Give 1, Save 1

My sweet friends, the Elders, are being featured this week on Give1Save1. It's a neat organization that is dedicated to helping families trying to adopt from Africa. They are humbling asking for donations of $1!!! You can do it!! Check out is easy and fast with PayPal! It's only up for 1 week, so donate today!!:) Also, check out her blog for many more details on how God is using them as they excitedly await bringing their son home!

This Week in Pictures

So the new favorite play space is under Brody's bathroom sink. The kids have taken it over with toys and they play in there while I am getting ready. After I removed the razor blades and sleeping aids, I felt it was safe enough:) In the mid mornings the light shines through the little window and the door and creates some rainbows on the floor. The kids were squealing and "dancing on the rainbows" the other morning. Even though this is a random picture I hope it will remind me of their happy voices and the simple pleasures of being a child!
We ate dinner last night with some friends at City Centre. Even though between the four kids we had multiple melt downs, children walking aimlessly/getting lost in the restaurant, the moms being scolding by the waiter about taking wine to the field and ended with poop up the back... we had a fun evening and the kids loved dancing to the music after dinner.

More Designs

I've been stitching out some cute new designs lately and I wanted to showcase af ew here. I'm trying to find/make a better more professional and user friendly website for my "business", (and mainly b/c I'm 3/4 of the way full on my available space for pictures), but until then feel free to visit www.labeledwithlove-jordan.blogspot.com or see my pictures on facebook... search labeled with love.

Reality

I can not get around to taking pictures with my regular camera these days and I feel like our life is on fast forward, so I am resorting to taking quick snap shots with my phone. Nothing super interesting has been going on, but I still think these cute faces should get some blog time!:)

Brody informed me that the background of this picture does not exactly scream "classy"! After church on Sunday Charlotte was whipped!! She normally wakes up when we move her from the car seat, but not today. She went on to take 3 hour nap in her crib.

And what do we have here???!!! Oh yes, that's Carter sleeping on the steps again....Seriously, this kid!?

Charlotte's Words

Even though I'm writing it all down on paper, in case of a fire or other extremes.... such as a looney Mommy who misplaces things.... I figured I'd put Charlotte's vocabulary into the world wide web.

She understands everything (can identify multiple animals, colors and letters, walks to her closet when I say it's time to get dressed and rocks and feeds her babies etc) and will shake her head yes or no to any questions or point/take you to the answer she wants. Currently these are her understandable words:
Mama
Dada
Daddy
bow
shoooo (shoes)
Da (dog)
Bye Bye
Night Night
baby
mo (more)
*roars like a lion

and she signs for please and more

Conversations with Carter

Yesterday I was getting ready in my bathroom while the kids were playing in my bedroom. They were getting along nicely and having fun.... then a few screams and squeals and Carter appears in my bathroom saying the following:

Me: What happened?

Carter: "Well, we were playing, but sadly Charlotte started acting mean. So..., we're done!"

And again... and again...

1/14/2012

1/17/2012

Some one get this poor child a bed!!!:)

PS: That is a page marker/sticky that Carter some times chooses to use as a band-aid for his "boo boo". He no longer needs a real band-aid, but if he's feeling dramatic, he will go and get one of these to suffice.

life via phone pics

Carter is in a habit of sneaking out of his room at least once a night, every night... Normally we hear a little stirring up stairs and one of us will go assist him back to bed. A few nights ago we did not hear him and I guess he got tired of waiting for us... It startled me to find him sleeping at the top of the stairs.

Charlotte and her bestie having some tea! Charlotte has fun playing with Mary Beth and actually goes through our stack of Christmas cards, pulls out their family's card and will walk around pointing to MB or pushing the card, yes... the card, in her stroller. It's rather bizarre that she does this multiple times a week, even after I put it in the middle of the stack each time, but I'm glad she recognizes her friend!:)

Play area at the galleria. We were supposed to meet up with some friends this morning, but the other mom and I never specified which mall and we ended up at different play areas. Oops

Carter's wound, 9 days out

Carter enjoying some yummy cupcakes

Charlotte face-planting... I mean, enjoying some yummy cupcakes

Charlie from the Block

So the other day as I was putting away laundry, I noticed it was rather quiet. The last time I had seen her, she was wearing only a diaper. I went looking for Charlotte and this is what I found.

Straight up, ghetto girl!

What? You lookin' at me?!

Here is the full effect....

I guess the pearls make her a little more classy:)

Pictures with Santa x3

After realizing we had seen Santa three times, I thought a comparison might be fun....

Carter with Santa at school

Carter would only sit with Santa after he read a book... not because he was scared, but because he said "you go to school to learn"

(this is what his teachers told me, because when I left, he had not been interested in sitting in his lap)

Bass Pro Shop

classic screaming child...

Hobby Airport on the way to CO
both kids look thrilled... right!?

I think I'm done with Christmas.... on to 2012!!