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I never had my own, but have had my nieces in my daycare, and we're VERY close. So I'll "pretend" they're mine!
The oldest just turned 17 last week. She's a Junior in HS, and has an above 4 point average (with AP classes counting higher). She is currently the president of her high school's chapter of National Honor Society. She fights with another student for the #1 spot in their class of 800 kids. They go back and forth. She's very much hoping to be Valedictorian, so we're secretly hoping this other kid moves away!! (Is that mean???) She's also in marching band, and will be traveling across country to the Gator Bowl at the end of December.
Her younger sister is 12 and while very bright, probably won't go to the heights of her big sister, as she's VERY social. To big sis, studying is number one, but to the younger one, she'd rather be with friends, or hang out on social media. She still does well, don't get me wrong, but she's just not as strongly driven as her big sister. And that's ok. She's more into sports. She does soccer and lacrosse, and is very good at both.
They're both hilarious to be around. Even though I'm now 50 (wow!), I feel their age when I'm with them. I've gotten them into trouble with mom because we're being overly silly. Love them both to pieces!!!Comment
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My oldest daughter is 10.5y old and is a great kid! She's very go with the flow. She loves to read and has been reading about 3 grade levels above her current grade since K5. She is on a dance team that takes up a lot of weekends but she loves it and I love watching her. She is also in her 4th year of cello and is trying Sax this year in 5th grade. I think she is my little busy bee because she likes to be in everything. She is also in Chorus, and student council at school. She loves kids and wants to be a K4 teacher when she is older. She is a great help in the summer and all the daycare kids love when she is home.
My younger daughter is almost 9y (Oct) and is my spunky strong willed child. She makes me laugh everyday and certainly keeps me on my toes. Found grasshoppers in her backpack alive in bags the other day, she brought them home from school.
She currently plays soccer and is in Brownie Scouts. She loves animals and wants to work at a zoo when she is older.
I also have two doggie "kids" - Max is a 9y old very lazy beagle/basset. Zoe is our 6m old English Mastiff who is 70lbs and gaining. She is the best dog ever! I laugh at her everyday. We nicknamed her "Chewy" since she makes Chewbacca noises (Starwars) when she plays with her toys.Comment
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I love hearing about everyone's kiddos!!
My DD is 22 months and already acting like a bossy two year old. She's very strong willed and doesn't have a problem standing up for herself. She's also very artistic and loves all things art related. She's the kid that can sit and paint (or color, glue, create) for 30 minutes or more while everyone else moves on. She's very detailed and focused on her art. Our dog, a 9yr old border collie/lab mix, is her best friend (even though our dog would prefer she find a new BFF sometimes :
, she has to say goodnight to her before bed or she won't go to sleep and all day long I hear "Gypsy! 'mon Gypsy, over here!"
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I have 5, only 2 were "regular" births and single kids. My first 2 were twins (NICU babies) and my 5th was born with a heart defect and had open heart surgery at 6 days old. He is the happiest baby in the world though, always has been. People always comment on it. I think he appreciates every moment he has, and somehow he knows what he's overcome to be here and healthy (thank G/d!).Comment
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I have 6 kids! happyface
3 boys and 3 girls... all have blonde hair and blue or green eyes..I am a brunette... so I guess that German blood thing took over. ::
First and most importantly they are all Christians and my older kids have done many mission trips to Mexico and Africa.
2 of my older boys are pre-med and one is in the police academy
my oldest daughter is a chemical engineering major and she is an EMT and is leaning towards medicine as well, but you never know with her.
I just have my 2 youngest daughters living with me now.
My 18 year old daughter is studying forensic science, german,art, and photography... she is my sweetie!
whenever she sees me loading the dishwasher or doing laudry, floors etc. late at night ... she knows I have worked hard all day and she orders me to go sit down and takes over... even though she has had a full day at school.
lovethislovethis
My 10 year old goes to private school and plays the french horn, softball, and is very involved in church. She is a sweet angel and just a beautiful girl.
When I was switching her school records from the public school she was going to... the principal and office staff were very shocked and sad... They love her.
No Grand babies yet... everyone wants to finish school, then get married, then start families... so I guess I will be pushing a walker with a stroller attached by then..
Oh, well ::::::
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These posts remind me of Christmas letters:: (which I don't write!)
Our daughters have made me so proud as I see them grow and mature.
Our oldest just moved back home after being in the USAF for 9 years. She's working 2 part time jobs now-she loves them both but is trying to get into the local police department as a dispatcher. That is quite a process! She is definitely an oldest child-keeps all her sisters in line
She and #3 & 4 all rent a house togetherlovethis
Our next was adopted as an older child and has a lot of attachment issues and PTSD. She got furious with my dh 2 years ago and cut off all contact
Two weeks ago she called and said she missed me and loves mehappyfacehappyfacehappyface We talked for 3 hours-until about 12:30am, I was sooo tired but there was no way I was going to tell her that and get off the phone. She called again last weeklovethis and says she's ready for more contact. She's been really struggling with so much baggage and it's so hard to see her hurting.
