A very late update

I know that it has been awhile since my last post.  Well what did you expect, I am now the mother of 3 kids and I homeschool :).  I love being a mom. It is the best and hardest job I have ever had.  God has blessed this family so much and even on the worst of days i am thankful that God choose me to be the mother of these three special and wonderful kids.

Elias is great. He will officially be done with 3rd grade next week. I can not believe how hard her has worked the past couple of years to catch up with school work.  As with all kids we have some issues to work on but I could not have asked for a better kid.  He is a bright shining light.  He loves to help people and make people happy.  He is a wonderful big brother.  Both Abram and Jade adore him.

Abram is so very smart but soooooo very stubborn.   Today he said all of his ABC's by himself.  He is asking so many questions and is just wanting to know more English (except with school work where most of the time he fights me tooth and nail).  He is so proud of himself because he is able to do so many things for himself.  I am not sure that he has ever been treated his age because of his size before us.  He can brush his own teeth and take a shower by himself.  I know that this sounds odd that a 7 year old could not do it before but it is hard to do things you never been taught before.  His laugh is addicting and him smile could warm anyone's heart.  He is into cars and all things that move.  Abram has also became Grandpa's little buddy.  My Dad called us and asked if Abram could spend the night.  He did very well over there without Mommy   :(.

I think that the hardest thing about adopting older kids is that instead of 5 or 6 years before they stop needing a lot of help and taking care of it is only 4 or 5 months.  I love adopting older kids.  I love that Elias can tell me story's of Taiwan.  Or that walking through Wal-Mart Jade can show me a snack that her China Mama use to give her.  But I do not like that I have missed so much. When I get to heaven I am going to ask God if I can watch my kids' life before I was their Mama.

Jade is the strongest person I have ever met.  She works so hard to do the littlest thing.  But she does it whit such happiness.  Jade has two moods, happy or screaming.  Most of the time she is happy.  Jade has made so many leaps since she has been home.  She can climb steps by herself and a few times she has even taken steps without holding onto anything.  Not very often but that is still huge.  She "runs" (walks fast), jumps, and dances all while cracking up laughing.  She can sing most of  "You are my Sunshine" and has started learning her ABC's.  She is such a good helper also.  She helps with laundry, dishes, putting things away, and cooking.

I will try to post on here more often.  This month has been crazy and it is only the 13th.  We had a storm where we lost power and while that was happening I sprained my ankle.  Steve has been working crazy hours because someone at his work broke his ankle.  We are doing pretty good in spite all that. Things will get back to normal someday.