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friends i really want to preserve this blog for lucy to look back on it s so much fun an electronic baby book posted by stacy at 9 02 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday april 21 2013 our beautiful boys prayers and good vibes needed these boys and their parents who have been in lucy s life since before she came home who are such an important part of her story and who we love like brothers sons are needing some love their daddy has cancer things are looking grim please surround these sweeties and their mom and dad in all the love and healing you can muster posted by stacy at 6 27 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 9 2013 it is time the time is rapidly approaching we must travel back to ethiopia almost every night the questions are coming were you there when i came out of her tummy is she alive did i cry in the orphanage i think she is dead her heart and mind are open right now the questions i can not answer are coming forth and although there is no guarantee that the answers will come when we travel at least she ll have a connection that she can remember at least she ll know we tried and that i support her in her quest our biggest burden is finances i cut my last credit card with the adoption tax credit and it s a huge relief not having that burden i don t have a solid savings and stinky life situations fractured elbows bad teeth rising gas prices keep our savings from blooming our goal is spring 2014 first step is getting the girl a passport posted by stacy at 12 08 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday march 31 2013 animal whisperer lucille loves animals and most animals love her they are drawn to her and they anchor her she is at her most regulated and focused when there is an animal near her for some reason our old old cat azazel loves to sit by lucy she reads it s the cutest thing lucy loves it it s like we have our very own reading incentive program right in our home even my mom s dog loves lucy of course good old zep he is unhappy and anxious anytime lucy is out of the house pacing back and forth back and forth until she is home where she belongs posted by stacy at 6 12 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday march 29 2013 so anyways i m really really starting again is there anybody out there we are here and we are good lucy is still 7 and still as funny and full of life as ever see i last left off in october mere days before the big fall oh the irony lucy was all dressed up as a zombie covered in fake blood i even left her hair down and stuck leaves and twigs in it so it looked like she just emerged from the grave it was a good costume and possible not appropriate for the church halloween party that we were about to attend it was a beautiful fall afternoon so lucy was climbing a tree at the neighbors when she slipped and fell there was a skinny little patch of walk way and like an arrow to the bulls eye she fell right on that cement i knew right away she busted a bone in her arm i was all cool because in my head you break a bone and you go get a cast and then you go home special secret if you want to be seen very very quickly in the er have your kid dressed in a very bloody shirt turns out a fractured elbow requires surgery and pins and a lot of recovery so lucy and her unkempt hair and the twigs and leaves and her mama spent the night at the hospital above you see a very looped up lucy but our lives haven t been all hospital drama we ve also had that regular type of drama that one might expect from a very very spirited girl you know the kind that requires one to stare forlornly out of the window when mom cuts off the taki consumption and tv it s spring now and our big thing is dreaming and scheming for our return trip to ethiopia we are taking auntie jen and hoping for some treasured memories and some grounding moments it s time it is only thing stopping us at this point is finances i will leave you with lucy the reader more soon posted by stacy at 7 10 pm 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday october 22 2012 lucy s cowboy ballad posted by stacy at 7 32 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday august 22 2012 summer and just like that summer is almost over lucy has one week left until she starts school we are both ready i work the same amount in summer as i do the rest of the year so summer is just a more relaxed version of every other season of the year lucy gets a nice break from all of the expectations of the school year but the benefits of the break are tempered by the consequences of lack of consistency in her days evenings caretakers etc so yes we are ready to head into the rushing out the door to daycare work and the rushing home to get her off the bus or picked up on time we are ready for consistent earlier bedtimes i am so so very curious and nervous to see how being with a new group of peers she is having a do over in first grade and will get to be with new kids for the first time in 2 years and how getting a 2nd chance with first grade academics will help hopefully not hurt her it helps that lucy is really excited to be with her teacher again although she s not that excited about her friends being in a different class i m trying to get organized and prepared and ready to help lucy as much as possible so she can feel really good about school and be super successful i am having the best attitude possible and hoping it rubs off on her i love her so here is abr posted by stacy at 11 34 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday august 2 2012 hey there hi friends can t believe summer 2012 is in its final month already so much has happened this summer let me do a quick recap in list formation 1 lucy spent six weeks in a children s defense fund freedom school it was hard and wonderful at the same time my outgoing social little girl does have anxiety around starting new things so it was rough going for the first couple weeks look up freedom school awesome and i imagine there is at least one in your area 2 we went on our annual summer vacation with the boys we got all brave and decided to head west to the black hills sd we all had a wonderful time and really enjoyed our time 3 mama got a new job i was so sad to leave my former agency but my new gig in st paul pays so much better and has a lot of growth opportunity i am still home visiting but no longer doing direct teaching in a classroom i m still getting used to the new paperwork expectations and traveling around all parts of st paul but i think i like the job and look forward to getting into a little pattern 4 lucy is growing and growing life with a 7 year old is funny enjoyable and a tiny bit more peaceful then before 5 our rats have moved on one of them died and the other is now cohabiting with another single rat in a local preschool happier rats and happier me 6 we just went on a mini roadtrip with auntie jen to iowa to see a bunch of people in concert lucy s best boyband friends green river ordinance and her true love adam lambert plus many others lucy rocked out from 1pm 8 30 pm and she did great how fun to be able to experience events like this with my baby babes in