Reed is wearing a cute girly hooded towel. Share the giveaway. Donate $1. Please?

If I do say so myself, today’s prizes are SUPER CUTE. And you have a very good chance of winning!

Danae is an in real life friend of mine, so I can certify and stand behind the statement that she and her husband Kyle are awesome. They have big hearts for adoption and the world in need. And they ACT. I could go on and on about how incredible they are and how much they have supported us in the four short months that we have known them, but I will spare you. But, in short, I really admire Danae and Kyle!

Watch their adorable video:

Now, will you please head on over to Danae’s blog and enter her giveaways?

And THEN, head on over to Give1Save1 and donate!

Please? Do I need to beg? Do I need to get R&L to beg? They love Danae and Kyle, too, so I know they would!

It is so nice to be home, but I am emotionally fried. R&L seemed to do pretty well with us being gone, but they are understandably a bit more needy than usual.

For Reed, he seemed a bit indifferent that we were back, happy to see us, but kind of eh. Then, today, he was so needy. Constantly needing someone to play with, constantly interrupting conversations, just loud and kind of crazy. My patience was done was him by about 4pm. I told Aaron that I’d do all the dishes for the next 3 days if I didn’t have to have anything to do with bedtime.

Lena’s emotions have been a lot more on the surface. She was so happy she was almost in tears that we were back. Giggling and wanting lots of hugs. She slept for 12 hours straight the night we got back and then I climbed in bed with her for awhile, just to cuddle. I told her how I loved her and missed her. I said “I missed you soooo much.” L: “Too much?” “Yes, too much.” “I miss you too much too.” I love that girl. She has taken to laying on the floor with a grumpy face A LOT. She had been getting away from this for awhile, but it’s back in full force. A quick distraction usually remedies it when I can find the energy.

I am just exhausted myself. Not physically, but emotionally. A lot of emotions and frustration. Yesterday was Helen’s birthday. As happy and excited as we are about “Anderson”, my heart still breaks about Helen and the uncertainty of her future. Be praying for her, okay? Specifically that she gets to be at home with a family soon and that she does not have any medical complications that cannot be handled by doctors in her country, at any time.

Anyways, here is my photo catch-up.

Skyping. Fighting over camera space.

Reading to us from a children’s bible. This went on for ten minutes! “One time…”

Leaving the frigid north.

The little map showing where we are and the flight route. I took this for my mom.

Playing at their grandparents’ house. Please note that L DOES have clip in her hair… I just needed to fix it… again.

 
I forgot to take any photos today, and then everyone went to bed, but me and the dogs. So, here is Miss Nina, angry that I woke HER up to take her photo. Apparently even my dogs can’t do photos without blinking.

Yes, that is a mint colored house behind him!

I may have told them that forts are a special place where only kids can go. No grown-ups allowed.

Err, so I may have not taken a single photo yesterday. Oops! No day 39.

But, I took a bunch of photos today…

We had to take one of our dogs to the vet. She was sick last night and I was afraid that there was something seriously wrong with her and I wanted to get it addressed before we left. So, we all went off to the vet and the vet diagnosed her with… an upset stomach. Oh well, I am relieved to know it’s nothing serious.

Lena had a rough day. She gets that we will be leaving soon and she is not happy about it at all. The main thing she wants to do is cuddle. She smiled through her tears.

Danae brought us pizza. That girl is awesome. She knew I was super stressed, so she told me that she’d take care of dinner!

My sister sent a package today for Anderson, including this monkey that she made.

We’re going WHERE?!?

Reed and Lena really got a kick out of the monkey tonight. I explained to them that it was for their little brother, but they could play with him gently. They wanted the monkey to help them get ready for bed and tuck them in. It was pretty cute!

ETA: I forgot to tell you why I named the post this. Reed has started calling Lena “Roscoe” and she’s started calling him “Dot”. I am not sure why!

One of the funniest moments of our night was when I was tickling Lena and she said “Stop… I’ll poop!”