How do you pronounce it?

We intend Eliyah's name to sound like Elliot, changing only the final sound.  Please respond: should we consider spelling her name with two L's?

Eliyah or Elliyah?

It's a Girl!

Meet our new baby! We are pursuing her adoption while she lives with as. Eliyah (the new name we gave her) is 6 and 1/2 weeks old and seems very easy going so far. For instance, she squirms so little that she has kept socks on for the 13 hours since Eric picked her up in Florida. Babies keep socks on?! We are working on a very open adoption as Eliyah's birth mom is a great mom and is becoming a good friend. We're keeping quiet with details and, as we've planned this new addition for only 5 days, everything is a bit jumbled. Also, I'm writing this at 2am. PS: We need a minivan!
(It's now 8 hours later, Justice and Eliyah are napping at the SAME TIME! and Aedyn went to Sunday School with our wonderful neighbors [thank you!] isn't Eliyah darling!)

Super Great Marriage!!

I just reread the previous post and I sound so under-enthused about our 5th anniversary! Well, that's just because I was rushing to get the post done and get all the photos in the right places. I am THRILLED to celebrate with my amazing husband our excellent life together! Yeah for marriage! Yeah for being with the one who perfectly complements me! Yeah for the life God is gifting us with!

xoxoxoxo, my darling!

Morning

Hi. It's been a long time since posting.

Eric and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. We went to a really nice restaurant and ate a great meal. Then we went to see Startrek.

This is the first time we've ever gone to dinner and a movie in one date. If we have had the money to do so, we could always think of ways we would rather use that money. It was fun to have 2 dates in 1!

Jenny visited us and our friend Sara has beeen over lots, so I've had good company and I LOVE that.


Justice is our doll who loves to coo and cuddle and is beginning to become interested in food. He's sitting up better and has the BEST giggle.


Aedyn did a great job sitting for a haircut yesterday and he's loving coloring and sculpting play-doh and playing colors and letter games.


AND we decided on the location of our next home! We'll be moving to southwest Wisconsin where Eric will start his family practice w/OB. We're really excited about this. Eric had solid offers from all the places he interviewed in person and we had a lot to consider in choosing. We've got another year to enjoy our friends here in our Southern state and we will treasure it.

Charmer Alert

We're home from our second interview trip to Wisconsin, tired and sniffily. The trip was rough on everyones sleep patterns but it was productive. We're really glad Eric interviewed with both positions as they are really promising. There's the rub! Now we have 3 jobs/lives to choose between! I know, it IS a wonderful problem. Each opportunity has different pros and cons so comparing them isn't easy. We hope the locale we choose is our place to settle for a while. We do still plan on international 'lives' but we also want to have a home here to grow food, raise chickens and a goat or two, and be involved with our families.

Here's Justice at the hotel and Aedyn wearing his "surf's up board shirt"

When is it time to . . .

1. Wash your dinning room window sheers? When you find your toddler drinking milk through them.
2. Clean your storm door? After your toddler rubs his sunscreen covered hands, arms, and face against it. Not BEFORE you send him out the door covered with said SPF.
3. Keep a straight face? When your toddler's repeated singing of a word that may be shirt or ship or possibly chip sounds a bit profane.

Contentment