badlands four happy lucy got chosen to help at the bird show wild burros in custer state park corny corn palace jr paleontologist at the mammoth hot springs dig site kids in the hall climbers mt rushmore posted by stacy at 11 53 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday june 17 2012 lucy s fathers day gift to grandpa posted by stacy at 9 46 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday april 8 2012 st louis in instagram we went to st louis to visit auntie jen over spring break i am pretty sure that she aged by about 7 years on the flight over she wanted to go to a beautician her hair was in a bad way so the experience was not good for her it took three hours to put in about 10 cornrows and that was with me working along side the beautician helping her comb out lucy s hair in the end lucy was soooo proud of herself and i was sooooo tired of standing lucy requested to sit under the dryer she was so cool saturday morning we met up with diane and 2 3 of her boys for a bike ride it was awesome fun more later happy easter posted by stacy at 6 02 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday march 29 2012 lucy s official talent show debut love this brave girl posted by stacy at 5 37 pm 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday march 28 2012 lucy s talent show practice p lucy p lucy participated in her school s talent show this afternoon soon i will post the sweet video of the actual event here is the more animated home version of her talent posted by stacy at 7 32 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday february 5 2012 love her after seeing some show or learning something about scuba diving and undersea adventures lucy asked her ever faithful and obliging grandpa for some scuba gear she actually asked for two sets one for her and one for morgan grandpa came half way through with a lovely wet suit for lucy along with a snorkel and mask wet suit appreciated during swimming lessons in january and seriously aside from a huge lottery win what more could a mother ever ask or hope for i hope you can all read this section of her report card i am sure the academic stuff will come in its own time but the empathy the honesty let s all give a round of applause for my straight a wesome lucille bragging done will probably whine tomorrow posted by stacy at 10 12 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday february 4 2012 rip kris allison tonight we mourned the loss of our beloved blue fish kris allison she he lived for a long long time longer then i ever imagined a fish would ever live the death was super traumatic for both lucy and i as we were present to witness the fish s dying swim ugh lucy took it really hard she was devestated and cried harder then i ve ever heard her cry her whole body fighting the sadness never check on pets right before bedtime never posted by stacy at 9 55 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday february 3 2012 on friday nights on friday nights i am burnt out beyond belief toasty crispy done short but sweet blog post our new nutrition makeover needs a bit of tweaking ie we are in a rut and need to add some more variety and nutrition but it is still working its wonderful magic 1 lucy has many many days at school with no time outs 2 when lucy does get a time out she gets really upset because she s worked so hard to avoid it 3 lucy is so proud of herself 4 she is finally grasping reading and it s so amazing to see her brain clicking i am on a crusade now to cut dairy out of most kid s lives with that being said i really really could go for some cheese and a malt right now adios amigos posted by stacy at 9 02 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday february 2 2012 the power of facebook or the amazing village i am a part of so earlier this week this mama bear got all riled up lucy has been having some issues on the school bus she is on the bus for one hour every morning from daycare to school i ve always felt bad about her having such a long ride before a long day of school a couple weeks ago lucy got into trouble for spitting on the bus the details from lucy are fuzzy although normally lucy will tell the truth even if the truth doesn t exactly set her free all i know is that both lucy and the staff at her school reported that the driver was really mean about the incident and unnecessarily rough with lucy so my radar went off when lucy asked me rather randomly if i drooled when i slept why do you ask lucy her eyes dropped and tears welled up in her eyes i fell asleep on the bus today and i drooled and i think the driver is mad at me that i spit during this conversation she also let it out that some of the kids k 8th grade on the bus are mean to her the next morning during drop off some kid makes a remark about lucy being there my strong sassy girl immediately shrunk back against a wall and those tears started welling up again ugh at 7 26 that morning i posted this does anyone know anyone in s minneapolis that can provide before school childcare from 7 45 till around 930ish lucy is struggling with an hour long bus ride and i m struggling with her sadness on my facebook page and at 9 57 the same morning i got this reply where do you live stacy believe it or not my kiddos don t start until 9 40 so it might work um thanks heather lucy now will spend her two before school hours at a home with a family i know and respect love love love and because i ve been a photo taking slacker lately here is an oldie but goodie lucy and her future husband wendim posted by stacy at 9 15 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday february 1 2012 ok ok i was thinking it but mama papaya did it and if she can do it so can i blogging starts again now thoughtful blogging starts tomorrow it s almost 11pm and i am rip roaring tired i will leave you with a photo or two she is prepping for a career with the roller derby see you tomorrow posted by stacy at 10 54 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday january 7 2012 it s a brand new year 2012 promises to be a year of transformations new job for me hopefully new acheivements for lucy for sure i am excited for this tangible shift of time date because it shifts my mind and attitude giving me the kick i need to make some changes we ushed out 2011 with a small gathering of friends it was a fun night the kids played hard we didn t do our traditional sled ride to jakeenos because there was no snow honestly i am happy about the no snow thing it s been a load off my mind to not have shoveling and the yard is clean of dog waste every day that goes by is one less mess in our spring poop soup nice we started 2010 by taking a vacation to madison to visit blueberry and his family loved our time there lucy just got done looking at these photos exclaiming how cute blueberry is and how she woudl really like to go back to madison and sleep there for three nights next time she doesnt have to twist my arm we got the kids outside and moving while in madison important went to an open gym and lucy jumped jumped jumped on the trampoline she figured out all sorts of ways to move her body lucy has been doing great on our new diet regime it s really not a regime as time...