Overnight

Eli's hair came in all of a sudden...

Buckle up

Eli might have taken a header out of his bouncy last week. turns out mister can pull himself to sitting in it now. I guess we'll be buckling him up from now on.

More notes to self

If you make Eli laugh super hard whilst eating food he will spit it all over your face. Just in case you were wondering.

No Words

This is my baby.

My 

happy

healthy

loved

adored

cuddled

slightly chunky

6 month old

15 pound baby.

This is Faith.

Lost

abandoned

sick

in dire need

14 year old

14 pound teenager.

You read that right.

Faith is 14 years old.

Faith weighs 14 pounds.

What were you doing at 14?

Faith is laying in filth.

Muscles atrophied.

 Neglected

Starved

Unloved

Until Now.

Adeye and her family are raising the ransom to get Faith home!

They have heard the call to adopt several times before, but never like now.  

They love Faith as she is, and want nothing more than to get her home as quickly and safely as possible.  Adeye and Anthony are holding a fundraiser and taking donations to get their sweet little lovie home.

Any money raised above the funds Adeye and Anthony will need to bring Faith into their home will be given to the 200 other orphans in Faith's orphanage.  200 orphans are wasting away in deplorable conditions next to Faith.  We're chipping in and spreading the word.  The Lord has spoken to our hearts, and we're doing what we can, however meager and small.  Friends, will you consider doing the same?  Every penny and every word is more than these children have ever received before.

Scroll to the bottom of this post to help out

Yeah baby

Check out me and mister rockin out the ergo baby from my mother in law and sister in law. They knew typical baby carriers haven't worked for me and my busted back. So they got me the baby carrier of all baby carriers. I still need to make a few adjustments with the straps but so far it's very promising! mister and I even walked around the block the other day...both in our awesome shades of course. thank you Ann and Court!

Note to self

Do not blow giant raspberry on naked baby's belly. It might result on getting massively peed on. And by might I mean will.

We're Back (Hopefully)

Well, it's been a very long time.  We're great, how are you?  Things were going along swimingly.  I felt as though I had everything sorted out.  The whole working Mama, finding time to do everything, and keeping my sanity thing was going great.  And then little Eli decided to celebrate being on this earth for four and a half months by making me go crazy.  He stopped sleeping.  Began screaming every time you put him down for nap.  Didn't have a dirty diaper for almost a week.  And I lost my mind.  Everything seemed to come crashing down.  I double and triple booked appointments.  Forgot about plans with friends.  Couldn't keep up on work papers.  And basically stopped texting, talking to, and communicating with everyone.  Things are slowly getting better.  Eli got his insides together.  We're working on the nap/staying asleep thing (This involves lots and lots of crying.  We're trying to teach the little mister to self-soothe. He had it down, but apparently forgot what it was all about.  Also, his current crying record is upwards of two hours.)  He's getting better though.  I hate every minute of it.  I'm trying not stress about it though, turns out babies change all the time.  I just would rather spend time loving on my little man versus blasting fans and music and the TV to try and not hear his heart-breaking sobs.  I won't bore you with all the mundane things we've been doing, just a few pictures (Several of which show off Eli's favorite facial expression: huge-silent-excited-open mouth).  And a vow to try and do better.