Wednesday, December 21, 2011
It is Official!
Adoption that is! Kaitlin Marie Cox is our daughter officially as of December 19, 2011. It was a fun morning. We had my dad, Brad's mom and dad, Brad's sister Jen and her husband Keith as well as their three kids all there. Our lawyer was Karen Griffiths, the Judge was Bonnie Leidig and Chelle our home worker was there too. Thanks to all who came and made the day special for our family. Thanks for welcoming Kaitlin into the family! Here are some pictures from yesterday. I am so not photogenic so my eyes are closed in about all the pictures, or half closed that is. That is okay, the day was about Kaitlin anyway! :)
Friday, November 18, 2011
Adoption Day!
It is scheduled! Adoption day is December 19th!!! Yeah! Wish I could add a cute picture of our soon to be Kaitlin Marie Cox! I just got a new computer tower and have not added all my pictures onto it yet. I don't like getting new computers. Takes too much time! Ugh
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
"What Do I Know of Holy"
One of my favorite songs is song by Addison Road. It is called, "What Do I Know of Holy." Here are the words;
I made You promises a thousand times
I tried to hear from Heaven
But I talked the whole time
I think I made You too small
I never feared You at all No
If You touched my face would I know You?
Looked into my eyes could I behold You?
(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?
I guess I thought that I had figured You out
I knew all the stories and I learned to talk about
How You were mighty to save
Those were only empty words on a page
Then I caught a glimpse of who You might be
The slightest hint of You brought me down to my knees
(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?
(CHORUS 2)
What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of wounds that will heal my shame?
And a God who gave life "its" name?
What do I know of Holy?
Of the One who the angels praise?
All creation knows Your name
On earth and heaven above
What do I know of this love?
(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of Holy?
As I sing these lyrics I get teary eyed. I think of my Lord and God. My Saviour. What do I really comprehend about Him? Do I reflect Him in my every day. Do I reflect Him in my choices? Do I consider Him in all I do, what I say, what I think? My heart has been very heavy for our church. I cry as I think about hurt that has and is happening there. It makes me think of this song. If I REALLY new my Jesus the way I should, would I hurt others? If I new what Holy truly meant, would I allow hurt to continue? Sometimes I get so wrapped up in "MY" life, "MY" thoughts, "MY" rights and wrongs and those committed against me I fail to reply with Jesus. Do I know my Lord and Saviour? Do I REALLY know Him? Would I know Him if he were to look into my eyes? Would I fall down to my knees if he were to come to my home? Would I know it was Him? I remember as a child saying, or repeating, "God is Love." He is love, but he is so much more. All creation knows His name. Even Satan knows His name. My Sunday school lesson was on temptation with the 6th graders. We talked about Jesus being tempted in the desert after 40 days and nights of fasting. Satan quoted scripture to Him. Even Satan knows scripture. I can quote scripture, but do I live it out? Jesus did. He replied back to Satan with scripture and didn't fall into temptation! One of the kids memory verses is James 4:7,8. Submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you. May it be that I reflect on this verse every time I speak, in all actions I take and spend the rest of my life trying to figure out what Holy truly means.
I made You promises a thousand times
I tried to hear from Heaven
But I talked the whole time
I think I made You too small
I never feared You at all No
If You touched my face would I know You?
Looked into my eyes could I behold You?
(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?
I guess I thought that I had figured You out
I knew all the stories and I learned to talk about
How You were mighty to save
Those were only empty words on a page
Then I caught a glimpse of who You might be
The slightest hint of You brought me down to my knees
(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?
(CHORUS 2)
What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of wounds that will heal my shame?
And a God who gave life "its" name?
What do I know of Holy?
Of the One who the angels praise?
All creation knows Your name
On earth and heaven above
What do I know of this love?
(CHORUS)
What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of Holy?
As I sing these lyrics I get teary eyed. I think of my Lord and God. My Saviour. What do I really comprehend about Him? Do I reflect Him in my every day. Do I reflect Him in my choices? Do I consider Him in all I do, what I say, what I think? My heart has been very heavy for our church. I cry as I think about hurt that has and is happening there. It makes me think of this song. If I REALLY new my Jesus the way I should, would I hurt others? If I new what Holy truly meant, would I allow hurt to continue? Sometimes I get so wrapped up in "MY" life, "MY" thoughts, "MY" rights and wrongs and those committed against me I fail to reply with Jesus. Do I know my Lord and Saviour? Do I REALLY know Him? Would I know Him if he were to look into my eyes? Would I fall down to my knees if he were to come to my home? Would I know it was Him? I remember as a child saying, or repeating, "God is Love." He is love, but he is so much more. All creation knows His name. Even Satan knows His name. My Sunday school lesson was on temptation with the 6th graders. We talked about Jesus being tempted in the desert after 40 days and nights of fasting. Satan quoted scripture to Him. Even Satan knows scripture. I can quote scripture, but do I live it out? Jesus did. He replied back to Satan with scripture and didn't fall into temptation! One of the kids memory verses is James 4:7,8. Submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God and He will come near to you. May it be that I reflect on this verse every time I speak, in all actions I take and spend the rest of my life trying to figure out what Holy truly means.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The perfect baby!
