Future Photog!

Hopee loves to take pictures!  She asks me constantly, "can I take a picture of you cooking eggs," "can I take a picture of Ruby playing blocks," or whatnot!  It's crazy!  Between her and her Dad, I have to edit three to six HUNDRED pictures every week!!  I love it though & sometimes she captures such a perfect moment or expression that I would've hated to miss out on!

My Spring Baby Girl

When Caleb was five months old, we decided to begin foster care again.  Shortly after, a baby girl was born in the city who was meant to be in our forever family.  Hope came to us at three days post-womb and has stayed with us ever since, except for one overnight visit with her maternal adoptive grandmother when she was three months old {who has talked to me on the phone since then, but never seems to make it when we schedule a meet up}.  Anyway, Hopee and Mr C have been buddies, compadres, opposing warriors, and brother and sister from day one.  He was amazed at this tiny bundle of noise and spit up.  She spit up pretty much constantly until she was seven months old.  Whew, that was NOT fun.  No one wanted to hold her because she almost always spit up on everyone.  We tried different formulas and she breastfed tandom with Mr C for almost two months.  Nothing made any difference.  She liked to watch everything.  She would lay and watch Caleb play or me working around the house.  I used a maya wrap and a mei tai with both Caleb and Hopee, but less with her because of fear of spit up sadly.  I wish I had just done it & gotten nasty...can't change the past though.  She was beautiful with her curly hair and bright, observant eyes.  Once she learned to move, she was into everything like Mr C, and nothing was safe.  Ha!  It was and is exciting with Hopee in our family!