~ OH MY GOODNESS!! ~

well, what blog material i have for you all today! ~ i was working around the house with karleigh following me & the other 2 were in their bedroom playing ~ as i walked past their room i shouted out, "whatcha doin'?" (expecting to hear, "playing with toys", "reading books", etc.), but instead i hear kiara say, "i'm in the middle of delivering ruby's baby" ~ i turned around immediately & went back to their room to see this picture of them both sitting on the floor ~

i said, "DELIVERING RUBY'S BABY?" & kiara said (very seriously), "yes, she's adopted this little baby from california (don't know where in the world that came from), now i'm in a hurry to deliver it from her tummy so we can hurry & get to the airport for it's homecoming!!" yes, she's taken a normal pregnancy (sort of, when you consider it's a doll!), an adoption (even if it IS from california) & an adoption homecoming (which our kids have seen about 35-40 of them & they all happen at our airport) & she's rolled them into 1 story ~ it's at this time karleigh steps into the room & says (with her hands on her hips), "you just HAD to do another adoption, didn't you?" ~ i busted out laughing as did they ~ i told them they could play adoption, play like they were mommy's, etc., but let's not play like we're 'delivering' babies as it's stretching out the neck hole in ruby's shirt (see picture above) & they agreed ~ kiara then said, "we're just playing 'family' (notice she did NOT say playing 'house') & i was thankful to god at that moment that he allowed me again to share the joy with our girls of not only family & giving birth (which they watch with me on TV when i watch 'a baby's story'), but also that they're so into adoption & talk about it openly all the time ~ i'm so glad that our children (all of them) see adoption as such a positive thing & that they're so happy with where they came from, where they are now & who they are in the lord ~ hugs