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Guess who still likes her sling…

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…and guess who still likes to carry her around in it.


We have had a super busy and stressful week. I need to remember that Mia has only been home 5 1/2 months, and when she is throwing fits and pulling her hair mad…she is feeling our stress. She has brought me the sling several times this week..that usually only happens when we have super busy days. It’s like she is telling me to slow down..I am still new here. But tonight we were playing and having nice relaxing family time..and she told Paul put on the sling. She yelled, ” Camera.” and gave me a thumbs up!! So.Cute.:)

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My Pinkalicious Princess

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So I had a pretty rough week dealing with finalizing paperwork for Mias adoption, lost glasses, ordering new glasses, glass in my foot, cut my toe and it seemed my list could go on and on.

I went to Walmart today to order Mia’s new glasses and she found these two Pinkalicious dolls, that Mia just loved. So of course I had to get them for her. I know Christmas is coming but she was so adorable snuggling these babies.

Below she asked me to hurry and take her ‘ Pinkalicious’ babies pictures because they were crying. And yes this little chatter box…calls them her Pinkalicious babies. They talk to each other and call each other Pinkalicious.


And now with her babies..almost asleep. I couldn’t resist the picture..it did wake her back up. But it is to adorable to pass up!!

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~Silly Girl~

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I had Mia dressed all cute in her new birthday outfit from Grandma and Grandpa. I took over 20 pictures and they were gone when I downloaded them onto my camera. Kenny had just came in and Mia said,”Daddy take Mia’s picture, he took 4 and they turned out perfect. Dont know what I was doing ??:)

Anyway her dress is soooo cute on her and fits her well. It was a 24 months. The sleeves were a little long but will definetly last through the winter! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!

Daddy giving Mia a little hug…hmmm is that some gray hair I see….;) I think it’s cute!

Chosen..

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Aunt Kimberly, Uncle Tom, and cousins Alycia, Elizabeth, Austin and Amelia got Mia a cute tshirt that says CHOSEN for her birthday. Mia turned to the back to show me that it says, Deutronomy 14:2-2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. This adorable tshirt came from www.wildolives.com. Great adoption website! And the shirt is so correct, she was chosen for our family by God.

Why are there over 147 or 250 million or however many orphans waiting? Why can’t Christians just take home 1… It is such a blessing. Not just the child blessing you get but oh how you see God. I know maybe some people arent meant to have children, but why not support a child..support an adoption fundraiser…encourage a friend to adopt….advocate for waiting children. There are so many different ways to get involved.

When practicing pure and undefiled religion…I feel the prescence of the Lord in a way I have never felt before..he rocks me to my core.

Someone asked me the other day to tell them about this leap of faith I Took with Mia. I replied, ” give me a minute.” I didn’t know what to say…my leap of faith is nothing compared to others.

Two hours later I answered her…(changed slightly to protect the innocent)

Okay it’s been 2 hours. This question makes me cry. I am just going to bare my soul right here to you. When I saw Mia’s face….I knew… I knew..she was beautiful. My SW kept saying you don’t want a child like this. I kept saying yes I do! When I am given a file to review….I am looking at another human being..one that deserves to be loved and have a family. A child that would sit at the foot of Jesus and be loved by Jesus. A child who may not be perfect in others eyes but perfect in mine. When My SW asked me if I would review ‘our next little ones’ file…I jumped at the chance. I got the file. And wowsers!! Some scary stuff…. But all I could hear in my head as I looked at her smiling face was…is that a reason not to adopt me? She can’t help these problems. God made her just like she was and then her birth mother had to say no. So she has sat and waited and waited…how many
people have said no? She sits and waits…and it kills me, I can’t say no. I didnt want to say no!!!! God pushed me to say yes. Will we have trials? Yes. But at the end of the day when she curls up in my arms..tired of doctors poking at her. She will snuggle in her mamas arms and know its forever.

How can my Jesus love and adopt me as his child? I am a special needs daughter..I Assure you…Jesus knows that. He will never turn his back on me. OR any orphan..he loves them all!

How many orphans are sitting and waiting?? There bright eyes looking at you saying …pick me..pick me!! Why?? We are on this earth for such a short time and as Christians we have one goal..ONE..to reach the lost. Why not start with the children? God knew. Jesus knew. We should know.

My friend that asked me this question about my leap of faith when choosing a waiting child, is deciding on a waiting child. A beautiful one….and guess what….she has the same name as my little girl.

