Backyard Pool to the Rescue!

These were taken on the last day of our insane heat wave. 

The kiddos played in the pool, while I sweltered in a tiny bit of shade watching them.

Seriously... I believe the heat index this day was 113*. 

Daddy got the hose out to add cool water to the pool (even the pool water was hot!!) & of course had to spray down Milo!

Pool Time Loving {Fav Foto Friday}

I swear I don't put them up to this!

This is all them, on their own.

I love them so much...

& then someone hits someone else 

(or pinches, pushes, pulls, yells at, whines to, argues with, {sigh} you know the drill)..

& we're back to reality again. 

but these moments

make it all worth it

This is what melts my heart

& lets me know we have got to be doing something right

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Pool Time!

Is there anything in the world better than baby toes?! I just want to gobble them up!!

We hit about 90 degrees today, so daddy hauled out the baby pool! Xandra loves splashing around in it (though for some reason she does not enjoy an actual pool ???), and given Milo's total enjoyment of the bath we figured he'd love it too. We were right! It did take him a bit to understand what the heck was going on. And he didn't really enjoy the floaty we put on him. I eventually got in the pool with the kids so I could hold onto him without the floaty on. That's when he really started having fun! He put his face into the water by himself at least 10 times! (Xandra still won't do that.) Needless to say, we had an awesome time!!

I can't believe we have actually had Milo in our family for 3 full weeks. There are obviously still things that we're discovering about him (such as how exactly to calm him down - the orphanage said to give him candies...), but we're over the moon in love. This little boy was destined to be in our family, part of our lives. I'm not a hugely religious person, but I know some higher power intervened in our lives to help place this specific child with us, and I'm so thankful for it!!