fall family fun extravaganza
i'm about 3 weeks late blogging about our family trip to the mountains. it was (of course) a fabulous trip. jay couldn't go...which was sad. but i moved things around & went without him!
we all left at different times. dad left first. he wanted to get up there and get things settled for us. he also had his amazing chili going when we arrived. yum.
mom picked me up and then we got the girls from school. luckily they had a half day so we go to leave right at lunch. we piled in the minivan and went on our way. the girls sang, danced, told jokes and entertained us. they truly are hilarious.
about an hour into the trip i switched cars and rode with josh, claire and vasa. oh vasa. i can't get over him. he made me laugh the entire trip. he was eating an ice cream cone from mcdonalds when i first got in the van. he seemed to enjoy it until he saw my apple come out! so we shared my apple while he ate his ice cream cone. that kids LOVES fruit. he was funny taking bites of my big ol apple. i dont share my honey crisp apples with just anybody...
traffic was horrible in atlanta. so we watched mickey mouse cartoons for a while. vasa would pull on his ears and say "mickey." too cute. he let me borrow his pillow to attempt at a nap. but i couldn't take my eyes off vasa. i just had to stay awake and enjoy him.
he loves life. everything is new to him. i think i love that the most. mimi taught him to "march" one day playing in the yard so he "marched" when we stopped for a potty break. he played with claire's iphone forever. he did a great job with puzzles & games. when we were driving up the mountain to the cabin i started saying "ahhhhh...." so he could hear my voice shaking. he thought that was funny. he did it for a while and then said "papa!" he wanted to hear josh do it too. :)
when we arrived we unloaded and in dunlap fashion moved quickly on to dinner! it was vasa's first time roasting hot dogs on an open fire. he was somewhat interested...
during supper allie announced that we were going to play that game where we all listed in alphabetical order something we were going to buy at the grocery store. the girls sometimes named things that were not grocery store items, it was funny. vasa said "cookies!" every time. he didnt care what letter he was on (and he didnt list the other items. grace, just this once kid!)
we barely swallowed our last bite of supper before we took off to make smores. YUM. vasa really only cared about eating marshmallows. the girls ate their share of smores :)
after dessert - we had our family talent show. i dropped the ball this year. i just sang a song from my childhood.
dad started us off telling a story/joke. mom did a poem about going from a pumpkin to a jack-o-lantern. the girls did a hilarious song & dance that they made up about leotards (while wearing leotards.) they were smart to write the song/dance and remember the leotards.
THEN...without any prompting our precious vasa stepped up! i guess he caught on that everyone seemed to be taking turns performing. so he walked to the "stage" and said, "vasa sing!" and he sang the sweetest, most precious version of twinkle, twinkle little star EVER. he totally won.
claire was next. she quoted the entire book "goodnight moon." josh followed by rapping a little vanilla ice.
vasa went to bed shortly after and we all stayed up playing games. ava kicked tail in pictionary. i cant remember the other game we played but it was fun.
the next morning was filled with pancakes, coffee, sausage, bagels, and fun chaos. we took our time eating & taking showers. then we headed out for the corn maze.
my mom had ALL the kids in their minivan. when they pulled into the corn maze parking lot they had all the windows down and they were all singing LOUDLY along with poppy's solid rock quartet cd. (except addison - she looked traumatized! she's not a solid rock fan haha.) it was hilarious.
vasa and i jumped bails of hay with the girls. then we headed into the maze. he & i played most of the time. we acted like airplanes, played hide-n-go seek in the corn, and i gave him some piggy-back rides. at one point (after lots of walking) i turned around and he was laying in the dirt saying "vasa tired." hahaha.
after the corn maze we went to a petting zoo. needless to say - i skipped that mess! dad and i sat in the minivan and listened to football games. but i did get to watch all the kids take a pony ride :)
i had to leave saturday afternoon. but i loved every minute i was there. i do not take my awesome family for granted. i am beyond blessed.
adoption update:
we still get emails about babies. we've sent our profile out to 2 different birth moms so far...neither chose us :( i try not to get too emotionally involved in the process but it's hard!! every time we send our profile out i feel like i might be pregnant. (i know, its silly) so it's heart-breaking to hear we aren't chosen.
i DO trust God 100%. i KNOW that He has the perfect baby ready for us at the perfect time. but sometimes its tough.
thankfully i work in a place FULL of grace. last tuesday i was at work when i got the call that we weren't chosen for this little baby boy due nov 7. i hung up the phone, closed my laptop and walked right out of the door. i cried for 2 hours, 2 hours! poor jay returned home from his motorcycle trip to a complete mess of a wife! but he held me, prayed for me and loved me through it. after pulling myself together i went to TAs bible study. seeing the precious staff & kids that i get to work with was healing for my heart.
i can't wait to meet this sweet baby that God has for us. most mornings i pray, do my quiet time or at least stop in the nursery :) i want our home to be a place of precious peace for this child.
keep praying for us & with us! i look forward to holding our child. i know that being a parent is hard. i know we will lose sleep and our lives will be changed forever. BUT i am excited to love on this child. i can't wait to watch jay play with him, sing to him and snuggle with him. i look forward to watching my child enjoy my beautiful family, learn about the family talent show, meet my amazing TAs, meet jay's hilarious, joyful, loving family, i want to tell him about Jesus and how much He loves him, i'm pumped to teach him all the silly songs i learned as a child, i can't wait to share the "love box" (that my growth group is making) just for him - filled with all the notes that people have already written our baby and the ones we'll write on a regular basis. i could go on and on.
