The Cute Things She Does

And the funny things that are also cute.

Faithe is very loving.

• She will crawl over to us and lay her head on us. Giving us "aws" aka hugs. 
• Every once in a while she will be reading a book with a baby in it and I'll find her hunched over kissing the baby. 
• On Christmas she opened a book and gave it "aws"
• This girl loves to dance. She'll start dancing and then moving her head. Think Stevie Wonder without sunglasses. She's even been seen dancing while laying down or sitting in her carseat. She'll dance to any music even from commercials. 
• She is very smart. She saw my mom once retrieve a toy from under the couch. Every once in a while I'll catch her laying on the floor reaching under the couch. 
• She loves to take a bath which is a team effort between Cart and I. While he is getting bath ready I undress her and put her on the floor. There is nothing cuter than a naked baby crawling across the floor to the bathroom.
• Faithe loves to read. I've captured her in the middle of all her books with multiple books open around her. 

That is all I can think of right now. There is more, I'll have to add them as I remember. 

Sadness

Yesterday I was on FB and a message popped up. It was a group message of which I usually ignored. But I read on and was brought to tears to learn a friend lost her husband.

I met this friend online and have never met. Her and her husband struggled to get pregnant like Cart and I. Then they decided to adopt. They brought their son home and fell into family life. We no longer visited the website we met on, but keep up on FB and blogs.

While I've never met her I am so saddened for her and her son. I've been praying for her and her son. I couldn't imagine losing my husband. I pray God gives her the strength to get through the grief and that God gives her son the understand his amazing daddy is in heaven with Jesus.

Please pray with me for this family.

2012 year in Review

Wow what a year! My blogging has been basically non-existant. I'm hoping to fix that in 2013. I'm going to try to make a point to blog once a week. It is hard with a little one and being in my first year of teaching but I feel like I should document it.

Our year in 2012:
January 3: I started my first teaching job. Teaching 5th grade Social Studies
January 8 : My dad went to be with the Lord. This was a sudden loss and he is missed every day.

January 20: My sweet baby girl was born.

January 22: Consents signed and Faithe is officially ours.
March 18: 6th wedding anniversary
May 5: I walk at graduation finally after graduating Dec 16, 2011.

June: I turn 31.
June: I'm hired for my first contract job teaching 3rd grade self contained.
June 21: Happy Adoption Day!

August: Start teaching
November 4: Faithe is dedicated to the Lord.

November 22: First Thanksgiving as a family of 3.

December 25:: Faithes first Christmas.

 

Happy New Year and see you in 2013.

Life is busy and great

Wow! I've been MIA since Faithe turned 6 months old. She is now 8 months and such a happy baby. I attribute her happiness to the baby wise method we have decided to do with her. Another blogger that I follow used this method with her daughters and it impressed me how happy her baby was. Faithe has slept through the night since she was 8 wks old. We've had some hiccups along the way but with some adjustments to schedule she goes right back to sleeping through the night. I highly recommend picking up the Babywise book and giving it a read.

In the last few months she has begun to crawl, sit up, pull herself up, and really starting her syllables. She loves her books and will "read" anytime there is a book around. I think they are one of her favorite "toys". She has gotten really good with her puffs and the pincher grip. Its so much fun to watch.

Life has been busy. I have been teaching the 3rd grade and loving it. I'm exhausted most days but wouldn't change anything. Between teaching and running a household Cart has been out of town a little to help with other areas after storms rolled through. But when he is home he does so much around here since I'm tired almost all the time.

I'm going to try really hard to blog more often. Especially now that her little personality is starting to emerge. She truly is a blessing to have in our family.

Finalization Day

On June 21st we finalized Faithe's adoption. This is a day we will always remember. At the beginning of June Cart was called away for work. This assignment was one he almost turned down. Right after he turned it down he called me and I told him he needed to accept the job and he could participate in the finalization over the phone. This job was extra income we needed with me not working this summer. When we did the numbers we realized his travel day would be the day of finalization. So he called immediately to the bosses and asked for permission to fly into the city of finalization instead of our home city. He was given permission. The Monday before finalization he was given permission to finally book his travel. I was one nervous momma. So the day of Grampa and Gramma drove down early to be at the airport when daddy arrived. Then after Faithe had breakfast Momma and Nana drove down. We all met at IKEA (always try to make a trip there when we go to this city). We had lunch fed Faithe and then shopped a little. The awesome thing is the courthouse was literally 5 min from IKEA. Amazing! 

After some shopping we drove to court. We met our attorney just outside the courtroom. He went over a few things and then we were called in. I think we were sworn in...hmmm..just one of those minor details. Afterwards we did a few pictures and then headed to the little cafe a few floors below. Our attorney met us with a certified copy of the finalization papers. It was an amazing day!



Mommy, Daddy, and Faithe with the Judge and the bear he gave her.

Grampa, Gramma, and Nana too!

See me Grow

Only 1 day old

1 Month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 Months Old

Bad Mommy missed a photo with her pink bear so this will do

5 months old

Updates

I've been MIA due to my hard drive going bad. After being repaired and finally getting all my programs back I can get on the internet (other than using my phone).

Faithe is doing wonderful. She will be 6months next week and is growing like a weed. She is currently in 9month clothes but for shorts she wears 24mths or 2T because of her diaper and chubby little thighs. She is such a happy baby and I have been enjoying being home with her this summer.

But in 4 shorts weeks I will be returning to my very own classroom. I am super thrilled that I was hired at the same school I interned at and was a long term sub at last year. I will be teaching 3rd grade and couldn't be happier.

I could write a super duper long post on all the details of little miss but will save that for maybe another day. I've been so horrible about updating on the blog that I'm deciding if I want to keep it going. If I decide to shut it down I'll let you know and you can follow me on facebook.