When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

Hello. Remember me? I know, I know... It has been a while since I have posted any kind of an update, but I have to admit that I am sleep deprived. Mind you, I am not whining or even complaining, but I am giving a good excuse as to why I do not sit down here and post very often; not that I needed one... God had a sense of humor when he gave me a child that requires far less sleep than I do. Luckily, He is also giving me the strength and the large amounts of caffeine to persevere through this (hopefully) phase :)

Well, let's start with the exciting news: three families from our agency are on their way to pick up their children. in Ethiopia. Please keep the Voke family, the DeYoung family, and the other DeYoung family in your prayers (No, I don't think they are related). Also, check out their blogs and hopefully we can follow their progress while they are in Ethiopia. Personally, I find it especially exciting because we were able to meet some of these children while we were in Ethiopia.

What have we been up to? Well, for starters, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We had a nice day. Of course, we have so many things to be thankful for this year that if I posted them all here we would end up with a post longer than my last one :)

Seth has been teething, so he wasn't especially excited to eat that day, but the rest of us had no problem. We had Thanksgiving here at home with my mother and step-father. Taylor is still fighting off that nasty cold she has had forever (she is now on the mend with a good combo of various medications), and when you add in the fact that she is a teenager, Tryptophan, and a full tummy, you get this on Thanksgiving:


I have a personal goal of getting at least ten pictures on this blog of her sleeping. This should not be difficult.

Last night we went to Grandpa and Grandma's house to decorate the Christmas tree. We had fun, but Seth clearly preferred all the musical decorations they have around the house to actually decorating.


Seth is still trying to walk. He can take about four or five steps at a time when he really gets in the groove. I will try to get video and post it later.