On the Mend...

Poor Nora has been so sick the past few days...we were all supposed to head up to Vermont for some skiing on friday morning however Nora decided that it would be a great day to have a temp of 103! I knew as soon as I picked her up that it was not good...
Steve and the boys headed up to Vermont and I stayed home with Nora, thankfully today she is feeling better and the fever has subsided for now. I knew this little one was really feeling awful when she just sat in my lap or laid on my chest for hours on end, so unlike Miss Nora who does not sit still for one minute. We had a quiet weekend of lounging around in bed, lots of juice and just sitting quietly together...in some way I think maybe it's what both of us needed...the past two weeks have been so crazed around here, I know Nora was feeling the craziness and stress that comes with having a house full of kids at all different ages with different needs, all important and all urgent!!

At one point during the night Nora woke up next to me and waved and said "mom?" just to be sure I was there...I know there are times when Nora still grieves her foster mom, I can just tell the difference when she is calling for me and when she is saying Umma for Mrs. Go, it still breaks my heart...but as long as I can be there for her no matter what I think she will know how much I love her.

So, hoping for a healthy week for all six of us...Emma is the lucky one, spending her break down in sunny Florida with her grandparents!!

K

Why would I want to sit in a highchair?

I'd rather sit at the bar....

I am back!!

Gosh, it has been almost one month since I have posted anything! Perhaps all the snowshoveling has kept me busy:) We are having one of the snowiest winters in 25 years in New England, I don't really mind the snow, it really is pretty this year and you will see by the pictures below just how much of it we have!! We do miss being able to get outside for some good old sunshine and vitamin D....it is starting to stay lighter out in the afternoon finally so I am hopeful that we will see signs of spring, well, maybe by March!!

Nora is getting to be such a big girl..she is trying to say more words now and make her needs known...we are still working on some basic "manners" such as "please don't hit Mommy upside the head" in public but it's a SLOW process:0 There are somedays when I can laugh about it and other days when it is just plain exhausting! Nora has mastered going down the stairs and not on her belly, feet first which is a bit terrifying at first but we have learned that this child is going to do things her way and there really is no discussion about it!

We are looking forward to having our last post placement visit with our agency in March and hopefully we will be able to finalize Nora's adoption early spring...that is when we take an oath to love her "forever and ever." For the last six months we have not had legal guardianship of Nora, that has belonged to our agency but if you ask us she is all OURS....almost.

Some pictures of Nora and her big brother Owen playing in our huge snow piles...from the day we came home with Nora she has smiled and giggled the most for Owen...he's such a great kid.

Happy thoughts of spring
Kelly