i'm sure in a year or so my blog will be about poopy diapers, spit up, lack of sleep and broken household items. but if i complain - please remind me of nights like this where i LONG to experience those things...
we all left at different times. dad left first. he wanted to get up there and get things settled for us. he also had his amazing chili going when we arrived. yum.
mom picked me up and then we got the girls from school. luckily they had a half day so we go to leave right at lunch. we piled in the minivan and went on our way. the girls sang, danced, told jokes and entertained us. they truly are hilarious.
about an hour into the trip i switched cars and rode with josh, claire and vasa. oh vasa. i can't get over him. he made me laugh the entire trip. he was eating an ice cream cone from mcdonalds when i first got in the van. he seemed to enjoy it until he saw my apple come out! so we shared my apple while he ate his ice cream cone. that kids LOVES fruit. he was funny taking bites of my big ol apple. i dont share my honey crisp apples with just anybody...
traffic was horrible in atlanta. so we watched mickey mouse cartoons for a while. vasa would pull on his ears and say "mickey." too cute. he let me borrow his pillow to attempt at a nap. but i couldn't take my eyes off vasa. i just had to stay awake and enjoy him.
he loves life. everything is new to him. i think i love that the most. mimi taught him to "march" one day playing in the yard so he "marched" when we stopped for a potty break. he played with claire's iphone forever. he did a great job with puzzles & games. when we were driving up the mountain to the cabin i started saying "ahhhhh...." so he could hear my voice shaking. he thought that was funny. he did it for a while and then said "papa!" he wanted to hear josh do it too. :)
when we arrived we unloaded and in dunlap fashion moved quickly on to dinner! it was vasa's first time roasting hot dogs on an open fire. he was somewhat interested...
during supper allie announced that we were going to play that game where we all listed in alphabetical order something we were going to buy at the grocery store. the girls sometimes named things that were not grocery store items, it was funny. vasa said "cookies!" every time. he didnt care what letter he was on (and he didnt list the other items. grace, just this once kid!)
we barely swallowed our last bite of supper before we took off to make smores. YUM. vasa really only cared about eating marshmallows. the girls ate their share of smores :)
after dessert - we had our family talent show. i dropped the ball this year. i just sang a song from my childhood.
dad started us off telling a story/joke. mom did a poem about going from a pumpkin to a jack-o-lantern. the girls did a hilarious song & dance that they made up about leotards (while wearing leotards.) they were smart to write the song/dance and remember the leotards.
THEN...without any prompting our precious vasa stepped up! i guess he caught on that everyone seemed to be taking turns performing. so he walked to the "stage" and said, "vasa sing!" and he sang the sweetest, most precious version of twinkle, twinkle little star EVER. he totally won.
claire was next. she quoted the entire book "goodnight moon." josh followed by rapping a little vanilla ice.
vasa went to bed shortly after and we all stayed up playing games. ava kicked tail in pictionary. i cant remember the other game we played but it was fun.
the next morning was filled with pancakes, coffee, sausage, bagels, and fun chaos. we took our time eating & taking showers. then we headed out for the corn maze.
my mom had ALL the kids in their minivan. when they pulled into the corn maze parking lot they had all the windows down and they were all singing LOUDLY along with poppy's solid rock quartet cd. (except addison - she looked traumatized! she's not a solid rock fan haha.) it was hilarious.
vasa and i jumped bails of hay with the girls. then we headed into the maze. he & i played most of the time. we acted like airplanes, played hide-n-go seek in the corn, and i gave him some piggy-back rides. at one point (after lots of walking) i turned around and he was laying in the dirt saying "vasa tired." hahaha.
after the corn maze we went to a petting zoo. needless to say - i skipped that mess! dad and i sat in the minivan and listened to football games. but i did get to watch all the kids take a pony ride :)
i had to leave saturday afternoon. but i loved every minute i was there. i do not take my awesome family for granted. i am beyond blessed.
adoption update:
we still get emails about babies. we've sent our profile out to 2 different birth moms so far...neither chose us :( i try not to get too emotionally involved in the process but it's hard!! every time we send our profile out i feel like i might be pregnant. (i know, its silly) so it's heart-breaking to hear we aren't chosen.
i DO trust God 100%. i KNOW that He has the perfect baby ready for us at the perfect time. but sometimes its tough.
thankfully i work in a place FULL of grace. last tuesday i was at work when i got the call that we weren't chosen for this little baby boy due nov 7. i hung up the phone, closed my laptop and walked right out of the door. i cried for 2 hours, 2 hours! poor jay returned home from his motorcycle trip to a complete mess of a wife! but he held me, prayed for me and loved me through it. after pulling myself together i went to TAs bible study. seeing the precious staff & kids that i get to work with was healing for my heart.
i can't wait to meet this sweet baby that God has for us. most mornings i pray, do my quiet time or at least stop in the nursery :) i want our home to be a place of precious peace for this child.
keep praying for us & with us! i look forward to holding our child. i know that being a parent is hard. i know we will lose sleep and our lives will be changed forever. BUT i am excited to love on this child. i can't wait to watch jay play with him, sing to him and snuggle with him. i look forward to watching my child enjoy my beautiful family, learn about the family talent show, meet my amazing TAs, meet jay's hilarious, joyful, loving family, i want to tell him about Jesus and how much He loves him, i'm pumped to teach him all the silly songs i learned as a child, i can't wait to share the "love box" (that my growth group is making) just for him - filled with all the notes that people have already written our baby and the ones we'll write on a regular basis. i could go on and on.
i'm sure in a year or so my blog will be about poopy diapers, spit up, lack of sleep and broken household items. but if i complain - please remind me of nights like this where i LONG to experience those things...
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