Yes… That was a God wink…

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~Happy Birthday Sweet Mia Grace~

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Today was a very special day. Mia Grace Heimee has turned 3 years old. My first thoughts this morning went to her birthmom who I know was thinking of her and wondering how she was doing. I only hope she goes in and checks her file and see how wonderful she is doing now in her forever family. Then my thought went to her foster mom, who gave her so much love in her first 31 months of life. It has made Mia the loving little girl she is today.

My mom came up for the occasion. Mia loves my mom. Mia’s favorite book is Pinkaliscious. She absolutley loves that book. Everytime we read that book to her she always says Mia’s Happy Day. So what does every little girl want….a Pinkaliscious birthday party!With Pink cupcakes…

Then onto the birthday party…:)

She waited until we sang the Happy Birthday song and she immediatly blew out her candles. She knew what she was doing. Then we all sang Happy Birthday in Korean, which just makes her eyes light right up when she hears Korean spoken.

Lesson learned…dont let your 3 year old princess open her high heels first! She then had to walk around the house for about 10 minutes showing off her fabulous heels. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Mia is so funny…she opened up an outfit from my mom and dad and said, “Ohhhh…snuggly” and rubbed it up to her face.

She loved her little Asian doll. She is so snuggly with her baby dolls.

Butterfly wings!!! From Grandma and Grandpa!!

Kenny and I decided to get her some bilingual books and computer. She was so surprised to open up new Hangul books and Pororo books.

This is the computer we almost purchased in Korea for her but decided to wait. I ordered this and the books from http://www.littleseouls.com/. Very cute website!

Nice looking family.

Odd ..very odd.;)

Mia’s 3 year old Check-up

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Yesterday we went to Mia’s 3 year well check up. We went in a few days early because we needed to get a copy to our lawyer for finalization (yes…its almost time)!!!

She is doing great and had reached every milestone for a 3 typical year old. She has grown almost 2 inches taller since coming home. She hasnt gained any weight however. She is still as tiny as ever.

Thought this was a cute picture. Her oldest sister, Chloe, is practicing her photography skills on Mia….just wish the hat wasnt so low.
Stay tuned tomorrow for Mia’s Pinkaliscious Birthday Party Pictures!!!

Home With Mia for 5 Months!!

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Seems like she has been home forever! 5 months ago today we were given this precious, spunky and beautiful little girl! Little did we know the blessing we had just received!

Mia had her 3 year old check up today. She is doing extremely well. Of course a little on the small size, but doing well. She meets every developmental task.


Mia is so much fun! And all girl!! My mom brought her these pink snow boots. She keeps running around the house with them on saying “Mia so cute”! She loves them so much…she fell asleep in them. Don’t worry I took them off after she was good in asleep.

I have more pictures on my camera…this was just a quick blog to update on her 5 months home.

I feel so blessed we have been approved to bring home another little Korean blessing. Praise God!

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~Trick or Treat~

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Happy Halloween!! Last night we went Trick or Treating over at our great friends house. We have trick or treated with these friends for 3 years now. They have 5 kids…we have 5…almost 6 kids….we play well together!:)
Mia, our butterfly, she wanted to be Snow White or any princess actually…but in the rain and the tempature being 40, I was feeling leggings, tights, and turtlenecks.

Blake my glow in the dark stick man…this costume is hard to appreciate in the light. But it was really cute….errr….handsome/manly.

Chloe, my superwoman….oh my…can she wear a costume! She looked gorgeous.

My little bumble bee….its hard to be 10 and pick the perfect costume that you are comfortable in. She was so nervous about finding a costume. She told me she just wanted to be comfortable and look normal. So we bought the tail and antennas and she chose the panda shirt. She looked adorable!

Paul….I mean Mario getting his mustache groomed by daddy!

Mario striking the …ever famous Mario pose.

AREN’T THEY ADORABLE????

DON’T THEY ACT JUST LIKE ME!!!

Mario..a little high on his highly allergic Red dye…but Mario with his BFF Luigi.

The crew….before.

The crew after…I didnt take my camera outside because of the rain.

Mia and her pal Luigi….her face is already stained.

The haul.

And then the games begin….they come home and dump all the candy together. They sort it all into organized categories…then take turns choosing what they want. They have done since they were little. I love my little trick or treaters!

Could She Be Any More Beautiful?

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I am not biased or anything. But my sweet little Camye is simply beautitful.

Camye’s dance teacher was recently married. She invited all the girls from her classes to come to or wedding and perform a special dance. More pictures to come on that… I thought it was such a wonderful and sweet oppurtunity.

Be.Still.My.Heart. She is so precious. Her beautiful blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair makes her momma so proud!:) But mostly I am proud because of her heart for Jesus.