~Big Sisters~

Yes my girls are going to be BIG Sisters!! Baby #3 is due in April! We are super excited to add another and final member to our family! These girls are my biggest challenge and my biggest blessing and I can't wait to see them with a baby bro/sis!! We will not be finding out what we are having because I LOVE surprises and this is a surprise worth waiting for!! Since this will most likely be our last babe I am going to savor every moment of this pregnancy, I don't want to rush it.

This pic was taken the day I found out but I am now about 11 weeks!

Meet Soleyana

This is Soleyana Alem and she is the newest member of our family. We decided to sponsor a child through COMPASSION again. When Peter and I first got married we sponsored a little boy from the Philippians but he moved and was no longer going to be part of Compassions program. An announcement at church reminded me of it and so we did it. I really have a heart for Africa and for Honduras so (this may sound horrible) I let Noni pick. I gave her two choices and explained that we are going to help her and send her money and letters and gifts and pray for her. She picked Soleyana. She is from Ethiopia and is 6 years old. If you want to or think of it keep her in your prayers!

No more boobie milk!

My Noni girl is officially done nursing. She nursed a full 3 years and I am sooo happy we did. We decided when she was first born that we would do child led weaning with her and that is pretty much what we did. She would still nurse every now and then if I would let her but the answer is no. She only asks for it when her sister is nursing. I gently guided her to being fully weaned. As she got bigger the stronger and bigger her mouth was and I didn't really like how it felt. She could only nurse for short periods of time or I would freak out. It was down to once maybe twice a day. All summer leading up to her 3rd Birthday we told her that she was going to be done nursing and that she is a big girl. That she doesn't need to nurse anymore and that it is for Evey. Sometimes she would get upset when we talked about it and other times she was totally ok with it. And the night before her birthday she nursed one last time. We made it a big deal and took pictures and said how proud we were of her and she was totally fine. She only nursed on one side and when we were done she said bye bye boobies and that was that! Like I said she has asked for it a few times but the answer is no and she has been ok with it. She gets almond milk instead.

I am so so glad we did it the way we did! And I am so glad it ended as well as it did! She really is amazing and am soo grateful for our 3 years of nursing!!!!