Its hard to even remember what it was like before Michell came into our family. It seems as if she has always been here. To say that she has thrived is quiet the understatement. She is perfect. She fits in perfectly with our little family as well as our extended family from here to Mexico.
A lot has happened with our family since the last time I updated the blog. First off, I finally graduated! Whoo Hoo! Didn't think that was ever gonna happen. Secondly we moved to Texas, bought a house and are much closer to the big kids. Me and Martin have both been blessed with jobs we love. We love our house, where we moved and of course getting to spend more time together as a family with the big kids is something we all love. Kenzie is a senior and still trying to decide where she is going to go to college. I'm going to be so sad when she leaves but I am so proud of who she is. Madeline is in her 3rd year at UNT and working full time. She is a beautiful person on the inside and out and I couldn't be more proud of her. Mason is a teenager.....WHERE DID THE TIME GO? (he was just my baby a couple days ago I swear).
What can I say about Michell and Micah......they are more like twins than siblings. They both went to their well checks in December. Michell weighed 35.6 and Micah weighed 34.6. Michell was 41 1/2 " tall and Micah was 39". Michell still wears a size 8 toddler shoe (just one size up from what she was wearing when she came home from Honduras) She wears a size 5 in clothes. They both love each other (although you wouldn't know from all the screaming I hear going on at this very moment). Michell is such a big girl. We pick out her clothes the night before and when I wake her in the morning she jumps up (and thanks me for waking her sometimes..lol) and then goes and brushes her teeth, gets her self dressed and brushes her hair. She then helps me get Micah ready so we can get out the door. She still loves to help around the house and helps keep her and Micah's room clean.
You would never know that her and Mackenzie are only related by love....she acts just like her. She copies everything Mackenzie does. She will even brush her hair and come and tell me "look, my hair is just like Kenzie" or she will get dressed and say "my shirt is just like Kenzie's" its so cute.
Another big moment over the last year is that we all got to go to Mexico to visit Martin's family. It was a really great trip. His mom was so excited to get to see the kids. She carried them around everywhere (even though they are almost as big as her) It was fun to finally meet his family and they were all great just like I knew they would be. It was a trip we wont soon forget.
We signed Michell up for soccer and she starts playing next week. We are all excited about that. She is so excited about starting to school next year. She has learned to write her first and last name and all of her numbers 1-10. She does her "homework" everyday. She loves to ride her bike and play in the backyard or the "garden" as Micah calls it.
Michell still talks to her mom at least once or twice a week. The language barrier is hard to deal with. Michell still understands Spanish but doesn't really speak it very well. We usually talk to her about new things she is going to tell her mommy so then she will ask Martin how to say it in Spanish. It is very important to me that she has a relationship with her mom even if it is only over the phone. Michell knows that she is loved and missed by her family in Honduras and that is a good thing. We haven't had a Skype call with her mom in almost a year. She doesn't have internet at her house so it's an ordeal just to travel somewhere where she has to pay to use the internet for an hour and hope that it works....more often than not it doesn't. That is hard for Michell. She gets so excited at the thought of seeing her mom. The last time we were suppose to "see" her on the computer Michell got up early and put on her favorite princess dress so she could show her mommy. As the day wore on she asked me no less than 100 times when her mommy was going to call. By that afternoon we had to break the news that it didn't look like it was going to happen that day. I found her sitting on her bed quietly crying a few minutes later. She was completely devastated and I was heart broken for her. It is so hard, and just another reminder that no matter how much I love her or how much she loves me she still misses her mommy and I can't fix that. Usually she does really well but then there will be times when she cries about everything. If you ask her why she is crying she cant tell you. It will last for several days and then she will be better. I know it is because she is just missing her mom and she can't even understand that right now. I will admit it wears on me sometimes and I feel guilty about that but I have to remind myself and Martin that she has every right to be an overly emotional child. Who knows if her moving her away from the only life and family she knew will have long lasting effects on her. All I can do is pray that we give her the best life she can have.
She is a special little girl. God has a plan for her and I am blessed beyond what I deserve for getting to be part of that plan.........I get to be her other mommy!
Our trip to Mexico....Us with Martin's mom
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