sisterly love

it's been an amazing joy to watch our five children embrace the idea of a new brother.  it's not as though they haven't had oodles of time to wrap their minds around the idea, after all....even from the beginning, back in May 2008 when discussion started to pick up around this very idea of adopting another child, until today they have not wavered in their desire to have another sibling join the crew...not to say they won't scrap lots with him once the newness wears off, because it does and they will!!!  they're still normal kids.  seriously though, they seem to really be genuinely super excited about nearing the end of the process and the anticipated homecoming.  today Layla made this drawing for A.J.  her idea is that we'll hang it over his bed and he'll know it's him!  (so she carefully copied a photograph, thus the pink sleeper again!) plus, then he'll know how happy we are to have him join our family.  great idea Layla!  during her careful drawing session she announced that it was good she was drawing him because "i'm probably the best drawler (yep, drawler) of necks in my whole class" :)  "ohhhh, that is a good neck Layla...." how precious.  she has her father's humility...