I see why God wants us to become like little children. Ethan just loves his coaches so much. He stands in the outfield and talks to them. I caught him holding onto his hand last game. Ethan has always had a gentle spirit and a heart of gold. I admire it so much! He loves EVERYONE! No matter what they wear or the color of their skin! What a great little guy! I hope he continues to shine his Jesus given light!
At our last practice his coach "Tim" was wearing a Tony Romo jersey and as we pulled up Ethan said "OH MY GOODNESS ITS TONY ROMO" I nearly fell out of the car laughing! He is so precious and the moment he put his uniform on his whole life from birth flashed before my eyes. I cried and cried! He didnt know why mommy was crying over a silly green uniform. I told him I was just happy to see him growing up and that one day he would understand. sniff sniff! My little guy went from having his intestines on the outside of his body at birth to playing t-ball with his friends and running around like a five year old should! Praise be to the Father!
As for Abbigail? Well, she is still sassy ol' Abbi! She has got going potty down! She makes sure to let me know when she has to go too. MOMMA I GOTTA PEE PEE!!! It never fails we are always in Wal-Mart or out eating at a nice resturant when she does it! She has a full vocabulary and insists on using it to her advantage everyday! Yesterday night I left her in the bath while I went to get towels and pajamas and by the time I got back the floor was literally covered in bath water. I looked at her and said "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Expecting to just get an oops expression on her face. She chimed back with her hoarse voice "bring it down a notch, mama" I just died laughing and the water on the floor didnt seem like such big deal! We will be celebrating her third birthday on Friday and I think we are going to make a trip to Houston to go see dad! I cant believe it has been three years since I gave birth to her. My first girl and my second love! She reminds me of myself so much, but has her daddy's kind heart. I love her so much and she reminds me everyday how sweet and beautiful life is! Once again I give thanks to my almighty redeemer!
Now for the last kitty in the litter. Our Ali jo is now seven months old and is learning new things everyday. She finally cut her first two teeth and she is a much happier camper now. She still chews on everything she sees which makes me think that she may be trying to get some more!
I love to just sit and watch her. She is so interesting! Every morning I wake up and go look at her. She knows I am there, so with her eyes still closed she give out the cutest goodmoring grin I have ever seen. It makes me happy to know that something so perfect could love me so much even with her eyes closed!
She is starting to scoot across the floor and as veteran mom I know that crawling is just around the corner. We are so glad that G-pa and Uncle Aaron came to finish our floors! They look amazing and are now crawl friendly! Thank you both so much for taking the time out of your day to do this! As the squeeky toy aliens on Toy Story say "We are eternally grateful!"
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Back to Ali Jo.. haha! I am so excited to say that her little eyes are turning HAZEL! Abbi and Ethan both have bright blue eyes like their dad, but my little plum actually is starting to take after me! This makes me so excited! I grew up not looking like anyone since I am adopted, so having children that have my nose or lips or hair or EYES brightens my day!
Ali is a very quiet little girl! She is very different from the other two in that since. I never hear a peep out of her unless she is having a chit-chat spell or she is laughing at Bubba. (she loves him so much!) Recently she has had some terrible separation anxiety. She goes hysterical if I just leave the room. I have to put her bouncer everywhere I am. I dont mind, I love her silent company! haha!
I am also very excited to say that she sings too! Everytime I sing I can hear her sweet little quiet voice in the background. I hope she grows to love music as much as I do!
Now, lets move on to the hair. For some reason at about four months old she started to go bald in the back of her head. It just never grew back as fast as the top of her head so now is stuck with a "reverse mullet" (thanks Uncle John) I have tried everything to make it look somewhat normal. I part it to the side, but she looks like Hitler, I have tried to slick it back, but it just reaches right out for the sun anyway.
Our latest trick is to put it in a teeny tiny pony tail right on top. She looks like a peach! The gift of children is a wonderful thing! God blesses me everyday with the sound of children playing and sometimes tattle telling. I wouldnt change it for the world!
