Good News Yesterday

We got some good news yesterday. I don't know if I've mentioned this before but J has this vision problem called Nystagmus, it's basically where he can't focus his eyes on anything and it makes his eyes go cross-eyed sometimes and he can only see close up.

No, don't worry that's not the good news, the good news is is that sometimes people have the progressive kind of Nystagmus where they can eventually go blind, and Yesterday my mom took J to his doctors appointment to find out if he had that kind, and he doesn't! His eyes won't ever be normal but they won't be getting worse. When he's older contact lenses are supposed to help.

Anyway, today I have P.E. we're doing soccer right now. I hate soccer, I'm more of a basketball and softball person. Frenchie's social worker is also coming over to talk to us about her.

Hopefully we'll hear good news.

Everybody is still coughing and sniffing here. Brandon's asthma is really bad and my cough sounds like I have Tuberculosis or something. :)

Anyway, just wanted to post the good news about J, I have to go give him a bath now.

We have this vanilla oatmeal baby wash, it smells so good!

~Brianna

The last two weeks

Well, here I am again. The title of my blog doesn't really do it justice, it should be "Brianna this Week", or "Brianna this Month". :)

The last two weeks have been a roller coaster.
We think little Frenchie is going about every other week. We'll get ourselves prepared(not that that's possible) and then we'll get a call that it's not happening yet. Well, we got a call like that this week, from her aunt who was supposed to take her, to make a long story short her and her husband aren't doing it any more and quit. The county had some problems with the uncle, well, he has a DUI on his record, and they needed him to take a few tests just to confirm some things and make sure he was safe, well they refused and told my mom they were done.

We were all very shocked and surprised. If little Frenchie was in my family I would do anything to get her. She is precious. We all love her but can sence another heartbreak coming. They want to move her with her mom in 6 months while she's in rehab. If you ask me, rehab is no place for a baby. Whether or not her mom is there.

Little baby J is still with us and reminding us every day that God has a plan for everything. We thought we lost him last summer, when we got him back we were all overjoyed. He's one of those baby's that when you look at him you can't help but smile. He has gotten very attached to us and we can't imagine life without him, he cry's when my mom walks out of the room. We might lose him though, we have one of those social workers that think they can't tell you anything, we have no idea what are in the plans. All we can do is pray that they'll see that his mom is not a suitable place for a baby who needs extra love and attention.

We also had Daisy this week, yes a whole week, we picked her up and her mom said "I'll call you next Wednesday". Yes that really happened. We had a great time with her and we were all very sad to see her go yet again, but based on the whole "See you in a week thing" we're sure we'll have another visit soon.

Well, about the other people in our family, every single of us caught a cold this week. So amid all the coughing and blowing of noses we've been trying to get on a good schedule for some things, it hasn't happened yet. :) My dad has a good job now, we're just praying that it will last through all the economy trouble.

I am switching piano teachers yet again. The lady I had said she was too busy and couldn't handle another student right now. She gave us someone else to call though. I still have a piano student also. I'm loving to teach more and more.

Being a piano teacher might work well for me as a career. I'm not sure about it yet though. It's just good because I can work out of my home, that will also work well in the future with the big family I want. I can be a homeschool mom but still make some extra money for my family.
Yes I am a little ahead of myself, I'll be 18 in January and it's not like I need to sign my life over to one specific thing yet. I also have though about being a social worker. We've met some good and some bad workers. I want to be a good one and make difference in that field and actually try to do what's best for the child. Sadly, that's not how it is out here.

As you can tell from the picture I am hopelessly awaiting the arrival of fall weather, it hasn't really come yet.

Anyway, I hope you haven't fallen asleep, till next time,

~Brianna

P.S. I kinda feel like this incredibly long post sounds a little depressing. It's just cause I'm tired and still a little stuffy from being sick. My life is hectic write now but I'm not sad or anything! lol!
I love all the craziness that goes on and I am happy that I am surrounded by my family and friends, not all my friends though, we miss you Flynn's! Anyway just wanted to clear that up. :)

Awanas and other things--creative, I know :)

Wow, yeah, no one should take me seriously when I say I'm posting regularly again. :) My life has been hectic lately and posting has kinda been towards the back of my mind.

