student. I have long forgotten how much fun it is to play "mama" with dollies and baby clothes and baby blankets. It is basically human nature for us girls to want to be mothers and dress up our babies and bathe them and feed them. It is so apparent when I see my students hovering over their dolls during free play time. I wasn't the girliest of girls myself but I definitely had dolls and did my share of "mothering" as a child. Now that I am so far out of the baby loop, I am a little nervous about how I will handle two of them! It will be SEVEN years since we have had a newborn in the house by the time our babies get here! It's just like riding a bicycle though, right? I will remember everything and all will be well, but for right now, I can't help but feel just a teensy bit overwhelmed! Luckily, Steve will be home most of the summer to help. I have been lucky this way. Both our boys were summer babies too so I have always had Steve home to help with the late nights and the overall getting used to the babies. Plus, this time will be even better with two aweosme little boys to help out!
Now it is just COUNTDOWN time! I can't believe we have TWO baby tickers on our blog now. So exciting. Totally OVERWHELMING, but exciting!

MORE INCREDIBLE NEWS!!!!

So, it is about 2:40 in the morning and I just can't sleep. I want to SHOUT from the rooftops all the joy I am feeling right now-but I can't! This blog is the closest thing. So, I'm hoping, after I get this post up, I might have a slight chance of being able to get some shut eye before the new day gets here.

Well, here goes. Our family, once again, has been handed a wonderful blessing this week.

WE ARE ADOPTING!!!!!

We found out on Monday that the couple we went to meet in Salt Lake back in October has chosen us to be the parents for their baby GIRL! Yes, you read that right BABY GIRL!!!!!!!
AND YES, we are having a baby BOY too! They will actually be only one month apart. Our new baby girl will be arriving in April and our baby boy will come close after toward the end of May.

So, let's do the math here:

1 baby (in my belly)
+
1 baby (handed to us through the miracle of adoption)
___________
2 BABIES!!!!!!

I KNOW! THIS IS INCREDIBLE! Words cannot describe the feeling it is to be told that someone has chosen you to take their child into your home and raise her as your own. I have never experienced ANY feeling like it and I know I never will again. It is UNBELIEVABLE!

We have no idea why God has chosen this crazy scenario for us, but we are SOOOOO ready to take on the challenges and joys that will come with it! This is the miracle we have been praying for for five years! I can't believe I actually WILL get to be a mother to a daughter. I am still in complete shock!

There are plenty of details to this story that I'd like to document, but IT'S 3 IN THE MORNING right now. I will post some more about this later but I just HADDDDDD to spread the word! We are soooo excited!