Whoa! Whoa! Here Comes Play Doh!

Several weeks ago, Abbey, Reed, Nash, and Will had the pleasure of a visit from Mary Catherine.



MC helped the boys have lots of fun with Play Doh. Nash LOVES to cook on his grill that Aunt Ava gave him, so he had a lot of fun playing with the Play Doh kitchen.



Reed and MC had fun pushing the dough through the presser.



Will enjoyed just being around his brothers and of course, MC.



The past week has been EXTREMELY busy.



Thursday-Saturday we had VBS preview. It was really good, but we were exhausted at the end of it.



Nash and Reed have been busy playing. Very busy.



Will is growing so quickly. He had a doctor well-check this week and got his last vaccination for a little while. He still continues to have sinus/allergy issues, but thankfully there is a new pediatrician at our clinic who really seems to be attentive to Will's goal to BREATHE!



This week has FLOWN by. Abbey has been doing laundry like SuperWoman! I was doing pretty good helping her with the laundry but lately, I've really not been that helpful. She has done it all. I need to get some inspiration to help her with the laundry!



Tomorrow I'm going to try to get the boys SSNs changed to their American names. We had a terrible time getting Reed's card the last time, so I am hopeful that it is going to be much easier this time.






Tomorrow evening we are really excited that Laura and Zach, Abbey's cousin and her husband from Arkansas are coming to see us. Well, really they are coming to see Dave Ramsey Live, but they are going to see us while they are here.



Saturday we are REALLY excited that we're going to meet some fellow Taiwanese Adoptive Families. We are so excited to get to meet them and know let our boys see some other kids from their homeland.



Several babies from both of our agencies are going to be there. We are excited to take some pictures and have some fun getting to know them. It's really funny that we've never actually met another Taiwanese adoptee!





Thankfully, Saturday evening, we are free of plans!



Sunday will be busy with church. The Super Bowl is Sunday, and I'm trying to remember who is playing. I'm just not really athletically inclined.





This is Abbey's granny's rolling pin. Like her grandmother, Abbey also doesn't see the importance of removing the price tags from items.

It's Tuesday ... We're At Chickfila

If you have followed our blog for even a small amount of time, you know that Tuesday nights are Chickfila nights. We've been going to Chickfila every Tuesday night that we are home since Abbey and I moved here over six years ago.



We love our local Chickfila. The associates know us and some of them even know our order before we start.



The boys love the play place.



Tonight, after Chickfila, we headed to our favorite store, Target! I had to pick up some supplies for a game night that I am having with our preteens tomorrow night. I've got to try some games for the children's ministry blog that I write for.



As you might can tell from the photos, Nash was not in the mood to have his picture taken tonight.



Tonight the boys also got to pick out their prize for sleeping in their beds for 10 nights in a row! We are so excited that they have done so well.



All three boys fell asleep on the way home from CFA. Reed stayed asleep, but Nash and Will woke up. Nash got to take a bath in our tub, which is a jacuzzi tub and he thought he was in a pool. He loved it!



In other news, we are really excited that tomorrow we get our van back. I don't know if I mentioned that someone rearended us on the way home from church the other day. We've not had our van in over a week and we've been cramming all three boys into the back of an Impala.



Reed thinks the idea of a rental car is really exciting, but even he admitted tonight that he doesn't like cars. We like bigger vehicles like my Jeep or Abbey's van!

Snow Day

I rarely take unplanned days off, but yesterday the snow started falling around 2 PM and and didn't stop 'til 7:00. It dropped a good amount of snow and the roads weren't treated.



This morning the news kept showing traffic backed up a long way on both of the interstates that I can use to get to work due to a jackknifed tractor trailer. So, I decided to take the day off. And boy was it a good decision.



I got to spend the day with my favorite four people in the world.



When Reed was little, we took him out in the snow. He HATED it, so we decided that I decided that I would take the big boys out to play in the snow and see how they liked it. This time was completely different. Reed and Nash both loved the snow.



The boys had a little trouble getting traction in their monster truck.



The boys don't have gloves that fit really well, so I used a trick that we used growing up. Socks! I also their hands in ziplock bags first so that the wet snow couldn't get to their hands.



The snow wasn't packed tightly, so we couldn't make a snowman. So, the boys decided to make a snow castle.



Our house in the snow. I think that it is really pretty. You'll notice an Impala in our garage. That's because the van is in the shop because someone ran into us a couple of weeks ago on the way home from church. Have you ever tried getting three little ones in car seats in an Impala?



It's not easy!



I hate these bushes, but I think that they are pretty in the snow.



For some perspective for any of you out there that are new followers of our blog, the third house on the left is our old house. Moving across the street was one of the easiest moves we've ever completed!



I let the boys drive on the street since there was zero traffic. Even in their little truck they were struggling with the ice.



My guess is that Nash has seen Caillou or someone making a snow angel on TV because he laid right down in the snow and made an angel.



Pretty good one too.



To get more traction, we put Nash in the back of the truck. It worked a lot better.

How Adorable

Our cute little guys have really been busy, and so have we. You might have noticed a little lag in the blogging. Last week, I had to go to Orlando for work. Lola came and helped Abbey with the boys.



Apparently the boys felt that there were pirates or bad guys hanging out in the dryer because they got their swords out to check it out. I'm glad they had their swords to keep their Mommy safe while she worked on the laundry.



Nash made sure that Reed stayed safe.



Reed then moved toward the door where he practiced his skills. Reed has decided that he LOVES the Wii and he really loves playing the sword fighting games with the Wii. He loves them all.



Nash, who follows his brother's lead constantly, then headed to the door to keep it safe.



Ever the innovator, Nash then made a hat from package the outfits that Enna sent the boys.



He is so cute. He often does funny things like that. Aunt Ava and Uncle Brookie gave the boys a toy grill for Christmas and Nash LOVES it. He literally CARRIES it wherever he goes.



Happy Will has been a little bit unhappy the past few days. He is so congested and has a bad runny nose.



Monday night we started Bedtime Boot Camp. We don't publicize it often, but Reed has RARELY slept in his bed for the entire night. Unfortunately, he taught his brother's this habit REALLY quickly. So, for the past few months, we've had not 1, not 2, but 3 extra kids in our bed each night.



So, bedtime boot camp entailed all three boys going to their own beds. Nash and Reed share a bed (Nash has a bed, but it's not his thing). The big boys always go to bed in their own bed, but sneak into our bed at some point.



Will has NEVER been fond of his baby bed, so he has pretty much always gone to bed with us.



Here's how it all went down.

Sunday night - Will woke up about 11:00 and then wouldn't go back to his bed.
The big boys woke up at 2:00. Nash cried for about an hour when we wouldn't let him come to our bed (tore my heart out!). Reed went to the other bed in Will's room and went to sleep without incident.



Monday night: Will woke up around 2:00 and wouldn't go back to his bed. Reed and Nash woke up around 5:45 (right when I wake up for work), Nash cried for a few minutes wanting to come to our bed. Reed, once again, moved to the bed in Will's room.



Tuesday night: ALL THREE, count'em, THREE boys slept all night long! When I woke up for work, Abbey said, "You think we need to go check on Will to make sure that he's breathing." This is, mind you, the very first time he has EVER slept all the way through the night!

So, here we are at Wednesday night. How will we sleep? No one knows, but we certainly have hopes!