Kaitlin often pushes her babies around the house in her stroller. On this day Yogi was the tortured cared for baby.
My Princess/Ballerina
My Princess/Ballerina...sorry about the arrangement of pictures. I don't know how to do it correctly yet.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Time for Telling
I find myself saying the craziest things to my children. It is time to tell some of them. Kind of like show and tell, but I am not showing, just telling!
First off, I put this on Facebook but thought it too funny not to post here too. Yesterday morning while I was picking out Kaitlin's clothing for the day she was to be going potty. I hear Kale yell to me, "mom, Kaitlin is peeing standing up!" I walk into the bathroom with Kaitlin standing in a LOT of potty and while I am ushering her to the tub to clean up I am saying, "Kaitlin, girls can not stand up to pee. We have to sit down every time. Boys have different parts than girls, so we HAVE to SIT down every time. Okay?" In all of this I am trying not to laugh because my boys think it is really gross and I just think it is hilarious! Of course she will try that, these are the only siblings she has ever had and they are all BOYS! The all stand up to go potty!
Okay, so here are a couple just from this morning and last night; "Kai, it is not okay for you to hit your brother, only mom and dad can do that."
"Kale, it is okay if you growl at him, just don't hit him."
"Kaitlin, you can sing, but you have to use words, when you don't use words to a song you sound like you are howling."
"Yes, she is a girl, no she is not a boy, yes she does stand to go potty, but she is a dog."
"Yes, you are going to eat breakfast, yes, you are going to eat lunch, yes, you are going to eat supper, yes, you will probably have a snack sometime today. No, you can not eat breakfast, lunch and supper right now. Maybe later."
"Not right now honey, in a couple of minutes. I have to get this done first. No, in a minute is not later, maybe 20 minutes. No, it is not 20 minutes yet, it will be later. No, later is not 59 o'clock. No, it isn't yesterday, it is 20 minutes from now. Would you like me to set a timer?"
"Using your spit as makeup is not a good idea."
"Filling up the sink with water and letting it overflow is not a good way to take a bath."
"Good job, you are being such a big girl. You opened your mouth for mommy to brush without asking, you kept it open, you didn't let all the spit run down your chin and onto your shirt and you spit in the sink! Great job being a big girl!"
"No, you can't have gum right now, we are going to eat supper. No, you can not have gum for supper."
"Yes, you can bring that baby with. No, you can not bring the other baby with, she doesn't have clothes on. No honey, she does not have clothes on, you took them off. Yes she is a baby, but even babies need to have clothing on when they go to the store."
"No Kaitlin, those baby clothes will not fit you. No, that one will not fit either, they are for babies. No, if you pretend to be a baby they will not fit you. We will have to go to the big girl section for your clothing. You are a size 6, not 18 month. No, that one will not fit either, no, we are not going to try, it is for babies. Yes, you were a baby once, but your are a big girl now."
So most of these have to do with Kaitlin as you might imagine. It is quite humorous to see what she asks and what I have to answer. I will continue to try and keep track of more of these sentences as I think they are funny to look back on.
First off, I put this on Facebook but thought it too funny not to post here too. Yesterday morning while I was picking out Kaitlin's clothing for the day she was to be going potty. I hear Kale yell to me, "mom, Kaitlin is peeing standing up!" I walk into the bathroom with Kaitlin standing in a LOT of potty and while I am ushering her to the tub to clean up I am saying, "Kaitlin, girls can not stand up to pee. We have to sit down every time. Boys have different parts than girls, so we HAVE to SIT down every time. Okay?" In all of this I am trying not to laugh because my boys think it is really gross and I just think it is hilarious! Of course she will try that, these are the only siblings she has ever had and they are all BOYS! The all stand up to go potty!
Okay, so here are a couple just from this morning and last night; "Kai, it is not okay for you to hit your brother, only mom and dad can do that."
"Kale, it is okay if you growl at him, just don't hit him."
"Kaitlin, you can sing, but you have to use words, when you don't use words to a song you sound like you are howling."
"Yes, she is a girl, no she is not a boy, yes she does stand to go potty, but she is a dog."
"Yes, you are going to eat breakfast, yes, you are going to eat lunch, yes, you are going to eat supper, yes, you will probably have a snack sometime today. No, you can not eat breakfast, lunch and supper right now. Maybe later."
