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So my last blog entry was Oct. 7th - not quite a month ago.  We are coming up on our two months home mark pretty quickly (Nov. 11th)!   Since I last updated the blog we have had yet another exciting change happen to our family - our sweet Au Pair (live in nanny) from China, Morgan,  has moved in. She arrived on Oct. 9th and really has just hit the ground running. It's like we have known her for years and for that I am so grateful.  God is good!   Here we are waiting for Morgan to arrive at the airport. Each of the kids made their own sign (Gabby stayed at home with Grandma :)....okay except Lily's sign - she had a "little" help :) Oh she is a cutie!! :) Morgan, Mariah and Gabby the morning after Morgan's arrival to our home. Mariah (Gabby's part time nanny and one of her very favorite people in the world :) is showing Morgan the ropes! Gabby on the way out to school with Mariah and Morgan :) So I have to say that I was actually really nervous once we arrived h...

Lily has been a part of our family now for 5 weeks - home for a little over 3 weeks.  The last month has certainly been a blur! And even as I sit and write this I am staring at 2 suitcases that are only half emptied!  I can't believe I have been home almost a month and still haven't unpacked all our suitcases from the trip....thought I should give you a good picture of how NOT together I really am just in case any of you were living with the allusion that I somehow do have it together. Not that any could possibly really think that! LOL ;)  When we were in China it was almost as if life was a "pause" but once we returned home in almost feels like someone pushed the fast forwarding button and now we are running across the screen just to keep up (and more often than not it isn't working out very well!). Even as I sit here to write this now my mind is racing with all the things I need to do and should be working on to prepare for all the things we still have coming up...