The Fanning Four

Bethany does not like to share. Plain and simple, just doesn't like it. But she knows  if she doesn't share, she either loses the toy or she goes to her room. So this morning, she came up with her own solution. She was on daddy's lap playing with a toy and she did not want daddy to touch the toy. We asked her to share and warned her that she would not be able to keep playing with the toy if she did not share. So, she got up, grabbed the toy and her beloved elephant stuffed animal and whimpered and sulked her way down the dark hallway of my parents' house. It was down the hall that she could be free to play with the toy all by herself- no sharing. But my little extrovert couldn't handle it. Her need to be around people outweighed her need to have the toy all to herself so she came bounding back to daddy, toy in hand, ready to share.

We measured Bethany this morning and she has grown. She is 32 inches which puts her in the 50% for her age. This is the girl that has been below the 10% for a very long time. And she weighs 22 pounds which is also a big jump for her! I also got to change out her clothes from 12 month size to 18 month size. I guess those Ensures are doing the job. Plus she seems to be eating better these days. Yay for a growing girl!!! We've also been keeping a list of words she says and here's what we have written down so far: whale, duck, hi, bye, daddy, momma (rarely says this), color, car, ball, go, out, up, down, eat, juice, bath, eye, ear, hat, cup, belly, TV, diaper, no, uh-oh, bear, kitty, hot, water, rock, bubble, please, more, clock, amen, cheese (when she hears the camera turn on), flower, "what's this?" 19 months bear picture In other news, we have to postpone our adoption agency meeting for Monday- I'll let you know when we reschedule.

This coming Monday, we'll be attending an informational meeting with an adoption agency. My hope is that this will be the last step before making a final decision about what avenue to pursue for adoption. Once we make the final decision I'll tell you more about the process of how we got there. But for now, just know that there is a lot of praying, thinking, talking, reading, listening, crying, hoping and trusting going on in the Fanning household as we make this big decision. In case you're curious (I know some of you are because some have already asked), Tom and I knew we would pursue adoption before we even got married. For me personally, I've had a desire to adopt for many, many years. And there wasn't any convincing necessary for Tom to share that desire. Eventually, we'll write more about this and why we chose adoption but feel free to talk to us if you have any questions about it. We would love to share our heart on this matter. In other news: Next ...