What you say matters

Last night our ambitious toddler decided she was going to go downstairs on her own - against her parents' request for her to wait. She knows how to go down one step at a time and hold on to the rail. I don't know exactly what happened, but one second she was stand up looking down at the steps and the next second she was taking a nose dive off the first floor. I yelled two words, "Jason" and "Jesus." (Jason was standing closer to her than I was, but he was unable to catch her.) It was all I could get out of my mouth, but it was enough.

Somehow she managed to stop herself on the third step and was laying peacefully face down lengthwise on the step. Jason was mad and I was glad. I was so relieved that I put together a long list of scriptures before we got Eva Mei and I confess them all the time. Psalm 91:9-12 is what saved her from going all the way to the bottom. I'm sure of it. "...For He will command His angels concerning Eva Mei to guard her in all her ways." I know there were angels on those steps that stopped her. And I'm glad I've been confessing Psalm 34:20 "The Lord protects all of Eva Mei's bones, not one of them will be broken." What you say about your kids is a matter of life and death, so speak life over them.

Don't let yourself go

Well, motherhood is an easy excuse to let yourself go. First off, I need an eyebrow wax in a bad way. The goat hairs on my chinny chin chin need to be plucked and the grey on my head needs to be dyed. Okay, all of this I know and I need to take care of...but when your 2 year old daughter says eww at the sight of your underarms it's a wake-up call.

Potty training

Eva Mei is getting very good at pretending. Today she worked very hard with Bear, Bunny and Mei-mei, but I think they finally learned how to use the potty. Eva was a good mommy and helped them wipe and flush!Waiting on Bear to finish his business...

Helping Bunny wipe...

"Poop is yucky, remember to flush!"

Baby signs

Today I was busy making the bed and Eva Mei was playing with her favorite doll. We had just finished breakfast and Eva Mei must have thought Mei-mei (what she calls her dolls) was hungry because she started feeding her pretend food. She would give some to Mei-mei and then she would take some for herself. This was very cute, however the most precious part was when Mei-mei was full she signed "all done," with the help of Eva Mei of course.

I can't believe we've only had Eva Mei a little over a month and she's already using sign language with her babies. It is amazing how quick they pick things up. I mentioned this on my Facebook page that Eva points to the goose poop in the backyard and does the sign for poop and then says, "ick," including the scrunched up nose and sticking her tongue out. At least she knows the important things - poop is icky!

Our bundle of joy

Eva Mei is such a good child. She likes her babies and calls them Mei-mei, which I think is what they called any baby or doll in the orphanage. It means "little sister" in Chinese. Anyway, she loves to pretend she is the baby. I think most of the attention was given to the babies in the orphanage. She asks to be wrapped up in the blanket along with her Mei-meis and put in the chair. Sometimes I even have to feed her with her sippy cup. It is cute and I've even figured out which is her pretend cry and which is her actual cry.