Shooting {my life right now}

Hopefully in a week or two, life will have slowed down just a touch so that I can wrap up the current series and do some real blogging. But until then, "My Life Right Now" continues...


Sitting in my home looking out at the "slightly damp" (as my husband sarcastically refers to it) ground outside. And feeling uber grateful for Miss Hurricane Sandy not arriving until after I'd finished 9 photo sessions over the weekend. Because fall= family photos.

Looking & Smiling {my life right now}

For our dossier we're required to submit two family photos, no more than a year old, with all six of us "looking at the camera and smiling." Or so the directions say.

Problem one:
Total number of photos I've taken this past year of our life= 900+
Total number of photos I've taken this past year of all six of us= 0

Problem two:
Well isn't it obvious?..."looking at the camera and smiling." *snort*

So Sunday we pulled out the camera...


Someone can take it up with my two-year-old if they're really feeling like being stickler's about that looking/smiling bit.

Surprise Visit {my life right}

My REAL Fur Baby {my life right now}

Don't be fooled!

My Fur Baby {my life right now}

Adoption Celebration {my life right now}

Injera, doro wett, and tibs- if you understood those words you've probably enjoyed cuisine from our future daughter's native country. And if you have tasted it, you can understand my niece's anxiousness to dig in.

We finally enjoyed a belated "Start of the Adoption Celebration" with my family.

Make-shift End Table {my life right now}

"One of these things is not like the others..." (as sung by Sesame Street in your head)



Until our dossier is in to Ethiopia, this is as unpacked as it's getting.

Boy Entertainment {my life right now}

If you're a 10 year old boy, what's not to love about having a box of jelly beans whose flavors range from cherry to earthworm to banana to earwax...

Don't be fooled by his face. He was a having a blast.

Squeaky Shoes {my life right now}

Me: "Ava, you must obey."
Ava: "It's too late."
~~~
Me after catching her emptying her aunt's bathroom cupboards: "AVA!"
Ava: "Uh, I better clean this up."
~~~
Me: (correcting Ava for another one of her shenanigans)
Ava (repeating something she hears her siblings say to each other): "You not my mom!"
~~~
After lipstick on the duvet, $15 worth of downloads on her aunt's phone, a call to her other aunt's lawyer, and multiple pantry break-ins, my two year old is now being put in shoes that squeak every time she steps so I can monitor her location at all times...



I love that kid.

Getting Fingerprinted {my life right now}

The girl in front of me wanted to know how her DUI would affect her record.

The girl behind me wanted to know how to get a mis-demeanor off of her record.

I just want another daughter.