Sorry for the lack of posting lately. We've been so busy here. Outage is almost over and hopefully things will return to normal around! I have been throwing around some thoughts on a post I saw somewhere else. Things About Adoption No One Told Me About. Theirs was a heartfelt post about their love for their children, but I really got to thinking that there are about 3 or 4 things that I wish I had been told to expect when I adopted a child. We love our son and would not change anything in the world, but things weren't near as peachy as we'd been led to believe. So in a few days hopefully I'll have something more concrete to write about. Have a great FALL day!

Follow up to Wordless Wednesday: Recipe Thursday

Oreo Truffles

1 package of oreo cookies (I use the off brand and they work great)
1 8 oz.package cream cheese
almond bark

Put the cookies in a food processor until they look like coffee grounds. In a microwaveable bowl, soften cream cheese. Add crushed cookies until well mixed. Roll into 1 in. balls. After this, I freeze them on wax paper to make them easier for dipping. Melt almond bark according to directions on package. Dip frozen oreo balls completely. Let cool on wax paper. Yummy!! I think this makes about 3 dozen balls.

I've seen different ways to make these. This is just how I do mine. I saw lots of pictures of balls dipped in dark chocolate which also look delicious! I saw in a magazine where they had rolled them in orange colored coconut after dipping them in the almond bark to make them look like little pumpkins and they even put little eyes on the white ones to make them look like ghosts! Too cute!

Watching Elmo

So not much is going on here! We've loved getting back into our routine of things the past week though! Ballet started and karate is still going strong. Brent's dad is home from the hospital so we've been to visit him. AND We've been watching lots of Sesame Street. Neither of the big kids ever liked it BUT Paxton loves it! So in honor of what we've watching here's clip for you!

Wordless Wednesday

Still Feels Like the First Time...

So we left Paxton over night for the first time this weekend.

Brent's step dad had a heart attack on Friday with triple bypass on Saturday. In order for us to be at the hospital at 6 a.m. an hour away from us, he had to stay with my mom. SO all the kids are at the lake with my parents and grandma! What a fun weekend. I can't wait to see him today and the other kids as well. Xavier has started calling to talk to us all on his own whenever he's away from us and it's too cute, b/c he never really has anything planned to talk to us about, so we have to think of things to say, ask, etc. He never wants to get off the phone, so we think of things to say for at least a few minutes before we tell him we have to go! I haven't talked to Naia or Paxton all weekend, but have heard stories that they are having a blast!

Good News

Lots of good news from our adoption agency this week. New referrals, travel calls, EP, so much going on. It's so exciting.

We go to court to finalize Paxton's adoption on Oct.1. 365 long days since we first saw his precious face. Isn't that cool? We got our referral Oct. 2nd last year. What a year it has been!