Its hard to believe that we have been home for a little over a month now. Things have gone extremely well. Better than we could have hoped for. The 3 little ones are so cute together and have done really great with each other for the most part. Our time 'in' chair gets lots of use and now the love seat is used often too since many times Mercy and Samuel are needing a little think it over time, at the same time. Not that 2 years do much thinking though.
Mercy has had some big changes in her short little life. I was really concerned that adding 2 brothers close to her age might cause some major upsets for her. But she loves them both and her and Samuel are either hugging and kissing (its the cutest thing ever) or fighting like great enemies. Typical siblings. Benjamin still seems so much younger than the other two and so he tends to hang more with me - no complaints here. He is just the sweetest little guy.
In case you don't know the age difference - Mercy will be 3 in a few weeks, Samuel is 27 months, and Benjamin is 19 months old. I know it doesn't seem to be the wisest of things to do, adopt 3 kids that close in age, but we knew God was leading us to each of them and the outcome has been WONDERFUL!!! And No, I'm not high energy, and Yes, I am beat at the end of the day. David, who is the energizer bunny, is also beat and usually beats me to bed at night which is unusual for us. My house has a constant scattering of toys, there is always laundry to be done, and dishes in the sink. I can change more diapers in a day than I really want to count, make more meals and snacks than I thought a sane person should do, but Oh, the love, kisses, hugs, and just wonder of it all! Amazing!
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| Samuel and Mercy! |
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| We can go from this....... |
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| ..... to this. Quicker than I can blink. |
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| Benjamin LOVES water. Bath, big pool, little pool, even dumping his sippy cup on his high chair tray so he can play in.
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| Samuel almost always has a smile on his face. He has a million dollar smile that can melt your heart in a moment. |
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| Samuel, Mr. kissy lips - he knows how to give the sweetest pucker kiss. |
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| Benjamin, the kid with the coolest hair ever. |
