The Chemist & PJ

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This is what we did on one of our ICE/SNOW days last week. The entire metroplex was literally paralyzed by the weather!!! The kids missed FOUR days of school. Unheard of!! Wonder when it will all be made up?

PandaGirl and I had a blast making this lip balm. More fun to make than to actually wear. Eeew. She is an absolute freak about mixing up concoctions! If she doesn't study chemistry I'll be surprised. I guess she can always fall back on her geology degree which is other love....for now. Love that she loves science!

Well......tomorrow is THE day that PandaJOY is to be placed with us as a "legal risk placement". At the VERY least we have 7-8 more months of waiting, but she will be WITH us!! Woohooo! A bit surreal at this point.

She spent the night on Saturday. First time since last August. She fell right into place, however now we have PandaDoggie. I have been dreading how that was going to work out with him and a two year old in the house. I am a FREAKER-OUTER and true to form....

I FREAKED OUT ON SATURDAY!

I posted all over Face**book begging for someone to give the dog a home because it just wasn't going to work out with PJ. I had been clicking his collar and he was. not. responding. TOO CRAZY!!! Come to find out...it had lost its charge and just need a reboot. Once that happened he was soooo good with her. There was crying, crying and more crying when PG MELTED down like never before. As much as she has been looking forward to getting a sister, reality set in when there was talk of getting rid of the dog (that she doesn't even take care of.....but that's digressing). For the first time since we had her she truly purged and grieved over something. So sad to see and experience, but glad that she has those emotions in her and she feels safe enough to express them with us. I sometimes forget that she, too is adopted and comes with a past of loss and abandonment in her little subconscious. All of a sudden she thought our family was "perfect" the way it was and she did NOT want a sibling!! We prayed and made it through, but it was quite rough.

Several things jolted a kick of panic in me: having to watch the dog, a very busy two year old on the stairs constantly and a new big sister who has had to share with no one for seven years, transitions galore and a freaker-outer momma. Whoa. By the grace of God and lots of prayers from others....Sunday was MUCH better....even delightful. We had to take PJ back to the foster home and that was hard, but the excitement of her coming on Tuesday kept me from crying.

I am praying that NOTHING thwarts the plan of getting her tomorrow.

Can't post pics until the whole thing is finalized in the fall, but I can keep teasing with ones like below.
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