Elliottisms

Before I forget all of these things, can I tell you how funny our almost 3 year old is? I mean he is really funny. He tells all kinds of CRAZY stories. And he is so convincing, I sometimes catch myself wondering how I missed "that". He especially LOVES stories about fish and sharks. Often times biting people. Like grandparents, parents, or siblings. Hilarious.

Here are some of my favorite "Elliottisms"
- When something is sharp it "sharps" him
- When something tastes bad he says it's "tasty"
- He constantly wants us to sing songs to him that we have no clue what they are, such as "the round song"?
- He always remembers when friends come over and which chair they sit in. I often sit in "John's chair" or "Asher's chair"
- He is so proud to show me his artwork from school. And everyday when I pick him up, he gets in the car, whips out his artwork and says "Ta Da!"
- We pray the armor of God over our family each morning on the way to school. I get us started and he continues it the whole way through. Beginning with "The helmet of Salivation" and ending with "Good job Belly Boo Boo!" (which very clearly I have said more than once when he finishes, ha!)
-  He insists on wearing rocket pajamas or clothing EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. Dirty or clean. Doesn't matter. And would wear them to school as well if I would let him. We now have quite a collection of rocket clothing.
- And in his sweet voice, he asks me almost everyday if today is the day we go to China to get his sister. Each day is one day closer!

I love this little character and can't wait to see what special plans God has for him!

Wish We Could Fit

Here it is... our care package to Mamie. I wish we could fit inside the box ourselves! The wait to her seems kind of pretend. We have her picture and know what we are waiting on, which is amazing of course. But it's still so far away, it's kind of like a picture of this little girl who is really cute with chubby cheeks. But soon enough she will be our little chubby cheeked girl and we will know her inside out... all in due time!
So in the meantime we sent her (and her nannies) a care package. We took the boys to Build A Bear and they picked out a pretty rockin' outfit for the bear, and we recorded our voices inside the bear. Then we made this pretty cool photo album that is a board book. And a few other little lovies and things. The rest is for the nannies and a toy for the orphanage. And lastly 2 disposable cameras that we have high hopes for additional pictures of Mamie taken by the nannies and then given to us when we get there! Or should I say praying for desperately... may be more like it.
Praying it makes it there, and that she gets to see it all before we come! It would be great for her to have at least seen our pictures!