For an update in the last week or so, well, hmm, little French baby is still here, She'll be going to her aunt soon though, and we still don't know much on what's going to happen to baby J. We love him and we'll keep him for however long we can. We went to Awana training last night at our church, I am now an official Sparks leader. Yay! I've done sparks for a couple years and like the age group, they're K-2 grade, and so I decided to do it again! Brooke is doing Cubbies(3-4 year olds)and this is Brandon's first time doing Awanas and he's doing T&T boys. They thought the boys needed a man in there group. :)

We haven't seen Daisy for a while, hopefully we'll get her this week. Her mom told us that asks for my mom when she wakes up.

Anyway,P.E. is fun, I'm starting piano lessons again on Monday, Brandon's college schedule is killing him, he's gone all the time, and I still don't drive. My mom keeps forgeting to get me a drivers handbook, I have to think long and hard if I'm going to forgive her or not. :)

We got free tickets to a water park from our friends and we're going tomorrow so I most likely won't be posting then. Hopefully I'll start posting more and won't forget as much!

Again, thank you for reading my sporadic posts!

~Brianna

Baby food doesn't match my hair :)

I think I have the smell of baby food permanently burned into my nose and ground into my skin. :) Not that all baby food smells bad, some smell ok. But when you get it flung at you(or, I should say sneezed at you) by a giggling 10 month old, well, then it's a different story.

He apparently forgot to tell me that he felt a sneeze coming on right as I put the spoon in his mouth. :) I learned 2 things that day, start to recognize the signs when J has to sneeze, and sweet potatoes, don't match my hair. Good to know.

Anyway, my P.E. started yesterday. It was pretty fun, not too hot. There's a lot of new people in my class this year. There aren't as many people this year though.

We took a walk today with the baby's. Little french baby in a front pack and J in a stroller. A friend came over and walked with us too. We also had Chessie our dog and B.J. who we're watching for a few days. He's the pug, I think Brooke posted of picture of him on her blog.

While we were walking this really big pit bull started following us. It was a little scary. I hate pit bulls. No offense to anyone who has one, I personally would just rather have a toy poodle or a golden retriever. :)

Quick update, Little French baby, who, by the way does have a french name, is going to an aunt anyday. We'll miss her but we know she going somewhere safe. We haven't heard anything about what's going on with J, his mom missed her visit yesterday, we were very happy.

Daisy could also use prayer. For her safety and security, that her mom would continue to let us see her,And that her mom would treat her right. I don't want to post about everything that's going on with Diasy because it would make this post very sad and deppressing. I'll just say that her situation isn't good.

Anyway, both baby's are up and my mom's making dinner so I should go.

~Brianna

P.S. To end on a light note, I'm pretty sure that Gerber baby foods smell better then Beechnut baby foods. Correct me if I'm wrong. :)

Hello Again!

Ugh! This computer won't let me add a picture!

Anyway, Hi everybody! I have been extremely caught up in everything that I have totally forgotten to post!

We still have the little French baby. She's supposed to go to an Aunt soon though. :(

We got our first little boy back! The one we had back in May and June. His name is also J. So now I'll be calling the baby girl we have who is also a J little French baby like Brooke. :)

We are so happy to have J back!(the boy)

He's 10 months old now. We're not really sure how long he'll be with us for. He's really fun baby to have! He's so cuddly and he gives you hugs and kisses!

We still see Daisy on the weekends. We're praying that that will continue. Daisy's mom acts like she doesn't really want her around. It's really sad for Daisy. She wants to stay with us. She cry's every time we take her back. We're praying that one day her mom will realize what's best for Daisy and give her to us. It probably won't happen but we still want her mom to always know that we're here.

Anyway, I'm back posting! It'll be nice to talk to everyone again!

~Brianna

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