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Today I am thankful for my dear friend, Mandy. She gets a big head when I mention her on here, but I couldn't resist tonight! :) She is that friend for me now that I could, and do, talk to about every single thing in my life. That friend that I didn't think I would ever find after college. I still have all of my dear high school and college friends that hold that place in my life as well, but sometimes you need a friend that is actually there - not just on the telephone. I am not sure I have ever told this story on here before, but we met in the most random way. We were both at our final adoption ceremony for our girls. We used the same attorney, which was strange in the first place because it was not even a local attorney. We chatted before the ceremony, exchanged information, and now we are the best of friends. She is a great mom and I love her kids close to as much as I love my own. And she loves my girls equally as much. We can relate to one another on adoption issues, which I can't do with most people. She always has realistic and, most importantly, good advice when I need it. We are so much alike in many ways that it is actually scary. I try and keep our husbands away from one another as much as possible so that they don't have the chance to compare notes! :) If I am down, she will come at me with a vast array of funny compliments to make me feel better. She was even more excited about Britney than I was, which means she was REALLY excited. She always knows what is going on in the world of celebrity gossip, and I like that. She and I could really help out a lot of celebrities if they would just give us the chance! But the real reason why she is my thanks tonight is because she brought me brownies tonight after my girls went to bed. And trust me, I needed brownies and a few moments to chat. She just knows when I really could use some adult time, especially when Justin is gone. This has been a crazy week with all of the sickness and Justin being gone, and she has always been willing to help me with anything I needed. For real girl, thank you. Love you! We all need at least one friend like you.

In case you can't tell from the pictures, Lucy is now sick too. The second she woke up this morning, I knew. Her nose was a faucet and her eyes wouldn't stop watering. Annie and I are still full blown sick. Lucy has been known to be the world's worst sick patient, and I could tell things were looking not great for us. I had a talk with her about how everyone felt bad and how it would mean so much to me if she would try and not fuss the whole day. She really did listen and she was not bad at all today. Granted, she watched a whole lot of tv, but seriously, this is big for us for her to not completely melt down. Both girls were really good today. Justin gets home late tonight and honestly, it is not a second too soon. I need him. I am really hurting and beyond exhausted.

Just so I don't forget, Lucy told me her first every story this morning. She marched over to me in the kitchen, put her hands on her hips, and stated, "Momma, I have a story for you." I said okay and this is what she said. "One time last night, there was a big monster. And the big monster ate marshmallows and then he got the bunny. The End." She has been talking about monsters and dinosaurs a lot lately, which is so bizarre to me because we don't have any dinosaurs and I don't think she is watching shows with monsters in them - at least not ones that I am aware of. I have no idea where this stuff comes from, but her imagination is vivid and I love that she is telling me about it. The good news is, she doesn't seem to be afraid of these monsters.

I want to apologize for how incredibly boring my posts have been lately. When you vow to post every day and your whole house is sick for a week, it gets a little difficult to think of anything to say. I hope next week will be more interesting! Just wanted you all to know that I am aware of how boring my constant talk of snot and boogers is.

I am back obsessed with the toes again.


I didn't even know until today that the late afternoon light in Lucy's room was so beautiful.
Annie is SO BIG!