Double Happiness

Feeling better

After a very long night of waking every 30 minutes, Maddy seems to be finally feeling better.   Her fever broke and she ate an Eggo waffle and drank some diluted juice.  Then, she flashed me this smile right before climbing into Daddy's lap to hear a story.  The only sign that she was ever sick was a very runny nose (that I was able to remove thanks to my awesome photo editing program!)

Here's Daddy and his girls enjoying a fun book together!

Under the weather

Maddy's a little bit under the weather tonight.  she was fine all day but stopped being her usual self around dinner time.  Then she threw up.  Poor baby.  She was so unhappy! So she's resting comfortably on the sofa watching Teletubbies and sipping Pedialite.  She's got her comfy PJ's and her softest blanket and a trusty pitcher to throw up in (yes, we train 'em young to do this!).  I hope she has a good night and is back to her happy/active self tomorrow!

Meanwhile, Gwen seems to have soaked up all of the energy Maddy lost tonight and she's sure got a bundle of it!  But, between laps around the room and leaps across the furniture, she's being a sweet little nurse to Maddy.  She understands that Maddy doesn't feel good so she's tucking in her blanket and giving her sweet little love pats.  Most significantly, she's not tormenting her by taking things away from her (a very popular pastime in a house with two 2.5 year olds).

Sleepyhead

Family FotoFun Friday Challenge #17 
Post your pictures on your blog and leave a link and a comment here before 2/9/07. 

This week's photo challenge is "Sleeping babies".  If you don't have your baby yet, feel free to post pictures of sleeping pets or snoring spouses.  Please don't forget to leave a comment after you leave your link. 

This "challenge" was particularly challenging since we've successfully used the Ferber method for many months and don't have any pictures of the kids sleeping (since they're always sound asleep in their crib where we don't bother them with flash photography!) So, I had to dig back into the archives to find a favorite for each child.  This one was taken after Gwen fell asleep on the sofa last April.  She was so precious!  Really, like Sleeping Beauty!  Be sure to click on the image to see a better view of that precious sleeping face.

This is our Maddy on just our 2nd day as a family (adoption day).  It was taken in the Taxi in Nanning, (Guangxi Province, China) as she slept on Daddy's chest after a particularly busy morning of shopping and running amok with Sister. She was totally attached to Daddy back then.  He was the first person to hold her on Gotcha Day and I didn't step in for about 72 hours (my hands were quite full with Gwen).  We planned it this way since we wanted to make sure that each parent had one child to care for and neither of us was overwhelmed with two (while the other parent had none).  It was a strategy that worked beautifully!

Family FotoFun Friday Participants
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1. Bang the Drum and Shout! 2. mexican chopsticks 3. Twins! 4. Vivi Claire and Bella Jane 5. Raising Cami 6. Davis Days 7. Why do these kids keep calling me mom? 8. Here We Grow Again 9. My Cup Runneth Over 10. Maggie Lin Chen 11. Marilyn 12. season star 13. Kat and Colin 14. Sophie and Sage

15. Our Three Daughters 16. She\'s a-DORI-ble!!! 17. Daily Grind 18. ska-doodle 19. AnnaClaire~Emily\'s Mei Mei 20. Random Thoughts 21. Motherhood and Other Ramblings 22. Michelle 23. Wo Ai Ni! 24. And Chloe Makes 6 25. Jennifer 26. Kunstman Family Adoption #2 27. Loving Gracie... Paperwork Pregnant No More 28. Loving Lydia

29. Julie 30. Journey to Sarah Lu 31. A Mei Mei for Avery 32. Are They All Yours? 33. Waiting For Ladybug 34. mikala yin 35. Julie 36. View from Elk Mtn 37. Mirjam Lambooij 38. Forks & Chopsticks 39. Two "Twin" Terrors