Early Celebration!

Miriam will be three on Thursday the 19th, so we got to celebrate early this weekend with Grammy, Poppy, and Grandma and Grandpa Brown.  It was quite fun because we went to the park where my friends church was having a festival with a band, bouncy houses, balloons, face painting, a fire truck, etc.  As we drove up Miriam stated, "My party, My party!  I'm going to be free!"  She was so excited to go to her party and jump in her bouncy house, go down the big slide, and sit in the fire truck for her birthday.  We returned home to a barbeque our community was having to welcome new staff members, but Miriam thought it was a continuation of her party.  Afterward we opened gifts and had cake.  I don't think she could have asked for more.  Thanks to Katie for the cute PJ's, to Grandma and Grandpa Brown for the horse ride, helmet, and plastic horses, and to Grammy and Poppy for new princess bedding, a pretty banner for the wall, and lots of other princess barbies, books, and towel. Miriam loves it all and is so happy.

3 New Girls!!!

Wow! Talk about a crazy week. We got three new girls into our home this week. We have been a little low on numbers for a few weeks so we kind of expected it, but this was a little too much to be grateful for. On Monday we got a 9 year old who is in second grade and needs a lot of attention. On Wednesday we got a 14 year old on probation and has anger and aggression issues. I hope we can handle her without having to take extreme measures. On Friday we got another 15 year old on probation for drug abuse. It has been interesting teaching them all about the rules of the house, the routines, and to keep them out of trouble in the first week. Hopefully we will work hard for a little while and it will pay off with a break later on. We know if we can keep them around for a little while it will be good for us.

Jakey is getting so big.

We can not believe how much Jacob is growing and learning lately. He has begun to talk a lot more and even to sing songs sometimes. He has a lot of fun trying to keep up with Miriam and trying to climb on, jump on, play on, and do everything that she does. We try to have races to get buckled into the car, and to run where ever we need to go. Jacob likes to try to win and Miriam likes to win so they are both happy in the end and we get things done much faster. Jacob got a hair cut a couple of weeks ago and Miriam joined him by cutting her own hair while mom and dad were worried about crying Jacob. She got a big chunk in back so I have to be careful how I style it so it is not too noticable. Hopefully it will grow back soon.

It has been a while!

So I know, I know, I have been so bad at updating this I would be willing to bet if anyone was looking at it to see what is going on with us they are no longer. I just can't believe I have not done this for 3 whole months. I hope I will be better in the future, and I really will try to be on top of things so that we all can keep in touch.