"Not right now honey, in a couple of minutes. I have to get this done first. No, in a minute is not later, maybe 20 minutes. No, it is not 20 minutes yet, it will be later. No, later is not 59 o'clock. No, it isn't yesterday, it is 20 minutes from now. Would you like me to set a timer?"
"Using your spit as makeup is not a good idea."
"Filling up the sink with water and letting it overflow is not a good way to take a bath."
"Good job, you are being such a big girl. You opened your mouth for mommy to brush without asking, you kept it open, you didn't let all the spit run down your chin and onto your shirt and you spit in the sink! Great job being a big girl!"
"No, you can't have gum right now, we are going to eat supper. No, you can not have gum for supper."
"Yes, you can bring that baby with. No, you can not bring the other baby with, she doesn't have clothes on. No honey, she does not have clothes on, you took them off. Yes she is a baby, but even babies need to have clothing on when they go to the store."
"No Kaitlin, those baby clothes will not fit you. No, that one will not fit either, they are for babies. No, if you pretend to be a baby they will not fit you. We will have to go to the big girl section for your clothing. You are a size 6, not 18 month. No, that one will not fit either, no, we are not going to try, it is for babies. Yes, you were a baby once, but your are a big girl now."
So most of these have to do with Kaitlin as you might imagine. It is quite humorous to see what she asks and what I have to answer. I will continue to try and keep track of more of these sentences as I think they are funny to look back on.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Time
School started this week. The last three months have flown by. Kaitlin is one of us now. Seems like she has been with us forever. I just looked at some family pictures yesterday, seems like she has always been in them. Yesterday kids went to school and Brad had some meetings in Nebraska. I sat down on the living room chair, coffee in hand, and listened to the quiet. It was really nice. I praised God for the quiet. I needed it. Do you ever feel like you would be a better parent if you could just sit and not get asked one question for at least 30 minutes, or 2 hours, or a day... something like that? Then I began to think about our Lord. He has 24/7 non-stop asking. NON_STOP!!! How much wonder do I have for Him? How much respect?
I have had to do a lot of disciplining of Kaitlin as she has so much to learn. So many time outs, down on my knees at her eye level to talk about things. So many hugs after the cries. Last night I laid in my bed thinking about her. About what it may be a year from now when a lot of life learning has happened for her since she hasn't really had any "teaching" in her life. I thought about how yesterday we had to learn a hard lesson and I actually had to make her scared for a while. Because of her past she thinks she needs to just take what she likes and if she thinks she may get in trouble for taking without asking she will hide it. I have found remorse isn't one of her top runners when she is naughty. A time out is just that , sitting on a chair for 4 minutes. It isn't teaching her what she needs to learn because that is the discipline she has had the last 2 1/2 years. It doesn't affect her. It is hard. I needed to make her understand it is wrong to steel from others. She took a little girls coat because she thought she should have it. I made it clear to Kaitlin the little girl was very mad and she was probably telling the teacher and the teacher was telling the little girls mom. The mom would want to talk with her, to tell her how naughty it is to steel and the mom would be angry. I talked about how when people are older and they steel they get put in jail by the police. Nothing got her attention until I said this. She then started to cry and say she didn't want to go to jail and wanted to stay with us forever. I let her cry a little about it. I wanted to see the remorse so I knew there was something learned. So I knew she would think twice before just taking something at school again and even at home when it doesn't belong to her. I then held her in my arms for a while and was down on her level talking calmly, telling her she would always be with us because we love her and she is our little girl. We are her mommy and daddy forever. I told her the police won't take her to jail. I told her she did need to bring the jacket back and say sorry and that she will not take the jacket again. Then the little girl would not be mad anymore and it would be okay. She repeated quite a bit the rest of the day how she was so sorry for steeling and she was going to say sorry and give the jacket back. I think it was good for Kaitlin to learn this lesson. It was hard. To see her cry made me hurt inside. So last night as I thought about all of this I began to think about our Lord, our Father in heaven who will always be our Father. He will always accept us if we believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and what he did for us. But I also think about his every day task of seeing what we do, listening to us, teaching us the lessons we need to learn. I think about what he could do to us for all our wrongs. Jail, but not just any jail, Hell. Yes, hell is our punishment. Yet, he loves us so much he gave His life so we didn't have to go there. His life for ours. His ears for our voices, our complaints, our nags, our wants. 24/7..... Years and years of 24/7, thousands of years actually. Another name for our Lord is Patience. It has to be... No wonder it will be praising God in heaven. He deserves at least that. There is a song on right now and the words are; "everlasting God, you won't grow weary." I am thankful for Him not growing weary. I grow weary!
