Answers to some questions:)

What happened to the bunkbeds???? In a previous post at the end of December, I mentioned that we were getting bunk beds and the girls were moving into the same room. In my last post about V, I mentioned that she is still in a crib. I got several questions about this, so I'll answer for the masses that may be wondering:)

So we got the bunkbeds, but they couldn't be delivered until Jan 2. We got home from a holiday visit to MSP and took Isabella to pick out paint for the new room. We took the samples home to match to the bedding, Isabella picked a purple/pink color and I headed to Menards to get the paint while Bry and Isabella started to take stuff out of her room. I arrived home with the paint to find Bry and Isabella in bed, Isabella sobbing her eyes out about wanting her old room back, just an absolute wreck. Long story short, we did paint the room, but ultimately ended up cancelling the bunk bed order and keeping things as is. Isabella was an absolute basket case when it came to the reality of changing her room, I'm talking heartfelt, body shaking, traumatized sobs. We waited til the last minute to cancel the order, talking things over...but the decision was final when she walked up to me bawling her eyes out with a picture of her old room.

She sometimes still asks about scraping the pink/purple paint off the walls so she can have her blue/green walls back. But she also sometimes says, "I should've kept the bunk beds so Veronica could be in room". She is decidedly undecided:) We'll see what happens, I'm not ruling out the possibility of htem sharing a room at some point.

I had to laugh at the many questions wondering if we were going to have another child since the girls were going to share a room:) I guess we've never publicly come out and said, "We're done":) We've said it to some people, but not everyone:) How does one come to this decision???

Well, way back in the summer of 2007 when Isabella was 3 and Veronica almost 1, we were driving somewhere in the minivan and I looked back and saw the girls sitting in their carseats and there it was - my family, it was complete, I just knew..it was crystal clear, plain as day, obvious. I told Bry about it and we both agreed that we were very happy. And that was that...now don't get me wrong, I can also tell you a million other reasons we are done, but they were reasons/questions/issues I actually pondered after my 'minivan moment':) Everything from finances, dreams/ambitions/plans for the girls, my age (I like being a young mom), and my vision of the kind of Mom I want to be (I can do it with 2 kids and enjoy it, throw a 3rd one into the mix and I could do it, but I might be a stressed out crazy mess...I don't know if I am blessed with the organizational capacity to have 3 kids...heck, I don't even know if Iam blessed with the organizational capacity to have 2...ha ha:).

I do also have to say, that we are done by our personal choosing, but trust fully in God's plan for us and any surprises that would come our way:)

I also must say that I feel like I have three sons in Africa (Marvin, David, and Jerome) who I wonder about every day - did their transition back to life in Africa go well, are they getting enough food, do they feel loved and safe, do they know they will always be a part of our hearts and family? I miss those boys more than I can say.

And I also have to say how much I enjoy being an 'aunt' as of late with the addition of Jackson and Piper to our lives and of course with Kaitlyn, and the Wadholm kids, and the Mc-Fadz twins...something so special about being an aunt...I LOVE IT!!! And I love how within our life, family reaches beyond blood/biological ties.

Sharing a room was something that was totally and completely Isabella's idea. She asked us about it consistently for 3 months. During the 3rd month we started talking with her about it further, telling her what it would be like, etc...and oh yes, she wanted to share a room with her little sisty so bad:) Oh well:)

So hopefully I covered everything and answered any questions that were on wondering minds:) Our girls, we love them soooooooooooooooo much!!!! We are truly blessed!