~Happy Birthday My Precious Little Girl~

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Words can’t describe the longing in my heart, to have you home on your special day, your very special and ONLY 4th birthday. I promise you I have great plans for your 5th birthday.

I hung an ornament yesterday in your honor. I know you aren’t here with us in person, but you have no idea how deep you are in my heart. I said yes to you on July 18th. I wasn’t kidding. I wish they would see the seriousness in my longing to hold you in my arms.

I don’t have the words to tell you how sorry I am I have not come sooner, or why am I coming when it’s almost too late? All I know is Jesus doesn’t push us, he wants us to choose and I took a long time. I knew he was pushing me and I was wrong. He was pushing me so hard to come for you and Mia. I wasn’t listening. I was actually running the wrong way, in fact, I am sure Satan was pulling the other way. But then one day the Good Lord gave me the extra SHOVE I needed. I thank him every single day. I pray I will never ignore a nudge, push or shove again.

Here is my prayer for you today: “Dear Jesus, I ask that your arms would be wrapped tightly around the one you picked for me and please guard her in Korea untill I make my way, and then in my arms forever she’ll stay.”

I will forever be asking my girls to forgive me that I didn’t come for their perfectness any sooner. I am so thankful for the love and care that they are recieving in South Korea. Thank you Lord.

Christmas DAY!!!

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Merry Christmas!! What a wonderful wonderful day….

Started off a little rough….with Mia being so sick with pnemonia and it going all for about a week. I have been so behind. I didnt do all the usual baking I do. I finished all the shopping. But I usually am done a few weeks ahead of Christmas and this I was so off. So being the ridiculously planned out person that I usually am. I took one of my Christmas present Mom’s Plan It calander and scheduled all my baking, shopping and wrapping for next year and put it on the schedule. What I am fixing and when and what I am taking to which Christmas celebration.

This is not the time of year to be rushing around. So because Kenny and I were up until…me-2:45..thank you Mia for crying out for me. And poor Daddy was up finishing until 4am. But at 5:30am, the older 4 kids all start jumping on the girls room which we can hear from our room. Then they started singing Christmas songs on the top of their lungs, of course I wake with a start. I take off up the stairs to realize they just wanted to wake me up but know they would be in big trouble if they came down those stairs and we missed their precious little faces. I was not happy…I know it was Christmas morning. I told them they had to wait until 6:30am, to wake up. So all was quiet until 6:28am…ack…woke again with a start. Arghghh….we got up.

Even Miss Mia..who is NOT a morning person.. AT.ALL.
Stockings first, they are their favorites. I have to say I cram all sorts of goodies in those stockings. I love stocking stuffers.

I almost made a blog post just on Paul’s facial expressions through out the day. I loved it! It made my day. He was ecstatic to get Build a Bear shoes.


Camye got her gorgeous little pink phone, so she can take it on her cruise in January. She is so beautiful!!


Now the ring leader…my 15 year old…the one who woke everyone up at 5am. AFTER she opened her TOM’s shoes, she layed on the floor and wanted to take a nap.IN.THE.MIDDLE of opening presents! No way…sister…you woke me up…you are enjoying every second of it!! If giving her the Tom’s on Christmas Eve would have bought a few more hours, trust me she could have slept in them!!


Oh yes..the Star Wars Lego Man book…he has been DIEING for!!!


A few games for all.


Mia and her twin babies. Such a great mother.


Oh my…and the big finale!! THE AIRSOFT GUNS!!

Chloe and Blake play airsoft games with some great friends of theirs…I bought them some cheap ones last year thinking it wasnt that serious of a hobby. Well…this year, Daddy broke out the BIG GUNS. LITERALLY.


Oh yes….the BIG.GUNS. Now if they will just replace the little plastic wheelbarrow they used as a target in the front yard, since it is full of holes.;)


What a mess! After a bout with wrapping, we needed to get ready for church services. Daddy had to leave early to get the sound booth set up. We got fabulous new carpet, new trim, and new pew/chairs. The church looked gorgeous this morning!! Someone had donated beautiful flowers and everyone got to take some home. What a blessing…of course I will kill it since my thumbs are black. But I did get a great idea that maybe I could keep this fabulous plant alive until I got a stem caught in my sleeve of my coat and ripped it out. Oh well..it was a nice Christmas dream..for a second.

Best part of the day, my husband was able to sit with me for a few minutes in church today. It may seem like such a little thing. But he is the head tech guy at our church….the other guy left in August:(:( and we miss him dearly. We went to 2 services in September and Kenny has been running both services. So we dont ride to church together, sit together or really even see each other. It makes me sad and he knows it. He does have someone taking over the first service, which I am so grateful. But this morning half way thru our Christmas sermon, here he comes down the aisle to sit with me, Paul and Mia!! Praise to the Lord! Merry Christmas!!

