Daisy and J pictures

I thought I would post some pictures of Daisy and J. Or as Brooke calls her 'LFB', Little French Baby. :)


This is Daisy with her guitar. Or as she likes to call it, her "atar".












Here's little J.













Her again. While Brooke gave her a bottle.













Daisy "reading" to her baby's. It was so cute! She just kept getting book after book, sitting on the bed, showing her baby's the book and saying, "This one?". Then she would actually turn the pages and act like she was reading to them!

She's growing up so fast. :(







Daisy during a much needed nap.

She passed out on my mom.











Daisy with her baby's.

Ever since we got J she been obsessed with playing with her baby's. She loves J too. She always comes up to us, puts her arms out and says, "Hold her?".







Anyway, I could go on and on, but I won't. We have to take Daisy back and drop Brandon off at college. He has a political science class tonight.

We should find out in the next few days how long we'll have J.

I'll post with the news. Hopefully it will be good.

~Brianna

P.S. Sorry about the spaces, I still haven't figured out how to fix that! :)

Today and this week

Hey everybody!

Been a while since I've posted. We still have little J. She's doing really well. Daisy is here this weekend too.

I have to get a Sunday School lesson ready so this post might be a little short.

I went to a softball team practice today, just to play with the team and see if I wanted to join.
Well, it's kind of a long story but basically, it's not gonna work out. That's ok though, my P.E. program starts in a couple of weeks so I'll just look forward to starting that.

I'm also nursing a charlie horse that won't go away. It hurts so bad! Ice packs are my friends. :)

We went to my great aunts 80th birthday party yesterday. It was nice seeing everybody.

I have this giant bruise on my leg from sliding at softball(yes I wore knee pads but they kept falling off). I'll have to take a picture of it.

We were called on 2 little boys this week. The social worker got it wrong though, they needed them in a different city. We're still waiting for another little one to come along and steal our hearts. Hopefully we'll get a call soon.

I should go,

~Brianna

We got a baby!

Yes, it's true!

It's a girl, she's 6 months old, blonde hair, blue eyes, and absolutely adorable.

The social worker called us at 10:00 at night on Thursday(I've been a little busy to post since then)while we were watching the Olympics and we got her at 1:30 in the morning.

We've never gotten a baby that late before. We were so surprised!

She's doing really well and is starting to be more relaxed and she smiles all the time now. She's French actually! She's got a J name. Her full name is very French sounding.

Daisy was with us too this weekend, we have to drop her off tomorrow. But, we're pretty sure we'll have her again in a few days.

Anyway, just wanted to post with the news.

~Brianna

Update

I haven't posted in almost a week(as you can see). I guess I have blogger's block, or poster's block, whatever you want to call it.

We haven't gotten any babies yet(believe me I would have posted then). Nothing really exciting has happened.

My song on Sunday went well. I played an arranged version of the hymn "How Great Thou Art", and all these older ladies kept coming up to me and giving me hugs and crying! It was really funny!

Brooke and I feel really bored with no kids in the house. It's like we don't know what to do with ourselves. :) We only been getting babies and toddlers for a couple years so it's not like we've always had them, I guess when you're used to filling up bottles, changing diapers, giving baths, and playing peek-a-boo and hide and see with wild little toddlers it's hard to go back to everyday life. :)

It's not like my family is hoping kids will have to go into foster care, we just know there are kids who need a loving home. And we're waiting patiently. Well, I'll be honest, we're not exactly patient. We're trying our best though! :)

I have to prepare a Sunday school lesson later. I'm filling in while the lady that usually does it is on vacation with her family. I'm teaching 3-4 graders. They're in the middle of building their own little miniature Tabernacles.

We're also keeping busing watching the Olympics. I swear Michael Phelps is part fish. :)

Anyway, just though I'd give a quick update.

I'll post with any news,

~Brianna

Rantings

I'm really tired, so this post might not make much sense. :)

Today we all got up at 5:30 to go to a book sale. Yeah, 5:30. As in 5:30 in the morning. And, I couldn't fall asleep till about 1:00. So I'm barely functioning on 4 and a half hours sleep.

I'm playing a song on the piano at church tomorrow, "How Great Though Art", so I have to wake up at 6:30 tomorrow.

