Wordless Wednesday

6 Months and Adoption Day

When Baby Sis was born, you can bet a few short days later, I looked at a calendar to see what our "adoption day" would be, you know, the magic age when our agency would let us come back.  It felt odd that it was 9-11, but somehow fitting.  That was the day our country will always remember those lost, but now it was a day of hope and a life added to our family.

Now we are so excited, that we did NOT have to wait the whole six months to get back in the saddle with our adoption, but I still sort of think as today as adoption day :-)

What's happening with the adoption you say?  Well, we are finished with the homestudy!!! Again ;-) We should have a hard copy that we can send off to get our fingerprints appointment this week!!!



So, happy six month birthday to my sweet baby girl, wow, where is the time going?!

And happy adoption day to my sweet boy.  Has he been born, is his birth mother still pregnant, or is he only a sweet child in the Father's hands still being formed by his Creator?  Whichever it is, I am thinking of him today.

What if she had no mommy?

Baby Sis is 20 weeks today!

The other day, I was changing Baby Sis's diaper and making her laugh and I actually thought out loud, "What if you had no mommy?  Who would play with you and make you laugh?" 

What if???

Let me tell you a little about my sweet on her 20th week birthday.  

She is a momma's girl.

She smiles at just about anyone who makes eye contact and she melts everyone's heart that stops to talk to her.

I think her favorite place is W*lmart because there are so many people there and they all want to stop and soak in some of the smiles.

She hardly ever cries (don't hate me, just read on).   I mean, she sends out a little fuss when the diaper is dirty and no one tends to it fast enough and she puts up a good attempt at the mad cry when she wakes up from a nap if her momma doesn't nurse her fast enough, but she really never cries (except for the last 5 minutes of the car ride home from church on a Wednesday night...an hour after her bed time).
 *Disclaimer : she either does not cry because third baby's are perfect gems send from heaven, or her mother spoils her rotten, because she is the third...or a little of both.

So, what would this little gem's life look like if she were an orphan?

Would she smile at the drop of a hat?

Would her eyes twinkle when the little old lady stopped by to chat with her?

Would she cry more?

Would she be rolling over or grabbing her feet?

What would her life look like?



And with all those thoughts, I wondered about my other girls, what would their lives look like....

it almost made me sick....




How can we not adopt?

How can anyone not consider adopting?

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

*Its not the best picture quality, but oh such cheeks!

Summer Fun and a Family of Five

So, the kiddos have been on official summer break for 2 weeks now.  They have all had plenty of sun and water.  Even Baby Sis got her oh so cute baby bathing suit on (and rocked the swim diaper just in case) for her first jaunt into the backyard $15 Walmart swimming pool.  It was a nice splash and play difference from the grueling hour of swim practice the big girls have had 5 days a week for swim team.

Even Daddy had plenty of fun getting to be the first to introduce baby girl to the water.

The big girls got cold fast, but had a blast!

And just like bath time, little miss loved the water!

And finally, we had enough forethought to plan our first ever "family of five" picture.  (Well, and we had to have one to submit to the agency for our new application.)

So, introducing the Cote Family of five....

until there are six......

My, how fast they grow!

One Week Old

Three Months Old

Stop growing Baby Sis!  You are too cute for words, but you are growing way too fast!