"The Move" Comment

I think I freaked a few people out with our plans to move. So sorry, especially to my mother in law!

 To set the record straight-We are NOT moving to Tampa.

We are making plans now to move after the twins come home. Why?

~We now have 10 in our family  (including the wives -to- be) I don't have a kitchen that could fit everyone when they come home. Heck, I don't have a kitchen that would allow 10 people to stand in it!!

~ I hate dining rooms and living rooms. Wasted space that is rarely used. I want a home that gives me THAT space in the kitchen and family room.

~Celia may need a room on the main floor. We have one now, but it is our schoolroom.

~Speaking of schoolroom, ours is too small to school 3 or 4 kids. (Celia may get therapy through the school system)

~We want acreage. If I am gonna be the "old woman who lives in a shoe" We should have room for all those kiddos to run. Since we aren't sure if the Lord has more babies for us, we would like to prepare now for extra blessings that God has.

So why are we waiting? The most logical thing is to move before they come home, right?

Well, there's the whole, when you adopt twins all the fees are doubled thing.

And the, we hope to bring both our sons to China if they can go expense.

That leaves little wiggle room for replacing two air conditioning units that have been nursed along for 2 years now, but must be replaced before we sell. Leaking freon does not scream BUY ME NOW!

And we have several smaller repairs, and should get a storage unit to make our home look more spacious.

But MOST IMPORTANTLY, we are waiting to see what Celia's needs are. She may need a wheelchair. She may need large therapy equipment, and a therapy room in our home.

And she may not.

We don't know exactly what her needs will be.

And let me just say now, for the record, that we FULLY understand the scope of CP. We know the very worst case scenario. We do not have rose-colored glasses on. We know that extensive therapies are in order. We know she may never walk, talk or feed herself.

She may never leave our home.

And then again, she may do all of those things.

With the information we have now (or lack thereof) we just won't know until she gets home and has extensive evaluation.

So while there will definitely be HARD days, days where we wish her life was easier FOR HER,  days we are beyond exhausted, days we are discouraged at her progress,  but please know-we wouldn't trade what God has for us by blessing us with that little girl.

As Aria says, "Sofia's special need is that she needs her Mommy, just like me. Gianna has sticks in her back and Celia is floppy. We don't know if she can play with us, but it doesn't matter, we love her just the way she is."


I couldn't have said it better myself.

We love her. Just the way she is.