Adventures in Sleeping

We had a very nice time yesterday at Rena's house. I wish I had remembered my camera. She is putting together a group for adoptive families. It is to be a support and information group. Mostly however, it is to have our children be comfortable in play and to see reflections of themselves in the kids they play with, both by appearance and the background of adoption. I should say that is what I am expecting and hoping from the group, but am not sure if that is what everyone else expects. It was very interesting for me because the three other families went through WIC, and we were the only family who went through the regular program. After one puts the dossier together, the programs are very separate and different. It is very interesting to hear others stories. I think they will be a great source of information to us as we get further in our process . The kids play very well together, although Lexa and Libby took longer to warm up than they usually do. However, once they warm up, watch out! Peter was a nice addition to the group, not only being a boy, but being a bit more quiet than the two crazy girls. There was not much interaction with Grady, Scarlet and Vivien this time, but I hope that in future meet-ups, they will play together more. Hats off to Rena for making a yummy homemade mac and cheese that you could add other fixings to-yummmm.

Libby decided to wake up at 4 this morning. Eric brought her to bed with us and if I would open my eyes to check on her, she would smile at me at say "hi mama!" very happily. Eric finally gave up and got up, but I was not so willing. Tried to hang in there, but her pleas for "apples, raisins, cheese" finally got me out of bed much earlier than I would have preferred. No matter the amount of sleep Libby gets, she is usually bouncy and happy for the day, so I was quite surprised when I came to check on her, to find her soundly sleeping. She slept from 9-11! I was stunned. Tried to wake her at one point, but she did not even move. It flipped my day, which is not to say a bad thing. After lunch, I asked her what we should do and she said "Library, Caillou book". We had talked about it several days ago, but I assumed she would forget. She did not. We picked up a couple of those books, along with her beloved Clifford. After wards, we went to Creative Kidstuff to play. There is a double stroller there that Libby adores. It is, ahem, $109! Its for a flippin' doll! Soooooooo, we visit it and say "good-bye" when we leave it. Everything in the store was on sale at 27% off today. Nope, did not get the stroller, but got a feeding set for Molly, Libby's favorite doll. She is having so much fun with it as I type.

Who knows what tomorrow will bring, but I have found with Libby in our lives, to just be prepared for anything.