I know. Miracles never cease.
Actually, you can blame this nasty virus that I have. Because of it I'm required to stay up another 30 minutes before I can take more medicine to put me to sleep. Everyone else in the house is sleeping, or attempting to (in Nate's case) and I needed a "quite time" activity - alas, here I am (with some gummy bears at my side - I love those things so much)!
Anyway - March has been a crazy good whirlwind of a month! On March 14th we welcomed two new kiddos to our home - a 6 year old boy, who we refer to as Mr. Tease, and his 19 month old sister, who we have dubbed Wiggler and/or Tiny Tornado - both are very, very fitting! We are LOVING having them here and feel so blessed to be having such a wonderful experience this time around. We are keeping up our "Operation Freckles" blog that talks more about our Foster Parent journey, so feel free to check it out to learn more about these two amazing little people that are in our lives right now!
Here are some other things that happened in March!
A Ukulele Club was started up for the kiddos at work. I joined in the first few classes to take some pictures and ended up learning how to play a few chords as well - I'm pretty sure I need a Ukulele now ...
The first weekend of the month I was able to head up to Galice Lodge with my work ladies - we spent the night and had a wonderful time talking & laughing and scraping logos off of hundreds of wine glasses to use at our upcoming events! I'm so grateful for these women!
Nate & I finished up our "official" Foster Parent Certification. When Freckles was placed with us we were provisionally certified to have her in our care. Now we are certified for any child(ren) that may come along. We told DHS that we are open to babies because we had so much fun doing respite for Mr. Tease & Wiggler before they came to live with us! This is a picture that I texted to my friend as Nate & I were pricing all the big ticket baby items that we'll need to have in our arsenal! Luckily, when Mr. Tease & Wiggler moved in, we were able to purchase most of what we needed from another Foster Family at a VERY reasonable price.
Our crazy talented friend at work made this bowl in his pottery class and thought that we would like it! This picture doesn't do it justice, it's pretty darn amazing!
My boss got a baby Miniature Labradoodle on Valentine's Day and she gets to come to the office most days! Snuggling this sweet puppy definitely takes the stress level down on those days when there is too much to do (i.e. non-profit life all the time).
Nate & I celebrated our 15 year anniversary! It was pretty low key because I had to work, but he surprised me with these gorgeous flowers! There are no words to describe how in love with this man I am - I'm so grateful for him and for the relationship that we have built together. He truly is my best friend, the love of my life, my soul mate!
Shortly after our anniversary I came down with a viral infection - it has had me "down" for going on 3 weeks now. I have made two trips to Instacare, missed work, had many sleepless nights thanks to the horrible cough that is accompanying the rest of the symptoms and have just felt outright miserable. Taking in two little people during this time has not helped my recovery, but there is no way we would go back and change it. I feel like I'm FINALLY starting to come out of it, but as I'm typing this, I hear Nate coughing in the other room - I only hope and pray that he doesn't get it as bad as I do. He's already had it once this year, I sure hope he doesn't have to suffer through it again.
There is something that I love about this picture so much. This was last week - we were both exhausted after a long day with the kiddos and I was feeling like I had been hit by a bus - we were snuggling and talking and Nate fell asleep - I took advantage of my "selfie cam" so that I could snap this.
Spring time is here! This GORGEOUS tree is hanging over our driveway and every single day I marvel at it's beauty as I pull in and out of the garage. The town is riddled with beautiful blooming trees and it makes my heart and my eyes happy - although our allergies aren't liking it so much ...
Today is the last day of March. I don't know where this year has gone, but it is sure going by quickly. I feel that I have so much to be grateful for. Life is not without it's struggles and it took us several months to recover from what happened with Freckles, but I feel so blessed to be able to recognize the silver linings and to keep my positive attitude at the forefront of everything that I do.
