New Blog

Hey friends!! Long time no blog ;) I actually have a new blog that I keep up more than this one. I talk about faith, mom life, life in general, books I'm reading, the girls, really just about anything that pops into my mind I write about it hehe.

Any who if you would like to come follow me over there please do so. Come follow Here

Picture Update

Hope you enjoyed! I hope to do a big update soon. :)

Girlie update

Ellee and Johannah are doing great! They love school, their speech therapist Tanis, ice skating, baths, food, church, learning all they can learn, and they love Mandissa. My girls know their favorite music artist on the radio. They hear the opening of one of her songs and they immediately tell Andrew to turn up the radio. This is just amazing to me!!! Ellee is still a daddies girl and Johannah is a mommas girl.

They are happy girls, most of the time, every once in a while we can have a melt down or two ;) They are growing like weeds, we are getting a few months out of their clothing and then we have to buy more because their bellies are showing or they become high waters. Not very many hand me downs from Ellee to Johannah they seem to be growing at the same rate.

Both girls are becoming a little more sassy. It's fun to watch because Johannah does it blatantly and Ellee does a little but you can tell shes more of a poke at it kinda girl and Johannah is a full on squeeze it kinda girl ;)

Right now Johannah has a sinus infection. Please pray she feels better soon.

Going to be taking family pics soon, so y'all will get to see how much they have grown. I was going through old pics tonight and can't believe how much they have grown in the 2 1/2 years we have had them. Will post them as soon as we get them back :)

Until then... :)

Long overdue update

Time for a long overdue update on the girls. I was afraid to look back and see when the last time it was that I blogged. Where do I even start? The girls are doing great! They have been thriving so much, especially in the last few weeks. We decided to keep speech going through the summer, since we have that option here in Montana, and their private speech therapist is awesome! I just love watching them grow, learn, connect different things/people, and so much more.

As most of you know we moved to Montana a little over a year ago for Andrew to be youth pastor. When moving here we knew there were a lot of benefits for the girls here. There is a place here called Eagle Mount and they have done skiing lessons, ice skating lessons, swimming lessons, and in a few weeks they start horseback riding lessons. This place is amazing and is adapted to those with special needs. They also host Saturday nights out once a month where we can take them and they get to play with other kiddos and Andrew and I get to have a date night.

The girls have a few "favorite" people in their lives and they absolutely love to call their names. Some of those people are Randa (Muranda), MiMi, and Amber. What I love about this is they are able to connect faces with names.

They now connect a bath with bubbles. Anytime I say, "Let's go take a bath" they automatically say bubbles. The LOVE bubble baths. They also love to wash themselves, which is great in learning independence, but I still make sure they are washing thoroughly ;)

Their continued favorites are music, and of course food!

On the 28th of this month Ellee will start first grade! On September 3rd Johannah will go back into kindergarten. The girls absolutely love school, and for a few months school was on the naughty word list no one could say it, but now we are counting down until school starts and they are excited. However, they have enjoyed going to work with daddy.

I will try to update more here soon, but I better not do anymore right now or you might go to sleep on me. :)

Psalm 127:3a Children are a heritage from the Lord

2 year gotchversary

Two years ago today we walked out of the orphanage, and through those gates one last time. Today as I look back over the past two years, I see how far the girls have come. The girls have made so many steps forward. This past week alone I have seen so many milestones. Ellee writing her letter p's and saying them as she writes them, along with the letter D. Johannah telling a lady at our church, whom she just absolutely adores, "no you be with me:, plain as day. AMAZING!!! I get to see God physically at work everyday. I'm reminded of that this weekend. I'm reminded that God is still alive and still here, and I just have to look at his blessing in all things. Ellee and Johannah was given to us by God, we have been entrusted with two of God's most precious gifts.

To celebrate our anniversary tonight we had one of the girls favorite meals, we had meatloaf (covered in ketchup just the way they like it) mashed potatoes, green beans,  and deviled eggs. They were so excited!

Now they are being typical kids and have been in bed for just over and hour and a half and fighting sleep. Good thing their on Spring Break.

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us throughout their adoption, and have stuck by us since being home. We love you all!

2/11/13

So I didn't have a snazzy title for this posts because over the next couple of weeks there will be many 2 year posts so I couldn't just title it 2 years. :)

 2 years ago today Andrew and I were on our way to Ukraine. We were so excited, scared, and relieved after several months of paperwork, setbacks, and ups and downs we were finally headed to meet our daughters. It would still be a few days before we met the girls but once we were in Ukraine we were closer than we had been in months. We were actually on the same continent as them!

2 years later they are sleeping peacefully in their beds :) God is so good!!!

Happy New Year

This was the girl's second New Years celebrated. We went to James and Misty's house to celebrate. Ellee and Johannah absolutely love Muranda, Alex, and Cassie. Every time they see Muranda they sign/say play. They know that she is going to take them to play. All 3 of these girls are awesome and love Ellee and Johannah.

Ellee got a bit over stimulated by about 9:30ish (which is 2 1/2 hours past bed time) and so she had to go lay down. Johannah went strong until well after 12:00 and went to bed and slept until 10:00 a.m. the next morning.

