Some pics

Gotcha Day!

Happy Gotcha Day Lucy 1/16/08!

I can hardly believe that it's been a year already since Lucy made us a family. We celebrated by having the grandparents and godparents over for some traditional Colombian food that Kurt and I made.

What a change for us. Becoming a parent at 39! Not for long, I'll be FORTY on Friday. Holy shit! Being a Mom is not for the faint of heart. There is something to be said for having kids when a person's in their 20's or 30's for that matter! What I wouldn't do for 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep (LC is cutting 1 year molars at the moment).

But did I mention that she is SO worth it? I love her smell and her snuggles. It almost makes me cry when I hear that laugh. It cracks me up when I see her pretend to take some crackers out of her "snack trap" and hold out her hand for the dog. Callie falls for it every time, the beggar. That's a lab for you. Lucy loves to dance. She holds her hands in the air like she just don't care:) She even has a little pelvic thrust down. I'm not kidding.

I hope her Birth Mom knows that she is safe and LOVED. I pray every day that she does. What a gift she has entrusted to us. There is such an incredible feeling of gratitude.

I feel like we should be packing and going back to pick up our next little Colombian bundle of joy. I wonder what life has in store for us???? No news from our social worker...Sigh...oh well. My gut tells me we'll have at least a 2 year wait...

Lucy is definitely keeping us busy. We met our friends in Hudson for a play date this past weekend. Check out Hope and Lucy playing at the Giggle Factory.

Lucy and I started swimming lessons at the YMCA. SHE LOVES THE WATER! Lucy and Serik are total buds.