I am at work and taking advantage of the internet! Ours has been out for months, and thus the lack of updates on this blog.
Time is flying by....in just a few weeks we will have been home with Calvin and Zahara 6 whole months! (on Feb 5th) It seems like they couldn't have possibly been home that long, and at the same time it seems like we've had them forever! They are growing up SO fast, and I find it hard letting go of all the little baby things (like bottles and binkies) because I'm not quite ready to launch them into toddlerhood just yet!
But they are going full steam ahead. The latest thing is that they both seem to LOVE to climb to the top of anything and everything. I feel like I spend the whole day getting one or the other of them down from precarious situations. They are smart, too, and I can't help but feel that at times they are working together to outwit me...a sort of tag team thing. The other day I was taking Eliana to the potty and when I came out Calvin was munching on a piece of bread. I thought, "Where did he get that?! Are my floors THAT dirty?" But then I saw that Zahara had one, too. So there stand the two of them in the kitchen, happily eating bread. Then I see what happened. Calvin pushed a chair up to the counter (he knows where the bread is kept), got the bag down and carefully got out one for himself and one for Zahara. Then he set the bag back on the counter! Pretty funny!
It is cute how they look out for each other. When one is sad, the other tries to cheer them up with a blanket or sippy cup. All 3 kids seem to really love each other. They are into hugging and kissing each other and it is so sweet.
We feel so blessed to have these 3 beautiful Ethiopian honey's as our children. Tony's 14-year-old brother Chuck put it best..."Not only did God give us kids from Ethiopia. But He always gives us the cutest ones!" Pretty sweet...
I will add more pics when I can.
Jill
