Catching our breath...

I'm sorry, fellow blog readers!  It's been a while.  Hey, I thought technology makes your life easier?  My old Mac laptop was on overload, so I finally got a new Mac.  Then the new Mac wouldn't cooperate so I had to make an appointment. Now my cell is on overload with photos, and we need to buy a new printer for the new computer.  Ugh...So, I am going to get you guys all caught up with 3 months of photos.  It actually gave us some time to adjust, well needed time.  

One month after being back from adopting Rosie, we went to Martha's Vineyard.  It was not an easy vacation.  The girls struggled in the hotel room, but the beach was very calming to them.  We made the best of it, but it was definitely stressful at times.

The lighthouse beach at Edgartown

The girls are really into baby dolls.  They take good care of their babies, and Lia lets me hold her baby often.  Rosie has a baby panda as well as 2 baby dolls that she takes good care of.  One evening, we were playing downstairs and Lia was wondering where her doll's baby blanket was.  Rosie quietly went upstairs and brought it down for Lia.  It was so amazing to see Rosie's sweet heart.  Rosie just adores Lia.

Grammie and Grandad's front steps

This photo is taken at my house where I grew up.  I used to sit on those steps with my doll!  

Grasslanterns!

And here they are running around the yard, with some skylanterns that had landed on the property the night before.  The girls had a blast with them!  This was the last time we were there, since we were finally selling the estate.

I went back to teaching in September.  One evening, we had to grab a quick bite in a nearby pizza place.  The pizza delivery car was the cutest, just the right size for the girls!  Just had to take a picture!

Lia has definitely become the peaceful Lia we all know and love.  We overheard her one night telling Rosie, "We love you Rosie.  You are so beautiful.  Don't worry.  Everything is OK".  Keith and I were so blown over by the sweetest words we have heard.

Periwinkle/Fairy Godmother combined into one 

One evening, Lia decided to try to turn Rosie into a pumpkin.  Rosie had on a crocheted hat that she found ( a little big, huh?).  Rosie took the wand on her head all in stride, while Lia kept trying to get the wand to work. Thank goodness the wand didn't get stronger and stronger on her head when it wasn't working...Lia's going to be Periwinkle for Halloween, and Rosie is going to be Tinkerbell.

Waiting...and waiting....

And here is the infamous Easy Bake Oven that I was told, "Everyone has to use once"! Yes, we did use it once, and now it is officially off the bucket list (yay!), and ready for the garbage (the insides are coated with baked on brownie).  The girls waited and waited for the lightbulb to cook the cookie sized brownie, hence the pajamas and the tired looks on their faces.  The anticipation was so exciting and the girls got the biggest kick out of the oven.  The brownie was uncooked, (no kidding?)  and very, very gooey, but the girls thought it was the best thing.  Just today Lia was talking about making her birthday cake in it, but I told her, "Won't it be soooooo  much fun to use mommy's oven?".

big sister Lia rocking my sunglasses

Now we're getting ready to celebrate Lia's birthday.  She is so excited to be turning 4 next week!  She sings all the time now, chats a lot, and loves wearing bandaids as rings.