Love Thursday September 28, 2006

In honor of Love Thursday I present 2 pictures*. The other night it started to storm and our power went out.  Supergirl was a little nervous and Jackson was completely starting to panic.  I watched as Supergirl rose above her own fear and started comforting Jackson, her “buddy.”  “It’s ok Jackson, don’t be tared.”  She also gave him some advice:  “No touch the tandle Jackson, it might hurt you!”  The girl has some serious LOVE!

*yes, her shirt is too small and my dog has some serious hair issues; give us a break!

The Great Slow Down… September 25, 2006

Since Daddy-O and I have been together everything always seems to go really fast.  For example,

We dated 5 days before getting engaged.

We were engaged 6 months before we were married.

I decided what I wanted to study in Grad School, what school I wanted to attend, applied, was accepted, and started classes, all within the span of a month.

It took a total of 2 weeks to get pregnant with Supergirl.

She was a week early.

I was in labor for less than three hours before she was born.

SO…..waiting for a referral is sort of new for us.  I am not really used to this basic sense of helpless waiting.  It is so different than when I was pregnant.  Then she was always with me, wherever I went.  She went to work with me everyday, slept with me at night.  We were always together.  I guess in a sense I was able to protect her.  I knew where she was and that she was ok.  It is VERY different this time.  I don’t know anything about this future child that will be a part of our family.  Has he/she been born yet?  Is he/she still growing, waiting to be born, spending this precious time with his/her birthmother?  What is the fate that awaits this family.  It hurts to think about that.  What turn of events is going to result in this child becoming a part of our family.  I cannot protect this baby right now.  I don’t know where he/she is, if he/she is safe.  I do know things are not ok.  Otherwise this baby would never need a new home.

So I guess what I am left with is this.  Somewhere, on the other side of the world, is a family whose future is someday going to somehow intertwine with mine.  And what that family is experiencing right now is something I could never imagine.  And they would probably give anything in the world to have nothing to complain about but a wait…

Birthday Going’s on September 19, 2006

For her birthday Supergirl got to make a special trip to Toys’R'Us and pick out a gift (with the $3 gift card she received from Geoffrey the Giraffe). 

She picked out a pony (a little more than $3)

BUT it goes perfect with the “Towboy” hat my mom got her for her birthday

Happy Happy Birthday! September 19, 2006

Sweet Supergirl:

Two years ago you were this:

 

Then only one year ago:

 

And now…

You have brought more joy to our lives than we EVER could have imagined.  It is hard to remember what we ever did without you!  These have, without a doubt, been the best two years of my life!  I am looking forward to the many more we have together!!  So, in your honor:

Happy Birthday to You

Who needs Trading Spaces? September 16, 2006

In an effort to make our familyroom, den, ’playroom’ a little more attractive play-friendly, we have been doing some redecorating.  Anyone who has seen our ‘decorating’ ability in the past is probably cringing at this very moment.  We decided to paint the walls blue, I was thinking a light, sky-blue.  However, it is more of an ‘under the sea’ blue. 

 Trust me, these pictures do not do this color justice

We also let Supergirl in on the decorating action as she is in charge of the artwork for the walls.  She quickly got to work:

And here are the ‘almost’ final results:

I’m as cool as the next 14-year-old! September 15, 2006

I recently got a myspace acount (I know, I’m a few years behind).  This has been a very interesting experience.  It started from an email from a friend from high school saying she got one.  Well, after going to hers I notice the ‘my friends’ section.  There, in that little box, were many others from high school.  Friends I have not talked to in a year, friends I have not talked to since high school, people I didn’t really know in high school.  Well, that suckered me right in.  It’s great, I get all the info I could want (who’s doing what, who’s married to who, who’s got kids, who’s divorced, who’s gained weight, who’s lost weight) without actually having to go to a class reunion!  Even better, after some searching I found some college friends too.  This is a whole new world for me (and spells out even more time on the computer)… Good, or bad, it’s fun.

5 years… September 11, 2006

Daddy-O and I had only been married for 2 months.  We got up that morning and, like it was for everyone else, it was just an average day.  We drove to town together, I dropped him off at work, and headed to class.  It was shortly before pulling into the parking garage that I turned on the radio.  That’s when everything changed.  At first I couldn’t figure out what they were talking about.  People sort of talking over each other.  Then they said “In case you are just joining us here is what is going on” and went on to explain how there was a fire in the world trade center and how as they were watching it on tv they saw the second plane hit.  I sat in my car for about 10 minutes listening.  As I walked to class I remember looking at other students wondering if they knew, if this was real.  Before class everyone was talking and then our teacher starts by saying how terrible it is, but that if we were in a classroom full of kids (this was an education class) we would have to go on teaching.  So she does, I can’t even remember what she was teaching.  I remember spending the entire class thinking how stupid she was and how much I wanted to get out of there and go watch tv, but I couldn’t.  During the break we learned about the pentagon.  Finally, class was over and we all headed to our next class, which was in the student center.  We all stopped in front of the tv’s there.    That was my first look at the burning towers.  I remember looking at everyone around me.  All of these college students with their backpacks staring at the tv in shock.  I remember feeling very alone, I had no cell phone so I could not call anyone that I really wanted to talk to.  Yet, somehow, at the same time, I felt so close to all these strangers around me.  Here we were together in this moment, all in shock, all just standing there, staring at this strange picture on the screen.  I had to sit through yet another class.  I remember in that class we watched video about the Native American boarding schools.  Eventually I got to leave.  I went to a friends house and Daddy-O was there along with several other friends.  It was there I learned the towers had collapsed.  It was there I was finally able to cry.  In a way I was happy I had been unable to watch everything happen as it happened.  I already knew what was going to happen.  That night Daddy-O just sat on the couch in the dark and watched the news.  We were very, very sad.  Last night I watched the video footage from the firefighters.  I cried and cried.  It still makes me so mad and sad.  It still makes me feel so overwhelmed with respect for the firefighters, these guys who came from all over the city to rush into that building to get people out.  Even those who were not working that day who came from their homes to go into hell.  I just wanted to reach through the tv and hug them, tell them thank you, tell them we love them.  It reminds me of what a great man I married, my firefighter, who chose the same job for the same reason.

So that’s where I was….where were you?

We made it!!! September 7, 2006

Our dossier was shipped to Ethiopia today!!  We are now actually on the list!!  Somewhere out there are our names, at the bottom of a list, ready to begin the long journey upwards.  This makes me very happy!

Being (almost) two is a very tough job September 5, 2006

Sometimes you can barely even stay awake enough to eat!

Pictures September 5, 2006

Today I am taking Supergirl to have her pictures taken for her birthday.  This is usually something I only do once a year (between her birthday and Christmas) but this year I am splurging and doing birthday AND Christmas.  It is also a diversion from cleaning the house before I return to work (which desperately needs to be done).  Don’t worry grandma’s I will order one for you!