Friday Quick Takes (19)

 

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Anna has done so much better with a sibling than we thought she would.  We had braced ourselves for many meltdowns and a whiny toddler.  We got none of that (other than the usual Anna-tude meltdowns).  She has been wonderful and super loving and affectionate towards her brother.  It makes me so happy.

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I think the hardest thing about being a mom is when my kids are sick.  I'm probably a little neurotic about it, but I don't want them to be uncomfortable.  The nurses in the doctor's office know me all too well...

Last week, Anna had a cold that brought a terrible cough with it.  I hated leaving her to go to the hospital because she didn't feel well (well, I hated leaving her at all).  Then she passed it to me, although I'm sure stress and lack of sleep had a lot to do with it.  And now I'm paranoid that my little one week old is showing signs of having a stuffy nose.  I'm trying not to be psycho about it, but I DON'T want him to get what the rest of us had.  I knew he probably would, it's not like I can stop taking care of him because I don't feel well.  But I really hope it's just because he burped formula out his nose this morning...

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It makes me so happy that bathtime has turned into this:

And my counters now look like this:

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We keep having to add high chairs... 

Not pictured is the booster that Luke sits in.  We got this booster for Anna this week so that Anthony could be up at the table with us while we ate.  It's so wonderful to have our family of four sitting down for dinner together! 

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We're having another Baptism on Mother's Day this year!  I can't believe how blessed I am.
 

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Anna has thorougly enjoyed having Luke back this week.  They have a blast playing together!  I'm so glad she has a friend here and that when Anthony gets older, she'll already have that sharing and playing nice thing figured out :-).

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After discovering our infertility, Jeremy and I resigned ourselves to the fact that we wouldn't ever have our large family with kids close in age.  God is so good to us.  I just can't even believe that I am a mom to two kids 13 months apart.  And such beautiful and healthy babies.  We used to remind each other that God had a special plan for our family.  We said there are babies out there somewhere who needed parents and a loving home and that we would give that to them.  We had no idea how abundantly blessed we would be.  Anthony's biological grandma told us that she's so appreciative that there are people like us who are willing to adopt kids.  I turned it around and said that no, she didn't understand, we're so thankful that there are strong young women like her daughter who are willing to suffer so that their children can have everything.  We are the lucky ones.  Anna and Anthony are such beautiful gifts and we don't feel worthy of such beautiful blessings.

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