Our Christmas Eve…

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Christmas was wonderful this year.
We are so thankful to have our little Mia home, and feeling better.
First we started with sugar cookies.

Mia and Mommy.


Mia going to town with her cookie cutters.

We just let her have her own cookie dough.


Which was good news, for Santa, since she chose to lay in the cookie dough.

Daddy posing for a picture.

Loving on Camye’s perfect little cookies.

Chloe decorating her cookies.

Isnt she beautiful?

Arent they splendid?

We started the day at my Mamaws in West Virginia.

Sorry these pictures are out of order.
This blog could be called the many faces of Pauly.


So pretty.

She knows she is about to open her Tom’s from her Mamaw and Papaw.


Sweet. Sweet. Camye.


LOVE THIS PICTURE.

Paul loving his Mamaw.

Oh and the grand gift of all.

Her precious table and chairs.

Her reaction and Paul’s reactions to Christmas this year were priceless.

She loved her table and chairs!!

Oh yes..I believe this was about the time she looked at me and said.

I am so happy, mommy.

Yes.she.did.

Oh my the preciousness that oozes out of this girl.

Merry Christmas Eve.

Hold on for Christmas Day.

Mia is feeling better!!!:):):)

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Mia has a had a cold since Thanksgiving. The last week it slowly had gotten worse at night with wheezing and coughing and spitting. I decided last night when I heard a wheeze at 6:30, we were going to the doctor. She had an X-ray and was confirmed to have pneumonia. Okay I have never really even had a sick kid…I have been so blessed. The word pneumonia scares me especially when she barely tipped the scale at 24 pounds with Nike shoes, sock, pull up,velour outfit and large hair bow. We can’t afford to get sick…really sick.

So this morning, I called my fabulous IAP who loves my hormonal psycho adoption mom behavior..well that’s what I tell myself anyway. She said come in after Mia had an odd night of leg pain???

So we did and it was decided she needed a breathing treatment…all Mia could say was like Ryan. She helped her friend at the ER get his treatment.

At first she was tired, didn’t feel good, crying, fussing….


Mommy felt so bad…


But we still posed for a photo or two…to show daddy.


But then it was done and she sat up and the world seemed a whole lot better…


And we loved life again…


And we loved making silly faces and noises ….


And then laugh hysterically….


And shake our hands at our stinky brother, Paul.


And then it was even funnier…..


I will have two of what she had!!!!!!!!!

Yay Mia is feeling much better!!! Praise God!!!

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Parties and fun

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Paul was invited to his first birthday party at Build A Bear Workshop. He had so much, I wish I would have taken him sooner!!


Paul and best bud Levi holding their police pets!!


Aww….just what I love snuggling with my babies!!!!

Just adding this photo for Mia’s foster parents… I love they check daily!!! Reminds me of how loved she was and still is!!!

Below is Mia holding the first doll I have bought for Avah. Mia keeps pulling this out of Avahs first gift ziploc bag saying oh Mia’s baby not Koreas( which is what she sometimes calls Avah). And then she carries around and loves on it. Daddy says that it is to cute and we need to buy Mia one. Mommy thinks Mia may need to learn to share before big sister gets here!!
Oh yes that is laundry in the background…don’t tell me you don’t have laundry setting around either!!

Oh yes and princess Mia is this cute!! If you read this in the next few days, please pray for little miss Mia. She has pneumonia and is recovering.

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~Mia Grace Heimee FINALLY~

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Oh yes I did…I pushed and pushed for a December court date and I got it! I dont like having to behave like my paper pregnant hormonal self…but I am who I am.

Oh and yes I did dress us all in stripes…note to self..stop buying stripes.;)

Our first family photo, after Mia became an ‘offical’  family member!!

Judge Emery was so friendly and kind. She asked each of the kids to come up and bang her gavel. You know who was up first….he was all over that!

Next up Camye Renee….looking cute as ever!!

Oh yes and 12 years old is not to old…but 15 years old was…Kennith Blake had to give it a bang.

Little, sweet Mia Grace Heimee….all nervous and fingers in mouth…she even gave it a bang.

Some friends of ours were there to take some family photos afterwards…our courthouse is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Then out for ice cream…..:) Kimchi!!

And almost the entire family…we just need our little Avah home!!

What a journey this has been…such a great and blessed journey we are on our way back for another little ‘Seoul Sister’. This morning we given wonderful news that our homestudy was approved and we should have our notarized copies by Christmas. I highly recommend our homestudy agency in Greensburg, PA, Lutheran Service Society. They are wonderful!!