Monday, May 14, 2012

Turning Whittling into Giggling!

Last night Joe was teaching Max how to whittle a stick. He was loving it. So this morning he came into the kitchen with his spear and said, "dad, I need to giggle more on this." He said giggle instead of whittle! So whittling will forever be giggling to us! I love him!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Always Want to Remember This

Today Ella did a presentation in class on Ethiopia, she did such a great job and we were so proud of her. At the end of her presentation she said, "and the best gift Ethiopia ever gave me was this little boy my baby brother." At that point Ade ran to her and hugged her. I mean it was a very precious sight for sure. Such a beautiful picture of adoption and unfailing love! She made me a proud Mamma!

We were watching a really neat video tonight about a baby boy who was born with no eyes and a really bad cleft pallet. Maya had to get up from the computer because it was breaking her heart so bad. She has such a tender heart. A couple of hours later we were all hanging out in our room and she comes in and says, "Mom, I have a great song for that baby boy." She starts singing, "give me your eyes for just one second." The song by Brandon Heath, I almost busted into tears. These are the moments I don't want to end and the ones I want to hang on to forever! I am going to bed with a full heart and a blessed Mamma tonight!