Remember this post????

Re-advocating for this special little girl

I was asked by Lynn at WACAP to please re post about this beautiful little girl in the hopes that she can find a family soon. It is so great to know that wonderful agencies like WACAP truly care about the children that are entrusted to them. Thank you Lynn for being such an angel for these kids!! I was asked to re post about her and of course I will. Please pass the word about this very special soul!!

Girl, age 12, severe burns, speaks English, up to $9,750 grant/waivers, time running out
We need a family to adopt a talented 12-year-old orphan girl from Asia with severe facial and hand burns. Her situation would be greatly improved if she could be adopted soon. This girl has had successful surgery in the United States. According to her host family, she speaks English well. She is also a gifted sculptor and artist who likes to draw. She loves pets and soccer. WACAP has waived its application fee for this child, so there is no financial obligation if you would like to ask for her photo and complete file. Up to $9,750 in grants and waivers are available to an eligible registered family who adopts her. Please feel free to forward this post, especially to families familiar with burn issues.
 She was found with a note indicating her birth date.
 She suffered severe facial and hand burns when she was 2 years old and was brought to the orphanage.
 She cried out for her mother at first but then adjusted to orphanage life.
 She speaks clearly, likes to sing, and has normal development and a good memory.
 She has an outgoing personality and gets along well with others.
 She can draw very well and is artistic, sculpting very fine characters with dough.
 She uses her hands well and cleans very efficiently.
 She is recovering well after her second plastic surgery (completed in the U.S.).
 Her U.S. host family reports that she speaks English well.
 There is a $4,000 Promise Child grant available to eligible registered families for this adoption.
 Please ask about a possible additional fee waiver of up to $5,000.
 The application fee of $250 has been waived.
 The pre-approval fee of $500 has been waived.
 Married couples please ask about a possible exemption from a requirement (determined on a case by case basis).
 YD.0297.16195.01
WACAP (www.wacap.org) is a non-profit adoption agency. Please contact FamilyFinders@wacap.org or 1-800-732-1887 for additional information and to see her photo. There is no fee involved to see her file and photo.

Well it looks like this special little girl has found her family!!!
I just love hearing happy endings like this one and thought I would share!!!

Boys Just Love to Flip

Two of the boys and I spent the day and night with my folks. My Dad's health is deteriorating rapidly and it has been very hard on my Mom lately. My wonderful hubby took the girls home with him (our eldest was spending the night with a friend) and the other 2 boys and I got to hang with JuJu and help with GaDa!! As I watched the boys swim (cause JuJu's house comes complete with a pool and candy), I thought I would try to get some pics of them as they swam. The boys really got into it and we ended up having a great time just trying to get some cool shots. I did get soaked but we did get some pretty neat shots, especially for MY camera:) Have I mentioned that I would like a nicer camera??? These were all taken on the "sports" mode - even the butterfly!!

Boys love to flip



>


and to cannonball




and to dive






and apparently walk on water - this one was taken a night and didn't look as good but it sure does look like Charlie is walking on water!!!



and I just couldn't resist the butterfly!




It was a wonderful and difficult time and I was so glad to be able to be there for my parents. The beautiful man that I was smart enough to marry sent me this before I went to my parents' and I just had to post it. It is wonderfully done and worth watching and can help to remind you of those things in life that matter the most and what is important, even when it wasn't always perfect.

My Bottom is Really Stinky!!

Not mine, but apparently my precious daughter's!! I guess you could say that this is a complimentary post to all the "Big Girl Pants" posts on here lately. We really aren't obsessed with bottoms around here but we have just completed not one but two successful potty trainings (at the same time, I might add) and we do have 4 of the male (alien) species living amoung us, soooo.... We end up with big BOY pants on pretty little girl bottoms AND songs like this from pretty little girl mouths!!! Oh my!!

OH NOOOOO

Now she has recruited little sister!!!! Will the madness EVER stop!!! No Diego for Lizzie!! She went straight for the race cars!!! I just know these two stay up at night thinking of ways to drive their mother completely crazy!!! I think I will put the Big Momma hex on the pair of them that they will both have nothing but a house full of boys!!! Really LOUD boys!!! bwwwaaahahahah!!! Oh wait, that means that we would have load of really loud grandsons!!! Never mind:)

Welcome Visitors!!

Can you see what is in the picture? It was the best I could do without scaring them away. There is a family of deer that come and hang in our backyard from time to time and they are soooooooo cute!!! I just love all the wildlife that we see in our yard. We have seen our cute family of deer, turkeys, an albino squirrel and a big FAT possum that moseys up our drive way whenever he gets hungry. The only guest I wanted to kick out was the alligator that we saw taking a stroll across the street!! My 9 year old wanted a picture of it on his cell phone, soooo being the wonderfully cool (insane) mother that I am, I got his phone and took some pictures. Easy enough, until he started hissing at me!! I guess he wasn't ready for his close up!!

Family!!!

What a great weekend!! My cousin (who is more like my sister) came to E. Beach for the week with her hubby and 2 boys. Her Mom and my Mom are sisters. She is the youngest of 5 while I am the oldest of 2! So here we are, she has 2 and I have 5!! How did that happen?? LOL!! We always have such a great time together and miss the times that “could be” because they moved waaaayyyy up North 6 or 7 years ago – ugh!! We spent ALL day at the beach and had a blast! And yes TM, I applied the sunscreen this time (not hubby) and no one got a sunburn! Hehe! Thought about you:) Anyway, here are some cute pics from the weekend.

Hide and Seek. Can you tell how many kids are in there??

Cousins are great!!!

Caleb's sand castle and the encroaching waves!!

A valiant effort was made to try and save brother's castle from the incoming tide!! All hands pitched in!!

But in the end, the sea claimed it's prize!!


Em trys her hand at it!!


The difference between boys and girls at our house!


According to my hubby!! Hehe!!


It was a fun weekend! Miss you guys already!!

Em in all her glory!!

If you recall a couple of posts back, I wrote about my adventure in "big girl pants" shopping with my pretty princess who wants to be a boy when she grows up (or a baby doctor/ballerina - she really can't decide). After much whining and nashing of teeth (and that was just from me), we compromised on purchasing some pretty pink big girl pants IF and only IF she could wear some of her big bro's Diego pants:) Well, just had to get a picture for prove or black mail, whichever comes first!! Hehe:)



I also just HAD to post this picture!! Hubby took this picture at the pool this afternoon. To me, this picture captures Em's gusto for life!!! I LOVE it:) It terrifies me at times, but mostly I just revel in it!! Love ya girlie:)