Time Flies

The time you think you're missing, misses you too. ~Ymber Delecto

Where have I been? I know I know, I ask myself this nightly! I need to get online more and post, and get back to my blogging, I have not had anytime since we came back from Addis. Aslynn is great and 3 kids is not that major of a difference to me than having 2. I am just having to lug around diapers and bottles, but Aslynn is such a sweet little thing and she is growing like a weed, so not that little I should say. She just turned 8 months and still sticks that tongue out. I took her to a specialist and he said that its FINE and she will grow into it OR she will just stick it in when she sees it getting HOT IN AZ and it gets dry, HA HA. Besides that info the doctor was a complete jerk! I have had my racial comments from people, the looks, even the people stopping me and "just had to ask" which at first was strange and now I just DON'T CARE. I just don't want Aslynn to grow up and me having to still tell people that she is adopted because in my mind she is not, she is my own daughter, you know what I mean? This doctor first would not touch her until he asked me 3 times if she was HIV positive and if I had her tested in the states, HOW RUDE, he pressed on her tongue so hard it bleed, the list goes on and I was so happy to walk out of there. First I thought, well maybe its ALL IN MY HEAD, you know Leah.... NOPE Makenzie made a comment on how the doctor was mean and mommy I don't have to see him right?! OK when your almost 6yr says that, its not in my head.
What else has been going on here? You would not even believe me if I wrote it, so I don't even know if its worth the type. Its straight out of a SOAP OPERA, I would have to sit down and drink a few 5 hour energy drinks (and if you know me I am a hyper spaz anyway) and then break down my life in a nutshell for the past 3 months. Then scoop you off the floor and do mouth the mouth to bring you back to life because really, you would die because things that happen to me DON'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. I think I have a curse on me, HA HA really! My father even made a comment, and he is straight edge hardcore Christian business man... I was with him for a few days (and we never spend time together unless he "works me in, or I make a appointment") and he even said "we always thought you exaggerated Leah, the oddest things DO happen to you, and only you, its so strange" YEP PEOPLE ONLY ME. But hey, I think that God throws these curve balls at me to see if I can handle the situation well and of course I kick some butt... or it could just be evil coming into my life and trying to ruin it and that I say people, I also kick butt at. I know a little sassy today huh? I thought HEY I have a minute lets write!
I also really only mentioned a few times in the past and never made it this HUGE blog deal because I was focusing on Aslynn and did not want to pull my attention from her, but back in Sept. we submitted for another child from Ethiopia. After another dossier, going through a back and forth circus with my agency, we got our referral for a sweet little boy we are naming Bryce. He will be 1 yr old on March 15th, he is so tiny, aslynn is bigger than him and younger. The medical report says that he is just crawling, that breaks my heart as WOW he should be walking. His mom gave him up recently as she found out she has AIDS, but he is NEGATIVE for sure. He is a pretty boy, he could be a girl he is too cute. We are so excited and now just waiting for a court date and hopefully by the end of summer go and get him. Of course I don't want to fly back there, so Jon will go and scoop up my little snuggle buns!
Gosh I know that I have a ton more stuff to type, say, blab about that has been going on but really who wants to read all the rambles, ON TO THE PICTURES.... lets see if my bum will upload and update my blog! I am rooting for myself with this one!