Another Sleepless Night...

Periodically whether it has been the stress of the office or the marvel of the little angel sleeping in my bedroom I just haven't been able to fall asleep. Yes, of course that carries with it the awful consequence that I am also just not able to wake up in the morning. Several of the nights I have found myself surfing the web planning for the next adoption. Musing since China is slowing down maybe Vietnam is the next most logical answer. Of course during the mornings when I mention to Amy that I was looking into adopting our second she thinks I am insane.

I came home tonight and Amy had a crazy look in her eyes and all she had to say is "she really did not nap much again today we need to figure out how to child proof her play area." What Amy was talking about is just yesterday our little angel began crawling in earnest. As a result of our angel's new found talent Amy has to keep a constant eye on her. Now those shoes across the room and the coasters on the coffee table are all fair play. It is as if Caelyn was waiting for the moment to get her hands on things unsupervised. It was as if she was looking at everything and planning. "Okay the book shelf is over there. That big guy who hangs around periodically carelessly leaves the nail clippers on the shelf when I can crawl those will be mine." Look at those eyes can't you see her plotting?

Of course it is easy enough for me to want to adopt the second all I need to do is have enough energy left when I come home from work to entertain her for a couple of hours. Really that means I lay flat on the ground and she crawls on me. Or bounce balls on my head, she seems to like watching things bounce off of my head. Tonight she upped the antie; she head butted me. No, don't worry she was fine it is me you should be asking about she almost split my lip. She didn't even apologize, I guess I need to wait a couple of years for that. At least she didn't clap her hands or stick her tongue out (her other talents) though the comedic timing would have been perfect.

Tonight, I was looking through all the pictures we accumulated. Most of these pictures help to get me through the days I am away from my family in the office. I am just amazed at how fast time has past. China is a distant memory but the long wait for Caelyn is still close in memory oddly mixed with the disbelief that she is currently in her crib in our house. Maybe I should be sleeping at this hour as opposed to reminiscing there will be plenty of time to do that tomorrow morning.

But as much time as I spend thinking about time passed I spend thinking about the future. I think alot about the our best friends who will welcome thier new born in just a few weeks and others in several months. I think of those who traveled with us whether to China or Montana. I always look forward to the time we will be together again.



Listening to relationship stories I always marvel at how similar the stories may be; "my husband will

drive for hours instead of just pulling over and asking for directions." So far parenting stories seem to be the same. We are just grateful that we have our friends to share this journey with both those wiating for their "little bosses" to enter their lives and those that just can't seem to sleep the way they used to.

P.S. Yes, I know she is a little girl but I picked out the baseball outfit and a lot of Nike attire to get her prepared. Daddy has plans she is going to play for the Women's National Soccer Team. Good Luck USA!!! (the World Cup starts 2:00am on Tuesday.)

P.S.S. We decided to re-open our blog because the few people that do read it really were sad to see us go. And our friend Erika made a good suggestion...we don't have to update very frequently but once in a long while is still good.