We look forward to what God has in store for the New Year!

Happy New Year from our house to yours!! 

Merry Christmas

                                              Merry Christmas from the Lane Family

Ellee turned 7

Ellee had a great 7th birthday! Her birthday is actually the 16th but due to scheduling conflicts we had to have her party a week late. Here is her party in the way of pictures :)

Ellee's last day of school

Today was Ellee's last day of school. She has accomplished so much this year and I couldn't be more proud of her. She has done things that everyone told us and her that she would never do. She met several of her goals. She knows most of her shapes, colors, and numbers and has expanded her vocabulary. She also knows how to write her name!!! She has had a wonderful teacher, great therapists, and a great support system (also known as her cheer leading section) I wish I could send a video to the orphanage and show how well she is doing.  When she starts back to school we will have started a new journey, in a new town, and in a new school district. I can't wait to see how well she does and what this next year will bring for her.


***Sorry no pictures will be added to this post because blogger has decided that I have reached my limit and therefore will not let me add anymore pictures :(

Johannah's last day of school

Today was Johannah's last day of preschool. It is so hard to believe that the girls have been home over a year, and that Johannah has already finished her first year of pre-k. She is ready for kindergarten, I'm not but she is. I can't wait to see what this next year has for her. She is so smart and her speech is improving so much. In the last couple of weeks she has added more words to her speech and has also put two word sentences together.


***Sorry no pictures will be added to this post because blogger has decided that I have reached my limit and therefore will not let me add anymore pictures :(

Johannah's birthday Pictures

Johannah turns 5

Johannah turned 5 today! This is her 2nd birthday with us! We didn't get to have a party because we are in the process of moving and because of the hold up with the IRS and not knowing exactly when were are moving we weren't able to plan anything. I do plan on having her a party this Summer to make up for that. Instead we kept her home from School, Andrew and I took her out to breakfast and made the day all about her. For supper my mom took us out to eat at Olive Garden. On Saturday Johannah will have her pictures made by my wonderful friend Amanda. I got her the cutest shirt and it matches her cake :)

Today is one of those days I wonder if her bio mom ever thinks about her. I pray she knows that she is  in a loving family and that we are ever so grateful to her. I pray that she finds comfort and peace with the decision that she made. I don't know her circumstances, I just pray for her.

Long time no post

I'm sorry I'm such a horrible blogger! We have been so busy lately with trying to get ready to move across country, drs. appointments, plays, field trips, and the list goes one. Let's start with first and foremost the girls are doing GREAT! They are happy, healthy, learning like crazy, and spoiled rotten and they know it ;) Ellee was in her first play a few weeks ago, and she done great! Her teacher said that Ellee was the first Kindergarten she has ever had that has done such a good job. That same day Johannah had her very first field trip to the local fire department, and the park. Next came Ellee's follow up doctors appointment at Vandy for her ear. The doctor said that everything looked great, and that the surgery helped, and that he didn't want to see us for 6 months and then after that appointment we would change to going only once a year Whoo hoo! We also had Easter in there with all of this, and the girls had a good one. Because our stuff was in storage (because we should already be moved now) the girls didn't get to wear the Easter dresses but we had a good day anyways. The girls loved their Easter baskets and only got a little bit of candy and the rest is stuff they can wear or use ;) This past weekend the girls were in a fashion show held by our local health department to fund mammograms for those who can't afford them to still be able to get them. A friend of mine (who was the coordinator of the event) sent me a message on faceb**k last night and let me know that Johannah was on the front page, so I sent Andrew out to get one. When he brought it back I flipped it to the back page and there was a picture of Ellee also. So both of my girls made the local newspaper :) For now that is it and hopefully it won't be that long until the next time I post :)

Mary Kay fundraiser for the Sader family

I am doing a Mary Kay fundraiser to help the Sader family bring home their other precious little girl from Eastern Europe. This is the 2nd trip over the ocean to bring home a little one with something a little extra. So if you would like to order something go here and pick out what you would like to order and then email me at lane1105@gmail.com and I will send you an invoice and you can either pay through paypal or by sending a check to my address. Thank you so much for your help! 

This is sweet precious Charity

Home a year

At exactly this time last year, we landed at Nashville International Airport after traveling for 24 hours. We were exhausted, tired, cranky and ready to be home. I remember it like yesterday. The girls did amazing on all the flights, but by the time we left D.C. to head to Nashville we were READY for it to be over and us to be home. Once at the airport we had friends there waiting for us and I was so happy to see them, Andrew and my momma. Gosh all this seems just like yesterday, but it feels like the girls have been here forever. How is that even possible? We officially got home home somewhere around 1:30-2:00 in the morning. I remember going in the girls room and staring at them as they slept, and being so thankful they were home in their beds. And it is still something I do, I go in and check on the girls make sure they are covered up, in their beds etc. but the main thing is to look at them and to praise Jesus that they are HOME!

Gotcha Day 1 year anniversary

One year ago today Ellee and Johannah walked out of the orphanage they were in for the last time. Happy 1 year gotcha day to my baby girls.

Johannah is feeling under the weather so her poor eyes look pitiful in these pics but she's still gorgeous :)