The Family Portrait

Once upon a time a Canvas was set.

Long before we ever met,

God placed it on the Easel.

He waited.

A special Portrait would be Painted.
He set aside a Palette of Colors,

He knew just how to use them.

God waited till the Time was right,

then He began to choose them.

Placing His brush upon the Canvas

God painted an image Extraordinaire.

The details seemed faint at first,

but the Picture was truly there.

A Portrait of a Family;

a mom and a child,

This painting had something Extra,

God used everything He had.

His Palette was full of Colors,

He knew just what it would take.

Each Stroke was deliberately brushed in place.

A Special Portrait He would make.

He blended dark shadows with subtle hues of Gold.

Using the richest colors, a picture began to unfold.

One very special child, The image began taking shape,

with such beautiful colors.

Splashes of Love outlined colors of Pain.

Shades of Joy and Sadness

were mixed throughout the Picture,

among Stripes of Sorrow and Gladness.

The Portrait was finally complete,

He gently framed it with His Heart

He hung it in the Halls of Faith . . .

A Priceless Work of Art.

© Monica Palmer

This is a part of my life that I never thought would ever happen. I see, I feel, I hear so many different things, words can not express them.

I am so in love with Angelena...

OH and did I mention.... SHE IS A CUTIE!!!!

SO, JUST HOW TO MAKE A BABY SMILE....

NO matter what you do to have a baby smile at the camera, IT DON"T WORK! We took over 100 pictures, and the only time we could bet Angelena to smile was if one of us weren't in the picture.

And then, try to get her by herself... We have discovered who is boss in this house... I had a remote control to take the pictures when all 3 of us were in the pictures. I would put her Winnie the Pooh taking bear infront of us that is activated by a remote. She wanted nothing to do with Pooh, Angelena was controlling the show... NEXT YEAR, we are going to a real photo place... They should have better luck.

Enjoy... THOSE were just a couple of the fun ones!

Where has time gone???

Angelena is 7 months old, and is doing wonderful. She has 2 teeth, and is rolling over. Mommy is doing great to, and so is grandma! Here are some more pictures....ENJOY!

OMG... WHAT A TRIP!

This is the start of the trip to California on the airplane.... Mind you, we have been up since 4 am, and mommy just wanted to sleep for 5 minutes... But not Angelena!!!




We are back from California after 3 weeks. The trip was amazing. Angelena got to meet so many people, family and friends. We didn't get to go see everyone we wanted to, but will catch up with them when we go back for Christmas. So everyone mark your calenders, we will be back Christmas Eve through the 5th of Jan.

Angelena seemed to adjust to the time change while we were in CA very well. Early to bed early to rise... So now we are in TX, and she is Late to bed and early to rise... HAHAHA... That is something that needs to be fixed.

Well, lets see.... We got most of the kids together and got pictures done. All the kids together are so cute. Angelena looks like she belongs... Don't you all agree!

This picture doesn't have all the kids in it. There are 2 more kids, but were not avail at the time of the picture. To top this off, this is just the kids that were under 15 years old.... Yep, there are more, some of them are the mommy and daddy's of these kids!!!

Here are some more pictures... Enjoy!

In Less than 24 hours

Angelena will get to meet a LARGE part of her family. We are heading to CA for 3 weeks. The last week or so has been so much fun.
She is doing great, and is adjusting very well. She loves to play in her Jumper... I think if she should live, sleep, eat and get her diaper changed in it she would.

The dogs, Jasmine and Honey, love her so much already. Right now, Angelena sleeps in my room at night in a pack & play, and Honey sleeps right next to her. Everytime Angelena starts to fuss, or even move, Honey jumps up and looks in the crib to make sure she is ok. It must be the mother instinct in Honey. Jas can't hear very well any more, so she gets excited when she sees her, but doesn't do much else...
She loves to take a bath. She is fasinated when the water comes out of the spout. She tries to catch it, and thinks really hard about it... I think she is trying to figure out where the water goes when it goes over her hands.
AND HER HAIR... I just don't know what to do with her hair... I have even tried styling gel... Her hair goes every way except the right way... I have been able to pony tails on the top of her head. This is something her Foster Mother would do to keep her hair out of her eyes. I have even bought some head bands to use, but for some reason they keep getting flung across the room... Wonder who does that? I have tried to use baby brushes, guess what.... DON'T WORK... Grandma had a little brisle brush and it seems to be working better... Grandma keeps saying I should trim the hair around her face so it stays out of her eyes.... I just don't want to cut her hair yet...