Life

I am sitting here listening to two babies cough through naptime. With six of us now I feel like our house is about as safe as the waiting room for sick kids at the pediatrician. The upside is that I have two cuddly one year olds who will sit still and let me hold them. I love holding them at the same time. It makes me feel like life is so full and blessed.

There has been a lot of drama with the court cases. It’s strange because things are so normal around here despite what happens in court. I know one day it will reach into our home and really change things but so far court dates come and go and the girls still stay. Since they are not siblings they are of course two very different situations. It seems like one is about to go and then it seems like the other is about to go. Somehow they have both stayed and we are slipping into the dangerous territory of forgetting this is not how our family will always be. We love these girls! Our big girl was supposed to go home a few weeks ago. We packed her up and started squeezing in all the fun we possibly could. There were tears. Then it changed. We unpacked. I immediately regretted my decision to give her her favorite pair of my heels because all she wants to do is clomp around the house all the time =).

We are gearing up for Valentines Day. It is one of my favorite holidays (thanks Mom!). I will post pictures!