So I have decided to change my job title from "stay-at -home mom" to "official-poop-cleaner upper." So let me tell you about my day. It starts with a little voice yelling, "mom come and wipe me, NOW!" We are working on patience.
Next, I go to get Nia up. You know when you walk into a room and you are almost knocked over by a REALLY bad smell? Well, that was it! So my beautiful little stinker managed to take her diaper off, once again. The first few times she did it I decided I would just put a little bloomer over her diaper. It worked for a while and then she was able to get that off. So then I went to stretch pants. They were snug enough I didn't think she could disrobe. Again, it worked for a while but then she managed to get them off. So, now I am left with no choice. I will be implementing "operation duck tape diaper." Let's see how she deals with that!!! I probobly shouldn't be cocky, you never know! I give Nia a bath, get her dressed and as I am combing her hair she poops! Argh! I head to the basement to put her bedding (and pillow, blankets, loveys and animals) in the wash and what do I see? The dog pooped on the carpet in the basement!! REALLY?! Enough all ready! So I get the carpet cleaned and then head outside to play with the kids. And what comes next? No one else seems to care that there are piles all over the back yard so I grab the scooper and away I go. And alas, I have another diaper to change. It's not even noon yet. At least the kids will all be potty trained some day. I just have to figure out what to do with that dog!!
So what do my kiddos do when I tell them that we are not getting the pool out yet? They fill up their sandbox with water and make a "sandpool" according to Grant. Oh well, at least they are having fun and getting along, that is always a great thing!
Don't let the cute little face fool you! This girl is one determined little stinker. When she wants to get that diaper off, she is very persistant! But, this time I won, the duck tape worked great! I guess I better stock up.
We had a beautiful day for Easter! After an AWESOME church service we headed to Grandma and Grandpa Lipic's house
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Happy Forever Family Day!! (I wanted to get this posted on Sunday but didn't get the chance.) The time has gone so fast! I look at these pictures from that day and can't believe that it has been one year! I think back to our first meeting with Nia. We were so excited to see her for the first time and to be able to meet her foster mother Mrs. Jeong. And, of course the day that we got her I was SO nervous!! I had no idea what to expect! But God is SO great! I trusted that because I knew that this was HIS plan, things would be ok, even if a little hard at times. I can't say enough about Mrs. Jeong and her family! They truly were an answer to pray. As soon as we started the process we began praying for our daughter, her birth parents and for whoever would be her foster family. Mrs. Jeong, her husband and their boys love Nia so much! We really hope that when Nia is a little older that we can all go back to Seoul and see them again.
ey family, they will always be very dear friends! How fortunate we were to have each other to go through this experience with. Our love goes out to Jason, Katie and Paul and Rebecca, James and Cathy and Joseph!
Nia Hae Yeong with Mrs. Jeong and her family and Mark and I the day before we flew home. 