Thank You Birthmom

Now on the eve of Mothers Day which is always a huge event here in our household I want to take a minute and reflect on the precious birthmoms who gave us our 2 children. both of which we are very sure have passed on. I pray you know peace and that your children are well loved, honored , and cared for. Today they both had a birthday party for their 3rd birthdays. we are quite sure you both are the bravest women we ever could have known. We felt your prescence today as we thought of you during all the festivities. Someday as we will pass on as well we look forward to meeting with you and thanking you for what you gave us. You both will always be our heroes. Happy Mothers Day to both of you wonderful women who lived far far away and made brave decisions when put in horrible situations for the betterment of your children. you are the true essence of motherhood.

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Lots of new pics to post, Lillian and Abel, Chloe , and Wes are all doing great. Winding down the school year, Thank Goodness and prepping for our trip to Atlanta to see my friend Cathy and all the Enat kids that were with Abel in the orphanage. Cathy also has a little one that was with Lilly in the orphanage as well.

We're Foster parents

Not really, but we are fostering some teacup chihuahua pups for the APL for 6-8 weeks. There was apparently some big puppymill bust in the Cleveland area, and these two siblings are 6 weeks and no mama, which brings us in as foster parents to get them up to age and weight to be spayed, neutered , then adopted to their forever families. It has actually been a fun project for the kids and I. We are enjoying it too. The cat on the other hand is a bit confused, i believe she thought they were mice and stuck her paw out to check them out, they promptly charged her and started barking. she has been wandering around confused ever since.

Whats up.

We are doing well here. Abel made the front page of the paper during the annual Easter Egg Hunt. He was so cute, once he realized there was candy in the eggs, he went crazy. My mom had to take the candy off of him since he starts to act like a fein and get crazy, he will keep eating until he pukes so you have to give him a limit. We are really looking forward to some warmer weather around here. The winters just seem to get harder to withstand year after year. But its Cleveland. I'm excited Spring Break officially started today for the older kiddos so lots of fun in the next week planned. Today we just hung out at the pool at the Rec center and swam alot.

Update

Its been awhile since I have posted but boy have we been busy around here. Just this week Lillian became very ill and when I took her to the pediatrician they said it was pneumonia and sent us home with antibiotics, by the next evening she was not looking good and struggling to breathe. We went to the ER and she was immediatly admitted and put on continuous oxygen, more heavy duty antibiotics and respiratory treatments. I stayed the next 2 days in the hospital with her without any sleep whatsoever and I am sure glad to be home. She is getting better now, no more fevers. but we are handling her with kid gloves. It was scary. Abel who caught her bug as well now has croup, Frank is sick and so is Wesleigh. Needless to say I am a very busy mom cause everyone wants me to do something for them and comfort them now.

Chineese New Year... uhhh I mean Tet

So to celebrate Tet we need to celebrate with the Chinese in the Cleveland area. The Vietnameese really do not have too much available for the public. SO we went out to a great Chinese Rest. and had an awesome time with great food and fun dragons, and even some firecrackers.