Pulling My Hair Out to Entertain the Twins

This past Wednesday, I ventured out alone with Eliana and Esther. I had to investigate getting them visitor's visas to enter the US for our furlough. Praise God we have a double stroller and the girls sit quite well in that! It helps to keep them constrained and some what occupied while we wait for something. Well, on this particular day, I had brought and tried through out the wait...Baby keys, Monster Truck match box cars, snacks, sippy cups, and stickers. Well, after all the normal things were exhausted and I STILL stood waiting for an answer about visas, Eliana happened to get a hair stuck to her sticker. She had SO MUCH fun dangling her sticker that when that sticker and the hair, which was really just a fuzzy strand of something or other, "died," she began to fuss. That gave me the BRILLIANT idea of pulling my own hair out, sticking it to one sticker and then laying another sticker on top of the other. She then had a "magic" star that dangled quite a distance. When Esther saw Eliana's "magic star," she wanted one too. SOOOOO, yes I pulled out more hair. "Pulling my hair out" with these girls has never been this easy!!!

First Haircuts

The girls had their "first" haircuts this past Saturday. We aren't ignorant to the fact that we're pretty sure that Eliana had had a haircut while she was in the orphanage and that Heather had cut Esther's bangs shortly after they came home, but as for a full blown haircut since they're now Amundsons, this was "IT."

Esther quietly went first without fuss...

First Haircuts

Then came Eliana with as much fuss as she is well known for. You've got to love those crocodile tears!!!

Parents only??? - NO!!!

Adoption isn't just a PARENTS thing - It's a FAMILY thing!!!
This is my background on our desktop computer. Hannah loving on Esther during the twins' birthday party. Hannah is SUCH a blessing and she truly loves her new sisters even if that means a little less time with Mommy and Daddy.

Thanks to Jenn Rubin (fellow missionary) for the picture - black and white and all!!

"Croc - s Pot"

So is this the up and coming new "Crocs Pot?" You've got to love Eliana's creativity!!

By the way, that's cereal in her crocs pot.

The B-I-B-L-E

We all remember the children's Sunday school song, "The B-I-B-L-E, yes that's the book for me. I stand alone on the word of God. The B-I-B-L-E." Well, it's one of the regular songs that we sing with Eliana and Esther, that and "Jesus Loves Me." The girls have caught on really well to the tune, but now Esther sings, "B-I-B-I-Me." I love her enthusiasm to sing her special song and so I do hope that one day the B-I-B-L-E is the book for "me," meaning Esther.

The adoption

SO SORRY that we haven't posted about the adoption last Wednesday. Everything went VERY well!! Normally the children aren't allowed in the courtroom, but all 4 of ours were asked by the judge to be there. Soooo, even though the girls were EXTREMELY fussy and the older two were EXTREMELY board, the judge was VERY nice and even took a photo with us afterward. Out in the waiting area to celebrate with us, we had our national pastor, his wife, some close Chilean friends of Heather's, Jenn Rubin, a fellow ABWE missionary, and some of our personal supporters and friends the Kollerts. It was SUCH a blessing to have so many people there to celebrate our BIG day with us!!

With the judge

With Phil and Lillie Kollert - long time friends from Rittman, OH

With our national pastor and his wife Sandra

With our lawyer from our agency - Lorena