A little Swagger!

We were blessed recently, through a turn of events, to get a minivan! I never thought I would be thrilled to drive one, but I must say, I love it! Our other cars can't fit 3 child seats, so at some point, it was going to be necessary to get something else...now, if only we could get a hold of that third child....but I digress.

Anyway, I just saw this and thought it was hilariously awesome so I thought I'd share in honor of my other minivan rocking moms out there! :) Enjoy!

A Little Reagan Charm

I am WAY behind...I know, I know. I haven't even updated anything about our trip to Arizona and that was over a month ago! Maybe one of these days I'll get my act together.

In the meantime, I wanted to share a little Reagan humor.

She has a little devotion book we read before bed with a little prayer at the end. This particular day's prayer was talking about obedience and listening to God the first time. It was supposed to go "Dear God, help me to do what you say the first time."

Reagan's prayer (so appropriately for her) instead went, "Dear God, please do what I say the first time. Amen."

We have some work to do.

I love that crazy girl.

I.....

...found the bear! Little stinker (aka Reagan) stuffed it in a toy bin in the playroom. Hooray!

Bear update...

Reagan lost her bear less than 24 hours after I finished it.

Nice.

My little project

Ok....so let me preface this post by saying that I really do not know how to sew. Well, I know a little. Maybe I should say, I don't know how to sew well. At all. But, that didn't prevent me from trying a little project for the kiddos. I am expecting that in the not-so-distant future, Jonah will have a loose tooth at some point. I saw a cute idea for little tooth bears for the kids to place their teeth in as they wait for the oh-so-important Tooth Fairy exchange. So, although they are far from perfect, here's my attempt.

I wasn't thrilled with the color choices, but you take what you can get at the store. I did Jonah's bear first...that's supposed to be a tooth on the front under his name. I think it looks like a piece of sliced bread. Oh well. I didn't even try it on Reagan's...she got a crooked heart. Still, I am a little proud of my attempt....all things considered.

So far behind....

Who said it was easy to keep up with a blog? I am way behind, so I'll recap with some pics and leave it at that for now.

Here's a rare pic of my whole family from Thanksgiving.

Reagan watching a Tech game with Daddy...apparently he is stressed out!

My crazy girl.....

December Snow!

The kids and I had the opportunity to go to the beach for a bit right before Christmas with my dear friend, Lisa and her 2 boys! What a blast!

Merry Christmas 2009!

Ringing in the New Year with a HOKIE win! Happy 2010!

A lot of people have been asking me about the adoption process...no big news to report yet, but thank you for the continued thoughts. We continue to covet your prayers in this matter! We recently renewed our U.S. Immigration Approval....and now the wait continues. We can't wait until we get our baby girl!

Ahhhh, the life of a mom.

A recap of my day:

Woke up

Made a grocery list

Clipped coupons

Got Jonah up, fed, dressed

Got Reagan up, fed, dressed

Devotion with kids

Took Jonah to bus stop in 20 degree weather

COFFEE

Grocery store

Came home and unloaded groceries

Went to Target

Came home and unloaded from Target

Made chili

Reorganized pantry

Made Reagan lunch

Read to Reagan

Put her down for a nap (ha, ha)

Hauled all Christmas decorations into attic

Vacuumed upstairs

Got Jonah off bus

Gave kids a snack

Tried to keep kids from killing each other

Played 3 rounds of go fish

Printed out coloring pages for the kids

Dance party with kids

Made dinner

Helped kids clean up playroom

Packed Jonah's lunch for tomorrow

Gave both kids baths

Read books, sang songs, said prayers, lights out

Cleaned up kitchen

...and there's still more to do. Always. (Note "shower" was not listed anywhere)