Oh, and Kead has several loose teeth/ teeth growing in! Did you even know that could happen?? It is so bizarre- the grown up teeth are growing in behind the baby teeth, but the baby teeth haven’t fallen out yet. So weird! Uncle/Dentist Adam says its pretty common and not to pull the baby teeth if they aren’t ready…but I am a teensy bit sad to not have the classic toothless smile pic. :)
She is just getting so big.
Sayla is also doing great and (I assume) all is well in her own world. We sit outside her door and listen to her from time to time; talking to herself, talking to her stuffed animals, singing, talking to Sonny and Bunny (fully Sayla’s friends now)…she makes us giggle so much and I love her spirit. She also came home with a near perfect report card. We were wondering how so much time in “La La Land” was affecting her at school, but she is doing great there too!
The big girls have also re-started ballet class and are having a great time. And I just love the little ruffles and buns and ballet shoes. I think I take a picture of them every time before they go to class because I just never get over the cuteness!
Evie is starting to talk a ton and that is so much fun. She turned two in January and we had a really really simple party here. (We had a big party in denver). Â I am just loving this stage of life with her! While Drew is at work and the bigs are at school, we get to hang out together and I cherish it. She is so spunky and funny and such a joy.
Sometimes I see a picture like this and I get a tight feeling in my chest. Time has rushed by and, all of a sudden, I see two beautiful girls. بيان ماتش My babies are gone; they are kids. بلبل اللعب My heart swells as I study them. انواع لعبة الطاولة Their expressions, their body language, even Kead’s “peace sign” that she picked up from school make me feel so proud and panicky at the same time. I love them so. It’s going too fast. ]]>
2. Keadryn and Sayla also started going to a local preschool. The goal of them attending is to start hearing Arabic and learning to communicate. It’s not going great. The TV is on the whole time they are there (with English programming) and Keadryn hates it. She cries the whole time, which is totally not her regular personality, and says she can’t make friends until she learns some Arabic. I try to explain she won’t know Arabic until she makes friends, but that doesn’t seem to translate into 4 year old. We are optimistic that she will get settled soon. Just be praying that she can make at least one friend. Sayla is liking it and doesn’t seem to notice that no one speaks English. (Also, Â I love this picture of them on their first day- mainly because several locals have mentioned to me how I need to dress them in warmer clothes for the “cold winter”. It was 85 degrees on this day, but I didn’t want their teachers to think I’m a horrible mom. haha)
3. Speaking of life here, we all LOVE the food. Eating out here is amazingly inexpensive (much cheaper than cooking) and so we have got to try several restraunts. Kead’s fav is the hummus and Sayla loves the chicken. Anyone have amazing eggplant recipes I need to try? They are in such abundance and I love the way they taste- but don’t know how to cook them!
4. We are feeling more settled in everyday. I promise there will be a “house tour” soon. As soon as Drew hangs up all the frames, decor, etc. Walls here are concrete so hanging a picture becomes a much bigger task than tapping in a couple nails. For now, here is a picture of our living room with our humble Christmas tree.
5. There’s more, but I’ve been working on this post for a week so I am going to post it before I am adding Keadryn’s Sweet Sixteen party to the end. Merry week-of-Christmas everyone! I hope that you are enjoying family, and cooler weather and all things winter in our stead!
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She turned four last week..and everyday I feel like snuggling a little longer, kissing her a bit more often, and holding her as much as she will let me, because it seems like she is so quickly turning into a girl. She makes me pray harder than anything in my life, she is constantly pointing me to Jesus and she makes me so proud to be her mama. She is God’s gift to us. ]]>
fit-cry: Ugh. This cry is loud, out-of-control, irrational. I loathe this cry. It drives.me.crazy. The response to this cry is discipline, every time. (Our system is a green/yellow/red system and big fits automatically get her on “red”)
hurt-cry: No mom likes this cry. Keadryn is pretty tough, so when she does cry from getting hurt you know its bad. The response with this cry is comfort. Call it pure maternal instinct, but I just want hold her, kiss her and make it better. ivermectin/strongid t heartworm mixture prevention
shy-cry: This one is a tough one for us. Drew and I score about as high as you can on the “extrovert” portion on the myers-brigg. We like being with people, meeting new people, and are generally ok in large crowds. Kead has some problems with large groups of people she doesn’t know and often cries when new people talk to her. My response to this cry? Safety. I try not to make too big of a deak about it, but whisper to Kead and let her know that things are ok, that she is safe. It generally clams her down. (Any other suggestions?!)
broken-cry: Oh man. The broken cry. This is the cry when someone hurts her feelings, when she misses someone, when things are hard. She tries to fight it, she starts blinking her eyes (like her dad) she even tries to smile…all the while tears are welling up in the corners of her eyes and then she gives in and starts sobbing. It kills me. My response to this cry? Yes comfort, yes safety. . . but most of all prayer. She will out grow the fit cry (for the most part…) hopefully she will stop crying when a strangers talk to her. ivermectin dosage for donkeys But the broken cry will happen often. is ivermectin for ear mites safe to use Mourning,fights with friends, hurt feelings, embarrassment, and heart break. Yuck! It causes me to pray that soon she would trust in Jesus and place her hope in him. That her suffering would produce endurance and her endurance would produce hope: Hope in Jesus that will not fail.
]]>She is Sonny’s girlfriend and/or cousin- we aren’t really clear on that.
She had a baby, who she named Little Sonny.Â
She stays at home with the baby while Sonny is at college. (sometimes he is at Texas Tech- sometimes he is at college in New Zealand)
She is also blue and little.
not the most detailed picture, but I think its cute that Sonny “wears glasses like daddy”.
Edited to add:
I showed keadryn the blog post with her picture on it and she said “moooom…that’s a really bad picture!” She then proceeded to draw another picture of Sonny (who she told me likes his name spelled with an “o”, not a “u”, by the way) and Bunny. وان ایکس بت
So there they are- Sonny and Bunny- looking their finest. مركز كريم بنزيما :)
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I LOVE this one because of how their personalities are shining through. such sass:
and here is a fun little comparison of my oldest and youngest (I think they look similar at this age)
I’ll leave you with one of my favs from Evie’s newborn shoot, check out the photo blog for more!
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