Hello again....

Wow--long time no post. I'm not sure what happened there. I'm not sure where time is going at all these days. Here are some tidbits.... We are very much in the middle of the "Trying Threes" but I think we're learning how to cope. The best way to deal with getting things done with the girl these days is letting her choose. Cause, you know, Mom (yes Mom, sometimes still Momma or Mommy, but frequently Mom) couldn't possibly pick out something as important as what socks to wear on her own. So she gets a choice in EVERY aspect of getting ready. I have to think ahead to give her the option of doing something now or in 5 minutes (she's big on "5 minutes" these days). This morning she was determined she was going to stay home by herself--she's still not a fan of her new classroom at school. She has fun once she gets there but she misses her friends in her 2 year old room. Every tank top is a "swim soup." I can't get over how she's memorizing so many songs and books these days. I can read Cat in the Hat and stop and she'll keep reciting the story (word for word) for 6 pages! And it doesn't take long for her to start remembering stories either--by the third time we read a book, we can leave out words and she'll fill them in or we can have her "read" it to us and she'll tell us the story. She's still a big fan of TV but she's showing more interest in other things and just as likely to want to read or play in her room instead of watching TV. But Doc McStuffins, Blues Clues, and Team Umizoomie are favorites. She's also interested in movies these days--the Toy Story movies and Tangled are favorites. I'm not sure if we're officially potty trained or not. I don't know what counts as trained--she's been going to school in big girl panties for awhile (or big boy panties if we're having a Diego or Toy Story day!)and has only had 1 accident there. She just goes when the other kids go and it's no big deal. At home, we have more issues and more accidents so we'll wear a pull-up when we go out sometimes still. Naps aren't a problem and she'll wake up dry a lot of mornings too. Last week Isla said she wants a baby. We're working on that. We found an adoption agency that I feel very comfortable with so we registered with them and we're waiting for them to have an expectant momma to match us with. This agency feels so much more comfortable than the other one we'd signed up with, and we'll be able to complete an adoption with little to no debt. Hopefully it will happen sometime this year. I feel perfectly calm and fine about things for a few weeks, then I start getting nervous that we've made wrong choices with things, worried that it's going to take a long time, etc for a few days. Overall, I know God is in charge of this journey--we can't do anything but wait and pray at this point and in His time, when He is ready, He will bring us the baby we're supposed to have. M has had dreams twice seeing me with Isla and a little blonde haired girl. I see us with a biracial or Hispanic little boy. Only He knows what the future holds. That's what's going on these days. Isla took Daddy to a dance last weekend--I'm not sure who was more excited--here are pictures.