How about we praise our God in heaven every time we pray for this coming week. Praise Him, magnify Him. Give him everything we are to bless HIM. Miss Kaitlin is a blessing from my Lord. I am so thankful for her. I am learning much because of her, more teaching on patience too. May I lift her up as praise to my Lord and Savior, my boys as praise, my husband as praise. Praise for small things like a quiet house, but praise when I am teaching my children life lessons. Praise when I am being taught life lessons. Praise to our Lord and Savior!
Dear God, Father, Saviour, Patience, Teacher,
Thank you for yesterday's quiet. Thank you for Kaitlin, Brant, Camden, Kale and Kai. Thank you for Brad. Thank you for family, for a mom who taught me life lessons, for a dad that is still with me here on this earth to continue teaching me and counseling me through some of your life lessons. Thank you for not being on me ALL the time when You are teaching. Thank you for hearing, thank you for loving. Praise be to you Father for saving me from eternal punishment. Praise you Father God for caring not just for me, but for every single person on this earth. I love you Lord, praise you for not growing weary. Annie
I have had to do a lot of disciplining of Kaitlin as she has so much to learn. So many time outs, down on my knees at her eye level to talk about things. So many hugs after the cries. Last night I laid in my bed thinking about her. About what it may be a year from now when a lot of life learning has happened for her since she hasn't really had any "teaching" in her life. I thought about how yesterday we had to learn a hard lesson and I actually had to make her scared for a while. Because of her past she thinks she needs to just take what she likes and if she thinks she may get in trouble for taking without asking she will hide it. I have found remorse isn't one of her top runners when she is naughty. A time out is just that , sitting on a chair for 4 minutes. It isn't teaching her what she needs to learn because that is the discipline she has had the last 2 1/2 years. It doesn't affect her. It is hard. I needed to make her understand it is wrong to steel from others. She took a little girls coat because she thought she should have it. I made it clear to Kaitlin the little girl was very mad and she was probably telling the teacher and the teacher was telling the little girls mom. The mom would want to talk with her, to tell her how naughty it is to steel and the mom would be angry. I talked about how when people are older and they steel they get put in jail by the police. Nothing got her attention until I said this. She then started to cry and say she didn't want to go to jail and wanted to stay with us forever. I let her cry a little about it. I wanted to see the remorse so I knew there was something learned. So I knew she would think twice before just taking something at school again and even at home when it doesn't belong to her. I then held her in my arms for a while and was down on her level talking calmly, telling her she would always be with us because we love her and she is our little girl. We are her mommy and daddy forever. I told her the police won't take her to jail. I told her she did need to bring the jacket back and say sorry and that she will not take the jacket again. Then the little girl would not be mad anymore and it would be okay. She repeated quite a bit the rest of the day how she was so sorry for steeling and she was going to say sorry and give the jacket back. I think it was good for Kaitlin to learn this lesson. It was hard. To see her cry made me hurt inside. So last night as I thought about all of this I began to think about our Lord, our Father in heaven who will always be our Father. He will always accept us if we believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and what he did for us. But I also think about his every day task of seeing what we do, listening to us, teaching us the lessons we need to learn. I think about what he could do to us for all our wrongs. Jail, but not just any jail, Hell. Yes, hell is our punishment. Yet, he loves us so much he gave His life so we didn't have to go there. His life for ours. His ears for our voices, our complaints, our nags, our wants. 24/7..... Years and years of 24/7, thousands of years actually. Another name for our Lord is Patience. It has to be... No wonder it will be praising God in heaven. He deserves at least that. There is a song on right now and the words are; "everlasting God, you won't grow weary." I am thankful for Him not growing weary. I grow weary!
How about we praise our God in heaven every time we pray for this coming week. Praise Him, magnify Him. Give him everything we are to bless HIM. Miss Kaitlin is a blessing from my Lord. I am so thankful for her. I am learning much because of her, more teaching on patience too. May I lift her up as praise to my Lord and Savior, my boys as praise, my husband as praise. Praise for small things like a quiet house, but praise when I am teaching my children life lessons. Praise when I am being taught life lessons. Praise to our Lord and Savior!
Dear God, Father, Saviour, Patience, Teacher,
Thank you for yesterday's quiet. Thank you for Kaitlin, Brant, Camden, Kale and Kai. Thank you for Brad. Thank you for family, for a mom who taught me life lessons, for a dad that is still with me here on this earth to continue teaching me and counseling me through some of your life lessons. Thank you for not being on me ALL the time when You are teaching. Thank you for hearing, thank you for loving. Praise be to you Father for saving me from eternal punishment. Praise you Father God for caring not just for me, but for every single person on this earth. I love you Lord, praise you for not growing weary. Annie
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