Ella's first birthday!

My sweetest Ella Belle. You had such a great first birthday! We had a HUGE birthday party complete with bounce house, candy bar and yummy food and cupcakes. On the menu was Ham and Swiss sammy sliders, mini fruit pizza's complete with a rainbow fruit tray and yummy fruit dip, texas sushi, and lots and lots of candy and junk food. You had your very own cake that was a ladybug and you LOVED it! You got lots of gifts and we had a great time.

You have lost some weight which really concerns me, you don't like the bottle anymore but have no teeth to eat solids, but want to so bad. You HATE baby food and have caught on the we are putting it in the bottle so we had to stop that. You are on special formula that is 30 calories per ounce and I beef that up even more. You LOVE cheerios and stawberries. You are 15 pounds and 26 and a half inches long. You are crawling super fast and standing and walking along the couch. Your favorite toy is your picnic basket Aunt Meg got you for your birthday. We love you baby girl! You are so special!

Isaiah is four!

My little man turned four on September 28th. He is getting so big and is really such a big boy. Here are some stats on my miracle boy.

Height; 40.5 inches
Weight: 37.0 pounds
Fave food. Grilled cheese, papa john's pizza, grapes, mandarin oranges and strawberry milk.
Fave movie: Dispicable Me.
Fave tv show: Lazytown
Fave toy: Your new Ipad you got for your birthday.
Fave game on said Ipad: angry birds.
I love you sweet boy!
Mommy<3

(un)broken heart

You know God has such a way to protect us, sometimes it takes my breath. Last week we had a cardio appt for miss Ella. I was told from day one she had a heart murmur, her pedi could not hear it so I thought no bid deal, we will go to the cadrio appt and get it checked, it's gone and that will be that. Um. yeah. NOT that easy. So we go in and Ella get a EKG, no biggie dr comes in says so about this HOLE IN HER HEART. UM? WHA? HOLE? no. The dr thought I knew. I didn't. cue--PANIC. She calmed me down, explained things to me, and took us to the ultrasound room. Let me just clarify here, never ever have I gotten good news in these "types" of rooms, always oh sorry your baby has no heartbeat, you have to have surgery to remove said baby from your uterus. So you know I was thinking, great--here we go. Well thank God I was wrong. Everything is fine, hole is gone and Ella's heart is perfect. And that folks is how God protected me, he knows I am a worrier I worry about everything. I try not to,but alas I do. And something this major, oh buddy I would have had a field day with it. Moral of the story,sometimes it is better to be uninformed. This time at least.

I'm a total slacker.

I wanted to do this for my kids, keep track of things going on..I'm slacking! But I can say they are clean, fed, bathed and loved on every.single.day. These babies are my life!


August 10th I got a call from DCS saying that Ella's birthmom had signed over her rights. I was happy but still feeling reserved. It's not forever to me until my fanny is sitting in the court room on the hard cold chair in front of the judge, y'know?

Fast forward a couple of days, CASA worker shows up for her visit and TOTALLY bursts my bubble. She told me Ella's bm had 30 days to change her mind. I tried not to think about it, but I worry..that's who I am. Monday, Ella had a court hearing. Birthmom showed up (we totally thought she wouldn't) and judge asked he some questions,like id Ella had not been so medically fragile would she have done this...birthmom said no. Cue casa worker showing up at my house and saying that she thought Ella was painted out to be medically fragile when she is not, and bascially that if bm had known that she would have kept her. Cue more worrying on my part. Basically she is ours, but I have to wait the 30 days. We signed papaerwork yesterday and get fingerprints soon. We just sit and wait. Waiting is hard.

Ella is doing very well, she crawls and sits and is trying to pull herself up. She weighs 14 pounds 11 oz but still is not taking solids well, it seems to be a texture thing.


Isaiah is doing very well, we are doing preschool on monday, wed., and fri. he loves it. I am teaching him at home and today we did the letter "B" and fingerpainted bumble bee's. He is now 36.5 pounds and is growing so big and tall. I love him so much.

Some stats

I don't want to forget all the things that are happening right now so I am going to try and remember them and put them all here.

Isaiah you are 2 months shy of being a big four year old, you weigh 35 pounds and you are 40 inches tall. Your favorite food is pizza and you love your vegetables,even spinach! Carrots are also a favorite. You eat yougart every morning for breakfast, and then have a big lunch. You are talking like your dad and I, and never stop. I say "no way Jose" and you say "im not jose!" You like to play with you "men" and usually its one that fits perfect in your hand. You have learned to swim underwater this summer, and are mommys little fish. Your best friend right now is Jenica, and you ask about Patrick and Sara a lot. We read to you every night before bed and we are starting pre school at home Sept 7th. I am going to be teaching you and you tell everyone that. Your favorite cartoon is tom and jerry and your favorite movie is cars 2 or toy story. I love you Isaiah, you are such a sweet boy and you mean the world to me.

Ella, oh dear little miss Ella. You have come so far, When you came home you weighed just 10 pounds 8 oz. You weigh 13 pounds 10 onces last week. I am amazed at how far you have come, your hair is getting so long and you are so sweet. You started sitting up July 28th and crawling even before that (backwards) You said your first word yesterday DADA DADA DADA you love your daddy so much and its very sweet. You also said "Ella" and we arent sure if you did it on purpose or not. We love you baby girl, you are so special.

She's here!!!!!!

If you look back at my blog at the post on April 18th you will see I was praying and asking for a sibling for Isaiah and for my daughter, well it happened quicker than I ever imagined. God is so good, and I feel so undeserving. Baby Ella Grace made her presence 10.9.10 weighing a mere 1 pound 8 ounces and was just 26 weeks gestation. Her birth mom was unable to care for her, and she was placed in foster care 3.2.11--the day she was discharged from St Vincent's NICU. She is a miracle baby on so many different levels. At the moment I am trying to be a mommy to 2 babies. I am really busy, it is a big adjustment, and I am soaking up every second. For these children I have prayed. Thank you Jesus!! :)

3 and a half year stats.

Isaiah is doing really well. He was dx'd with asthma in November '10 and we started neb treatments as needed in March of this year. He says the funniest things. His favorite cartoon right now is power rangers (BOOOO) infact the easter bunny brought him a samuari sword for easter. We are now county foster home instead of with the villages. We did out home study and paperwork and all is finished. Thank goodness I am ready to bring our little girl home, where ever she is.

Okay Isaiah's 3 and a half year stats
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