I have been in a funk...... lets get caught up on the past 4 months of my life......

Easter... OK so I am doing my Easter post a bit late! This year we actually had 3 Easter Celebrations. One at my Dad's house one at my Neighbors house and one in Indiana with Jeff's family. Here are a few of the pictures...

Jeff and Eddie in the yard hunting for Eggs.. Eddie thought that they were Balls so he kept throwing them when he would find them.

Easter in Indiana. Elise is having her Grandpa Dan read her a book that they gave her for Easter.

After the Easter Egg hunt!

Family Easter Picture

Elise really excited with her Easter basket from Granny and PaPa.

Me and my babies!

Happy Valentines Day!

Well today was great, Elise and Eddie went over to Granny and Grandpa's house and got some PJ's for Valentines Day and then our friends Kim and Brian called and offered to watch our kids while we went out to Dinner! Jeff and I went out to Dinner to a Japanese Steak house YUMO! It was fantastic... It has been a while since Jeff and I have gone out to dinner alone! so nice! Thanks Kim and Brian!

Belinda

Where has my house gone???

Awah they are sooo sweet! they love to give each other hugs!

My family room riddled with toys!

Yes that is a tent in my entryway!

The toy room in the basement

Toy room in the basement

Do you ever have one of those days or weeks or you know.. all the time feel like your kids toys have taken over your house! No matter how much I clean my house, it still looks like a Toys R Us store! Once the kids can go up and down the stairs with out help all the toys will be going down stairs to the toy room!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Belinda

My how time flys!

Elise and Jeff

Elise trying to escape with Edward out our front door.. glad I had it locked or they may have escaped! so resourceful! HA

Elise and I making chex Mix at Christmas time

Elise helping me make Sugar cookies... I will not be doing this again for a while it is harder than it looks....

My poor sick little guy on Christmas morning playing with one of his trucks

Edward December 2007 awah I miss those little chubby cheeks!

Elise December 2007

Elise December 2008!

Christmas card Picture 2008

Christmas 2007 My they have really grown!

OK I have not posted in forever.. Well December 1st to be exact. We have been busy and time just gets away from me! I did not post any on Christmas because I did not get a lot of good Christmas pictures this year as the kids were sick. We ended up in St. Louis at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital on Christmas night with Edward. He ended up having RSV and was given a breathing treatment at the hospital but thankfully we were not sent home with any. It took a good 2 weeks for him to get better and in the process I got really sick.. NO fun! So we are all healthy now. I thought it would be fun to post a few pictures of the kids from last year and this year in December. I cant believe how small Elise and Edward are in the pictures from last year.

Belinda

Forget about Turkey bring on the Kung Pao Chicken!!

UGAH I always do my pictures on the wrong order.. this was supposed to be at the end of the post just wanted to tell y'all I got my hair cut tonight.... Jeff was mad when I made him take my picture HAHA I wanted a new picture for my face book page...

Ok I am doing a food post... I know my posts are so few and far between... I don't usually have anything to blog about... so I thought I would share my favorite quick food that I love to make for me and Jeffery. It is so easy and simple, just add chicken and BAM! so yummy.. I know some of you may have seen this item at the store in the Asian food section and passed it by.. Not me. I love Chinese food, if I could eat it everyday I would so I challenge you all to go and try it and let me know what you think of it.. I think you can go on there website and get a $1.00 off coupon. The meal kit cost about $4.50 at Wal mart. I do have to add that Jeff and I usually have left overs so I usually make additional rice.. another little secret is to buy Jasmine rice it is just like the sticky rice at a Chinese restaurant.. YUMO I hate how Blogger does my photo's out of order!!!

My "Gotcha" Day

Me and Jeff and Elise at the Airport!

Me and Elise! Home at last !

Elise is waiting to meet her mommy!

Kim and Elise all ready to come home

Eating Thanksgiving Dinner in Guatemala

Thanksgiving Day last year Jeff is laying down with Elise while she was taking her nap.

Embassy Day, poolside at the Weston in Guatemala

Kim and Elise on there way to the American Embassy

Jeff and Kim had just brought Elise up to the Hotel room.. this picture is so sad to me. If you look closely you can see the tears glistening on her cheek.. She was so sad to have left her foster mother. Her foster mother did a beautiful job taking care of her and I know that she was loved very much in that home.

Jeff Meeting Elise for the first time his "Gotcha Day"

Well one year ago today Jeff and My Girlfriend Kim few home from Guatemala to St. Louis International Airport at 11:00pm. This was the first day that I met my baby Girl! Oah and she was the most beautiful little girl I had ever laid my eyes on! What and emotional day for me and Jeff.. November 23rd the day Elise came home to us! I remember like it was yesterday, Edward and I drove over to my Dad's house had dinner and then I tracked there Delta flight on the Computer until it was time for us to go to the Airport.. Driving to the airport I was so nervous.. was she going to cry when I touched her or would she let me hold her... yes she did actually come to me and let me hold her and she did not cry.. now the next few days were a bit rough but that night was just perfect! all the stress and anguish we went through with our attorney was over and we finally had our baby girl home! she was 15 months old. and the rest is history folks!

Belinda

Any of you mom's out there that are looking for a Christmas present for your little one.. The new Elmo is great and says a bunch of things and dances ect as you can see Edward loves it.. and Elise is scared of it HAHA

Well I have been absent from blogging for a bit. My mom has been visiting and she just left this morning. The last few days have been busy on Saturday night we went to the Circus with our friends Katie and Terry and There Daughter Avery. The Circus was fun and luckily we had Jeff's works box seats because Eddie would not have been able to sit in a seat for very long. He loved the circus and the lights and music... and climbing up and down the stairs in our suite. Elise on the other hand was scared of the music and lights at first but eventually warmed up to it. She loved the animals. Then last night we went with our friends Kim and Brian to the New Kids on the Block concert. I have to say that they put on a good show.. We did make jokes that they had a chiropractor in the back giving them adjustment in between sets. Since those guys were break dancing and everything. Joey and Jordon also were still able to hit the high notes just like they did when they were 14. Ha I did not get any pictures but it was a good time and we were again in the box seats so we did not have to put up with the crowd and had our own bathroom. Hope everyone is having a good week.

Belinda