A Letter from the NAOTF

Noah got a letter in the mail. He's still puzzled and trying to figure out who it's from. Here is what it said.

NAOTF

Dear Noah,

The National Association of Tooth Fairies has decided to award you a bonus for your first tooth. We hope your new one comes in before the corn on the cobb is all gone or you need to whistle.

Sincerely,

Oral B. Molar
Chief of Tooth Fairies

Folded inside the letter was $3. Leave it to my Dad to think up something like this!

First Sentence

Rosie spoke her first sentence this last week. When I went in to tuck her into bed and give hugs and kisses, she gave me a big hug around the neck and whispered, "I love you so much, Mommy." Definitely a cold chills and tears welling up in the eyes-type moment.

"I love you so much" is not a phrase I use with Rosie. I often tell her that I love her, but "so much" aren't words I use with it. "So much" is Noah's phrase used to describe things he really wants or likes. Seems that my little girls' English is getting good enough that she's going to start making word combinations on her own!

After I scooped her up to hug her and told her how much I loved her, too, she asked, "I love you so much, Mommy-good?" I assured her that she had said it right, and so she went on to tell me, "I love you so much Mommy, I love you so much Daddy, I love you so much Noah, I love you so much Nathan".

With Noah and Nathan, I was so excited to hear their first words. Noah's was titi (kitty) and Nathan's was Daddy. Having had Rosie added to our family after she was already speaking, I was waiting to hear what her first English sentence would be. She did not disappoint!

His Daddy's Going To Be So Upset

Rosie got loads of dress-up clothes at her welcome home shower. She loves them, and couldn't even wait for breakfast before she started dressing up. I heard lots of laughter from the playroom, and this is what I found. Not content with just dressing up, she also wants to dress her brothers up. Slightly concerning, but oh so funny!

I Would Gather Children

Throughout our adoption journey, I found several poems that I loved. But, last night at Rosie's Welcome Home Shower, my friend Karen Baker shared this one. I love it. It made me cry last night, and again this morning. It was such a sweet evening (pictures to follow later), but it started my heart aching all over again for the little ones still waiting for a "forever family". My hands are full right now, and so is my heart, but I long to be able to go back and bring home another sweet little one. I have purposed to begin praying now, that in His perfect timing, God would give us the ability to adopt again.

I Would Gather Children
-- author unknown

Some would gather money
Along the path of life,
Some would gather roses,
And rest from worldly strife.

But I would gather children
From among the thorns of sin,
I would seek a golden curl,
And a freckled, toothless grin.

For money cannot enter
In that land of endless day,
And roses that are gathered
Soon will wilt along the way.

But oh, the laughing children,
As I cross the sunset sea,
And the gates swing wide to heaven
I can take them in with me!