Our next is a super senior and will graduate in Dec. with her bachelors and then will go on for her masters in speech pathology. She also works full time. She's going to be a new "puppy mama" this week-she's so excited to bring her puppy home! She was an angel at the beginning of this year when I had to take off so much time to be with my dh due to surgery complications. She took over the dc for me and kept everything running smoothly. I couldn't have continued without her.
Even though we have an even number, our next is the "middle child" in every say:: She's the one that's the GYPSY (from the other thread)! She has a heart as big as the world. She's a senior graduating in the spring with her bachelors in Social Work. She's doing her internship now and it's really opening her eyes to the hurt in the world. She's got such a big heart.
Oh #5. She's always been the easiest, most enjoyable, find the good in everything child. She used to give me big hugs and thank me "so much" for doing her laundrylovethis She was never homeschooled and her teachers have always said she's a leader, gifted with people...She doesn't know what she wants to do yet with her life but I'm excited to see where she goes!
The baby...it's ok, she likes to be called that. We started the process of trying to adopt her at her birth, but she didn't actually move in until she was 5 months old. She was born addicted to crack-among other things her birth mom did and didn't do that causes her issues. Such a sweet, sensitive heart she has. She wants to go into medicine (has since she was about 5) and work with kids. She always says how happy she is that I have the dc because it helped define her career goals. She REALLY struggles with schoolwork and has some learning disabilities but doesn't let that stop her. She has her goals and she's going for them! She's an inspiration to me-she struggles with her ADHD, her learning struggles, depression...and still keeps going strong and persevering. She's also always giving me shoulder massageshappyface
I lovethis all my girls so much...it's hard to just find a couple on sentences to describe them. I could write a book!Comment
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My little baby is 2 months and 6 days old, with an adjusted age of 15 days. She is tiny, below the 5th percentile in everything, but she's quite chubby and has a monstrous appetite.
She was in the NICU the first three weeks of her life, but was basically booted out because she was so healthy and alert, despite being so small.
She's on track with all her milestones for a regular two month old. She is very serious, frowns alot and rarely smiles. She is very excitable, very strong and quite aggressive. She absolutely must have her way, down to whether you will hold her with your right arm or left arm. She doesn't coo - she shouts.
I foresee a very interesting toddlerhood with her.
On the other hand, she's an absolute doll. She call roll over, put things in her mouth and even scooch along the floor a little on her tummy. She just found her feet this weekend. She loves kisses and people's glasses and necklaces.
I go back to work in 2 weeks and although I'm ready to go, I'll probably cry on the way there. I'm going to miss my Poochie to pieces.Comment
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Daughter, 10, is unbelievably compassionate. More so than anyone I've ever known, much less child I've ever known. She quite literally cares about everyone, and does what she can to make everyone around her happy. She is OBSESSED with sharks. I have no idea where it came from but she follows OSEARCH religiously and swears she's going to work with them studying sharks someday. She is dyslexic, but does wonderful in school regardless. She loves to sew, sing, and make all kinds of interesting looking cupcakes.
Son, 9, is unbelievably sensitive. All I have to do is raise an eyebrow and he'll burst out laughing because he knows I'm fixin to tickle him. He always knows what people are thinking, especially his mom. He's nuts about the outdoors and can shoot three to four inch groups at 20 yards with his compound bow. He has his own four wheeler and loves to explore our property. He's crazy about farming our food plots and wants to be a policeman when he grows up. Although he struggles a bit socially at school his grades are always flawless.Comment
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My daughter is 5. She is a miracle.
We tried for close to 5 years to get pregnant, some naturally and some with treatments. We were told that I would not be able to have children. We gave up and it was a very low time in my life. When we found out that I was pregnant, we were shocked.
The same day that I found out that I was pregnant, I was told that due to the position and size of the baby, I would miscarry. Didn't happen.
She was growing so slowly, so some tests were done that showed she had a condition "not compatible with life". She didn't have it.
Later in the pregnancy, they stopped worrying about her growing slowly and started questioning if we had big babies in our family. She was born at 38 weeks, 9 pounds 4 ounces, 20.5 inches. Healthy, but jaundiced.
Her jaundice continued to get worse and her liver levels hit the fatal zone. We were sent to Children's Mercy Hospital when she was 3 weeks old. After months of monitoring and testing, she was diagnosed with Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, which is a liver/lung condition. Her liver does not produce enough antitrypsin to protect her lungs. Struggling to produce and release antitrypsin causes her liver to be swollen and her levels to be high. We have good things in our lungs that clean up irritants and illness. Antitrypsin is sent to the lungs to control those "good things" from over cleaning and damaging the lungs. Without antitrypsin the "good things" just keep cleaning and end up scarring the lungs.
She is doing great. Will her liver fail? Will we need to transplant? Will her lungs be damaged? Will she develop asthma/COPD/lung problems? We just don't know. We know that right now, she is doing great. Her problems are all internal, so you would never know she has anything wrong.
She is beautiful. She is large for her age, 4 foot 4 inches and growing. She is active, curious, talks nonstop, goes 100mph from sun up till sun down.
She loves her visits to Children's Mercy and was chosen as a campaign girl for their 2012 Wish List fundraising campaign.
We have just started homeschooling and I love every minute of it!Comment
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No. He speaks Arabic, Tagalog and Spanish. 4 if you going EnglishComment
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