Ruby and I spent our morning at a beautiful spot at The Arboretum.  She indulged me with some great photo opportunities.  As you can see she was busy creating a beautiful bouquet of flowers that had fallen on the ground.  It reminds me of my wedding bouquet!  I just love how some of these photos turned out of her.  It is hard to believe that she is two months away from being 3.  The baby face is gone, and I now see a little girl behind my lens...  If you ask her her age she replies, "Two/Three!"  Her favorite book right now is, "Go Dog Go!"  So we are cracking ourselves up over here with the "Do you Like My Hat" lines!!!  She is a constant stream of hilarious material.  I am thankful for this blog to record much of it!

(Don't worry Grandpa...  We were close behind them!)

Since this is truly a "scrap book/journal" for me I need to remember some of the funny things that happen around here....  Two days ago I was doing something in my office and Ruby was eating yogurt covered raisins in the room next to me..  All of a sudden she started to cry.  One of those scared/hurt cries.  I ran in to check on her, and she had stuffed one raisin up each nostril and they were stuck!   Thankfully, the nurse (me) in the house was able to extract both without to much difficulty.  Jeff appreciated my short call to the office asking where he put the tweezers!!!!  I had one scared little Ruby who most likely will never shove anything up her nose again!!!!

We have officially kicked off summer.   The lake is melted, the dock and boats are in, and the kids even got a little wet this past weekend.  One more week of school, and then the summer schedule begins!  What I think summer will look like for me:  Less blogging, lots of photography, and just making it a special time with the Pearl & The Ruby!  Birthdays for Ainsley, Jeff & Ruby, and a big anniversary for us!  Also, a few camps and a family trip...  Looking forward to it all!

I think most Mom's who adopt when they already have other children at home pray that their siblings will grow up to truly love each other.  I know I have prayed that The Pearl & The Ruby will always have a special and loving sister relationship.  Over time I have seen their friendship and sister bond grow.  But, today it was verbalized by sweet Ruby.  We were in the parking lot at Ainsley's school this morning, and Ruby said, "I WUV YOU SISSY!"  Four little words that lit up her big sister's face.  Four little words, that earned this reply, "I love you too Ruby!"  Just like that...  Answered prayer!  It's not that I have ever questioned it, but so sweet to really hear it un-prompted for the first time.