Saturday, April 17, 2010

April 3 Two Months as a Family of 6

Steve labled this picture as what he does on his days off! I laughed so hard.. What a fun Dad to let Mylee do this to him...

Updates of what has been happening. Wow in only two moths we hardly ever hear a Kreole word at the Lisle household. I am happy that they picked up English so fast but also sad that they are loosing their other language. They still pray in Kreole every day and we all love to hear it. Macy started talking about the Orphanage and her Birth Parents this month. It really helped me feel close to her, by have these special talks. I will treasure them always.
Macy had her ears piericed before and they had grown shut. She let me know that she would like to have them done again. I took her to wal-mart on April 10 and got them redone. She is really proud of them.

Mylee was having a lot of discomfort in her ears. The doctors told us this was from her tonsils being so large it reverts pain to the ears. So we went ahead and had them taken out yesterday and also had the skin tag removed from her right ear. She is sore but feeling a lot better today.
She is not happy that she can not eat her favorite snack Cheetos.
She is getting special mommy and me time today as Grandma came and got the other three kids as Steve had to work. So we have cuddled and watched a lot of movies today.

I have to say after only 2 months we really are a family, there is a lot of love between all of us and even some sibling rivalry going on too. Especially with Macy and Gage. They had the most change though in birth order so it can be expected. Macy went from Oldest to middle and Gage went from Youngest to Middle. Dakota and Mylee stayed the same.


Life is busy and no one knows this better then Steve. This past week he was off and was at the doctor or dentist 5 days this week. He is such a great help and never complains about running after the kids. What a great Dad.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Haiti Still Suffers after the Cameras are gone

Please take a moment to read about what is still happening in Haiti, and please do not forget!

http://livesayhaiti.blogspot.com/2010/03/cbs-news-article.html

Our story in the Dallas County Paper on 3/25

A lady from the Dallas County Paper was here tonight, she was writing our adoption story for the Dallas County Paper. So she said it should be in there on 3/25,which is Gage's 10th birthday.

Otherwise life has been busy and we are so glad the girls are healthy again. After Macy fight Mono and Mylee fighting double ear infection.

All is well again!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

One month as a family of 6


Wow it has already been a month. Time has flown by, we have been so busy. I can not imagine our lives without the girls. We are a family, a family of 6.

I was thinking on the way home today about how many kids I wanted growing up. I would think I always wanted 2 a boy and a girls just like my mom. Although growing up I had always thought I missed out on something not having a sister. So maybe three kids would be ok.

Then Steve and I had Dakota and were so in love with him we thought this is all we need we will just have one. Then no I guess two will be good and we had Gage.

Two seemed just right for a long time. Till November of 2006, when God spoke to my heart and said it was time to think about adopting. Something Steve and I had always talked about.

So we thought Ok we would add one girl and be a family of 3 kids. Then I saw the girls waiting on line and that was the end of that we were OK with becoming a family with 4 kids. The rest is history as we are now a family of 6 with 4 kids.

No we are not perfect parents but who is! All I know is that you only live once and I do not want to regret that I did not do the things in life I know I was created to do.

We love our kids!

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Beautiful Umbrella's


Steve's cousin Chantele and daughter Victoria stopped by to say HI to the girls. They brought them gifts and I would say one of their favorites are the Umbrella's. The funny thing was they saw these about a week ago a Wal-Mart and wanted them. Steve and I asked them to wait till it was warmer. So they were happy to get them.

Thank you Chantele and Victoria.


Sunday, February 21, 2010

Jennifer and kids brought gifts

WOW! Jennifer a friend of ours from town stopped by tonight with her two kids and they brought the girls lots of learning tools. Books,Flash Cards, Wipe off books and the Leap Pad that helps with reading. She knew exactly what we need and was very helpful with answers on how she had already been through teaching English to older kids. Thanks Jennifer for all your help and the wonderful gifts.

The girls are really excited to go back to school tomorrow. Macy was eating popcorn and when Steve said time for bed as we have school tomorrow she jumped up and was happy to go to bed. WOW! I hope she is always like this.
Tonya

Macy's Doctor appointments

I had forgotten to go back in and let everyone know how Macy's doctor's appointments went. She Weighted 47 1/2 (Which is in the 45%) and her height is 45 inches(which is in the 10%).

She got blood drawn and her TB test, she was not happy about these, but she had these laying down and now I wonder if that was most of it. As she got three shots a couple of days later in her arms and never even had one tear she was so brave.

Glad to have shots over for a little while. Macy will need more the middle of March but until then we can take a break from them.