Monday, I'm sleeping in till noon.

Gosh, I hate alarm clocks. Just when you fall asleep, beeeep, beeeep, beeeep, beeeep. Ahhhhhhh!

Okay, enough of my rantings(for now anyway).

We were supposed to get Daisy this weekend, then her mom called and said she was going to be gone for a week. Apparently she forgot to tell us till we were 2 minutes away from her house and she was already on the freeway. I hate it when that happens!

Oh well, whenever her mom takes her somewhere, as soon as she gets back she calls us and we get Daisy for a good long visit. Of course it's not nearly long enough, but it's all we get for now.

We were actually called on a little 2 year old girl who needed a home on Friday. It ended up not working out though. The county placed her with a different agency. So now we have to wait till next week.

Anyway, I should go practice my song. Pray for me! :)

~Brianna

My future car :)

Yes, it is.

It's a Dodge Sprinter,it seats 12 with option for more benches, and is very roomy.

Our friends just got one, and I LOVE it! They currently have 5 kids. The sixth is on his way from Haiti soon. You can check out their story here http://godseesandprotects.blogspot.com/

While this is not going to be my first car, it is definitely in the future

This has been the family joke since we first saw this car, or bus I should say, everyone knows I want a large brood someday so now whenever we see it, someone says, "Look, Brianna's future car". I think I want dark blue. Hey, planning is good. :)

Now, you may be saying, huh? Well, I plan to have and adopt a bunch of kids when I get married. So I'll need a very large car. I want to have some of my own kids. And I also want to adopt.

Most people that know us would think that none of us would ever want to think about adoption again after our hearts were broken with Daisy. Not true. Losing Daisy was one of the hardest things we've ever gone through and I hope we'll never have to go through it again.
But, it was worth it. There are little ones who need someone to love them. And yes, unfortunately heartbreak is almost always involved in the process of adoption. But for some reason you keep doing it. And keep praying that that little one will finally be in your arms.

We went on the list to take babies again. So, now it's back to waiting for the phone to ring, and jumping every time it does. No, I don't know how we or anyone else does it.

But somehow, we do.

~Brianna

"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."

Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Recipe for a Foster Home"

My mom found this in daily devotional for foster and adoptive parents and I thought it was adorable so I'd share it with all of you.


"Recipe for a Foster Home"

~1 large house(easily rearranged to meet needs as they arise)

~1 large yard(if space is limited, a nearby park will do)

~1 medium-size family(willing to share EVERYTHING)

~rules(not too rigid, adjustable with age/ability)

~unconditional LOVE(cannot add too much)

~sturdy furniture(need not be new)

~1 large vehicle(kept in good repair)

~clothes(assorted sizes)

~a few toys(don't worry, they will multiply with little effort)

~strong church family(optional, but I have seen recipe fail without it)

~good professional help(not optional, to keep asking until needs are met)

~extended family(optional, but very desirable)

~joy

~laughter

~patience

Add foster child, marinate in LOVE and give ample time to adjust. Heart may become tender. If so, feel sense of accomplishment. Enjoy for the duration, however long.

-from Swings Hanging From Every Tree by Susan Stone.

I'm back!!!

Hey everybody! I'm back!!!

Actually we've been back since Monday but I've been busy and haven't found the time to post.
We're all trying to clean and organize the house to get ready to take in foster babies again. Finally!

Anyway, the Las Vegas trip went well. My Grandma's doing a lot better. We've all been joking with her that she'll soon be running marathons. She had a hip replacement by the way. :)

I'm on the last two chapters of the 530 page book I've been reading for-well I'm not gonna put down the exact amount of time, but it's been a while. I'm looking forward to starting Obsessed by Ted Dekker. Then I have another Ted Dekker book to read called Blessed Child. I also want to read the second Left Behind book. I read the first one a while ago but I haven't read the one yet.

I haven't chopped my hair off yet. I'm not sure if I want to. You only need eight inches I think but I still want my hair to be long after I cut it, so I'll probably wait a little while.

My mom, Brandon, and Brooke are at a book sale right now. I was teaching a piano lesson and they left me alone. How dare they! :)

Anyway, I thought it was time to catch up. I'll probably go pop in a Smallville or something.

Talk to you all later! Thank you for your prayers!

~Brianna