Tuesday Tidbits

Last week was a LONG week.  After church on Sunday Kinley started running a fever.  Not long after, she started coughing and her nose started running.  Every day when I would get out of bed I thought for sure that was the day that her fever would be gone.  Nope.  Seven days of fever.  Sunday to Saturday.  Baby girl was pretty much her usual sweet, active self until Wednesday.  By Wednesday she and her body were done.  And I was done.  Super fun week.

Friday Blake and I were downstairs in the kitchen talking about what we were going to do for dinner.  The kids were upstairs playing.  We had pretty much nailed down that fact that neither of us wanted to cook when we heard tiny feet coming down the stairs.  It was Griffin.  In his shirt.  Nothing but his shirt.  Little dude had taken off his diaper and was strutting his stuff. 

Later that night I was up late talking to a friend from California (Rachel, the time difference is killing me!) when I checked Kinley's monitor and saw that she wasn't in bed.  I quickly got off the phone and ran upstairs.  I was so sure Kinley had been kidnapped because she does not get out of her bed.  Not even in the morning.  She waits for us to come get her.  When I got upstairs I found her curled up at the end of her bed, all the way up against the foot board.  It didn't look comfortable but she was sleeping hard.  Whatever floats your boat, sweets.

The next morning Kinley slept until 9:15 am.

New record for her.

Sunday Blake and I took Kinley to Disney Live:  Three Classic Fairy Tales.  It was basically a shortened version of Snow White, Cinderella, and Belle's story.  So fun and Kinley loved it.  But I think the most exciting part of the day is that Griffin stayed with Uncle Chancey and Aunt Morgan and didn't cry once.  Chancey said he didn't even act like he missed us.  And he let Morgan rock him to sleep for his nap.  Awesome!

Week of iPhone Pics

Look what Blake found in a bag we took to Seoul. :)

Kinley loves Pororo.

My monkeys.

Kinley has NEVER slept in our bed.  She did this week.

For two hours Wednesday night.  Sick baby girl.

Sick, sick baby girl.

Kinley is starting soccer in March!

My attempts at craftiness make my head hurt.

But it was worth it. :)

Nice hat, buddy!

Tuesday Tidbits

I stole this Tuesday Tidbits idea from one of my favorite blogs.  I'm going to try to have a Tuesday Tidbits every Tuesday but I'm not promising anything.  The whole reason I'm doing this is because I need to be better at documenting the little funny things my kids say and the small details of our lives.  It is all about the little things, right?  Here goes....

Since we've moved to our new house, Kinley likes to inform us when she sees our house as we're driving down the road that leads to our neighborhood.  Now Griffin has started doing the same thing, but he starts saying "house, house" before he can actually see it.  He has started mimicking Kinley a lot and it's so cute.

On the way home from church on Sunday, Kinley told us her boobie hurt.  I asked her to repeat what she said and sure enough, I didn't misunderstand the first time.  I told her I completely understand and that I was sorry.  What more is there to say, really?

Speaking of church, Griffin stayed in his class the entire service for the first time ever!  And Blake and I were able to both sit through and listen to the message!  I did go check on him about 20 minutes in and his teacher snuck to the door and told me he was doing fine as long as nobody got in his space.  LOL!  I rejoined Blake and finished the service and when I went to pick him up afterwards he was happy and playing with two "choo-choos."  It took nine months for us to get to this place.  Amen to that!

Kinley finally watched Monsters Inc. and enjoyed it.  Monsters Inc. has always been one of my favorite animated movies, and I was so disappointed when Kinley was terrified of it the first time we watched it a couple of years ago.  She actually asked for it the day after we watched it and I happily obliged.

As I said before, Griffin has really started to repeat things his sister says.  Especially some of her more dramatic quotes like "OH NO" as he puts his hands to his face.  It's pretty funny but honestly, I have one drama queen.  I don't need another.

Sometimes I think Griffin would get more rice in his mouth with chopsticks rather than a spoon.

My life came full circle a few days ago when I cuddled with Kinley after her nap and sang her every last word of Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (classic rock plays on Kinley's radio during her nap).  My daddy used to rock me and sing Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf.  I absolutely grew up in the wrong decade.  By the way, she giggled and loved every moment of it.  And so did I.

Griffin has finally started saying my name, momma.  Little stinker makes me work for every little thing he gives me.

Oh, How I Love.....

My Keurig!

Sometime before Christmas, Blake and I were doing our big shopping day by ourselves and we decided to get a Starbucks coffee at Barnes & Noble while browsing some books for the kids.  And long story short, I was hooked.  I've had Starbucks before but there was something about that yummy cup.

Blake and I both found ourselves craving our cup of coffee (hot chocolate for Blake, caramel macchiato for me) every morning and Blake was making early morning Starbucks runs.  Everyone knows Starbucks is expensive and it just wasn't making sense to spend $8 three to four times a week.

So, I did a little research, talked to some friends, hem hawed around, and finally purchased possibly my greatest purchase ever.

Keurig B60 Special Edition Gourmet Single-Cup Home-Brewing System

I love it!  I love it so much I can't wait to go to bed at night so I can wake up and have my cup of coffee.  Kinda ridiculous, I know, but I LOVE IT!

Korean Lunar New Year

Today is Lunar New Year and I really didn't have much planned.  I knew Blake was going to have a long work day (home at 8:30 pm) so I was really just hoping to survive the day.  Thanks to some helpful adoptive mommas on Facebook, I located some cute dragon mask coloring pages, so not all was lost.

Griffin woke from his nap before Kinley so I took advantage of our one on one time to play dress up. :) It's Lunar New Year!  I had to!

What a handsome guy!

The hanbok was a gift from Griffin's foster mom.  I've seen other kiddos with a hat that goes with their hanbok but Griffin's hanbok didn't come with one.  I wish it had.

After the kids ate dinner we headed upstairs and started coloring the dragon masks.  Actually, I colored the dragon masks while Griffin ate crayons and Kinley told me what color to put where.  That girl is bossy.

 

It was a long day but the kids were great and we survived.  Winning!

iPhone Pics From This Week

Counting pennies.

Oh, my new addiction...more on that later.

Griffin runs to the window when he hears the school bus.

He asked me to!  I promise!

I was happy to celebrate Blake's birthday with cupcakes.

I don't know if you can tell but his hair is in a pony tail.

He didn't ask this time....

The kids love this little house!

I'm A Wannabe

I really really really want to take beautiful photos.  Like, really bad.  I want to look at the photos of our lives in 30 years and see gorgeous pictures.  But it's SOOOOOO hard to take quality photos.  Really.  SO hard.  But I'm working on it and I'm trying to learn as much as I can. 

I have a picture I want to share.  It's quite possibly the best picture I've ever taken.  It's probably not even that great but I love it.  Of course, it's of Kinley so that's the main reason I love it.

The black and white is my favorite.

But the color one is nice too.

I like this picture because her face is in focus and she fills the frame just like I wanted.  And by the grace of God, she doesn't look like she's drunk because her eyes are half closed.  AND she has a natural smile.

Anybody have any photography tips?  Any online, FREE photography classes?  Does anyone know where I can get a super fabulous lens for like $20?  :)

(I really want a new lens!)

Thanks for letting me share.