50/365

I have made it 50 whole days of posting in a row! Woo hoo for me! Here is a slideshow of the first 50 days of my favorite pictures for each girl. Feel free to skip this is you aren't interested because it gets a little long. There are actually more than 50 pics in each slideshow because some days I put a pic of them together in their saved set in addition to their individual shot. I have loved this project so far. It is challenging and forcing me to learn new things about my camera and editing.











Today I am thankful for all of the friends that I have made through adoption. I have made some friends that I consider to be lifelong, dear friends because we were in the same boat as we built our families through adoption. Adoption is a thing that not everyone can understand or relate to. It is the biggest roller coaster of emotions with EXTREME highs and lows that only others who have been through it or are going through it will ever understand. I have been lucky enough to meet a bunch of my new friends in real life, but some of them, even some of my closest ones, I have only had long email conversations or phone calls with. Thanks for the support girlies. I love you all. I could have never made it through these two adoptions without your constant encouragement and ears to listen to me rant.

I took Lucy and Annie to a play area at the mall today. I needed to return a few things and Lucy loves the play place. Lucy has made me so proud lately because she has done so well at these kinds of places. She keeps a close eye on me, but she has gotten brave enough to actually play and have a great time without me being glued to her side. We ate lunch and then headed home for naps. This afternoon we just played around the house. I am not going to lie, the afternoon drug on and on and on. It felt so long. Most days the afternoons really fly by. Since Annie goes to bed at 7, it feels like the girls barely get up from nap before it is time to work on dinner, baths, and get Annie down. But they took early naps today and we didn't really have much to do so the day just seemed to last forever.

While the girls napped and I did my normal thing on the internet, I started really thinking about just how public this blog is. It freaks me out some days and I worry that it is not worth it. But like so many others, I love this blog. I love sharing the girls and I love to hear from you guys. I use it as my creative outlet. I use it so family and friends know what the girls are up to. But since I have started posting everyday, the number of people reading is growing and growing. Most of the time I have no idea who is reading or how they ended up here. I see all kinds of stuff on my stat counter. A little freaky when you think about it. For now I am not changing how I do this, but I can't say it will always be this way. I have just seen some weird stuff and one in particular involved my babies directly. It was harmless, but I didn't like it. And just so we are all clear, no one has my permission to use pictures of my girls for anything without getting my approval first. Feel free to introduce yourself if you are new here. And thanks to everyone that comments or emails me nice messages introducing yourself. I really do love to hear from you.







This picture is really special to me - this is the one and only time I have EVER seen her put a toy in her mouth on her own. This is the only toy that she will let me hold and she would bite on it for a second, but she still would never put it in her mouth on her own. Today she did, and I was lucky enough to be taking pictures and actually catch it. I realize this might not seem like a big thing to most of you, but she is 10.5 months old and has never put a single thing in her mouth. It is big to me.