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February 2010

Happy Birthday Hanna on February 21st. Hope your day is filled with presents, fun and laughter. We love you!

For all of you who have e-mailed to make sure I am OK .. as you can see I am fine. We survived Christmas with all its ups and downs and tensions. However, mid-January we were hit with a stomach virus that had us all laid up for various lengths of time .. the littlest ones it lasted more than two weeks. Because, as a Mom, I kept going when I should have been resting it took a while for me to shake the virus too .. and its taking even longer to get my energy level back to normal. But slowly I am feeling more energetic.

Well this is the month we say good-bye to our middle foster daughter. Considering we expected her to leave at the beginning of January we have enjoy (except for the being sick part) having continue to be a very big part of our lives. Again we have mixed emotions, we are happy that she is going to have a "forever family" and not be stuck in the system for years on end, but its also sad that we won't get to see all her accomplishments from this point forward. It's hard to explain all the feelings that swirl around, the tears that are cried are mixed with happiness for her better future.

Our youngest is celebrating her first birthday and is slowly reaching those milestones that we all look for in our children. The first teeth, sitting up by themselves, starting to crawl. I'd even go so far as to say she is wanting to pull herself up to a standing position .. but not quite there yet. It is expected that by her second birthday her 'birth age' and her 'corrected age' will merge and she will be on par with her peers. That is the goal at this point anyway.

I started a new home business in October and although January was slow because we were all sick it is going well as slowly I get my foot in the door of many child care centers and schools. It is so much fun to see the smiles on the faces of children when they complete their stuffed animal themselves .. somehow makes it so much more special, and for me so worthwhile.

Starting to plan our summer with big hopes of spending more time camping this year as long as the weather cooperates. When I say camping, we are in a trailer not in a tent and basically have most of the comforts of home except for TV .. that we don't have nor do we want it. Our time at the trailer is a time to connect with each other and do activities, play games, etc. that we can all enjoy.

Well that is all our news for now. Thank you all for your e-mails, love and support.

God Bless!