pay it forward...

I work with this amazing man named Bryan. I've never been lucky enough to meet his wife or his 5-year-old adopted son in person but I feel like I know them from how much he talks about them and share photos and stories and his love for them. It's pretty special and in my gut I know that these people need to have another baby in their circle of love.

I know my guy is an amazing hubby and he gushes over our kids in ways that are darling and wonderful but borderline unnatural, but this guy ADORES his child in ways you don't always expect from a dad. It's very cool. So, in the land of share-the-word-these-people-should-have-another-child, pass it on. They are amazing, they should have more children to nurture and love, and they caught the best web address ever! dreamhopebelieve.com

It's a little strange to see how this midWestern family has to navigate the adoption process. Utah is a whole different world. We never had to have our own URL (of course, that was all of 7 months ago!). I realize that we were incredibly lucky to find our kids, but I always hope that everyone has the same good fortune, especially you guys.

finger painting to face painting

...in 30 quick seconds. Tagg and I were working on some works of art on Saturday morning. I was totally out of the washable paints so we were using acrylics - risky but worth it. Or so I thought. Sloane started crying so I went to pick her up, turned back around and bam! Tagg had finger painted his face. Pretty impressive.

Even more impressive? The acrylics washed off really easily! We've been "naked painting" (him, not me) to preserve his clothes and luckily these paints came right off with a little soap and water. Of course, after we cleaned up, we went straight to the store and bought more of the washables. Just in case...

And the picture turned out lovely, too!