The Beginning of a New Journey

I came across some photos of the girls from their first days here, almost three years ago in September. The bottom left photo is particularly hilarious to me because that was Easter Sunday 09 when Mariama called Grace an "asshole",
"You're bunnys going to melt if you don't put it in the frig"
"No it won't"
"Yes it will (with no inflection whatsoever) you asshole"

And before you call Supernanny just know that yes, I have road rage and I might have said that particular word in the car. Now the girls KNOW that I say bad words in the car, God help me.. most of them just refer to the buttocks area. "SAY CUPCAKE MOM!!!"

The picture on the top right cracks me up. Grace and her sassiness.. she's WEARING those size 2 pants right??

The bottom right is a photo that includes another person whose privacy I wanted to protect and my terrible job of cloning around Grace's head... Don't hire me for my cloning skills you brides and families out there...LOL but I wanted you to see how MUCH the girls have grown!

September 24th will mark three years here in the USA! Time flies when it's all about the journey huh!!

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