Black and White Wednesday

I seriously have to get this 4 year old into ballet classes! She walks like this and leaps about saying "One day I will be a ballerina!"

And I know her shorts are filthy but I had just picked her up from kindy so dont hate!

Really starting to find my love for Black and white photos again - pop on over here and see some of the other beautiful black and whites.

Black and White Wednesday

Before i was a mom

Author: Unknown

Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.


(first feed with Oliver - 7 hours old!)


I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical.
Nicole Kidman
Adoptive parent

Black and White Wednesday

The Cathedral in Christchurch as it stood on Monday. If you think of everything from half way up is gone. Its on the ground and has 22 people underneath. :(

It hit on Tuesday at 12.50pm. The earthquake that has put our country for the first time into a National State of emergency.
Its somber here in New Zealand. We are sitting on 71 dead and still hundreds missing. As I type this they have reported that there is a rescue taking place. under all the ruble someone is alive. We pray for more rescues like this.
We pray for the rescuers, for the families of lost loved ones, for those that are missing for our Nation.

Black and White Wednesday

Ahhhh...new love!!!

Black and White Wednesday

School is still 6 months away but Amalie just can't resist practising her hand writing!

Black and White Wednesday

So I decided to jump in and join a few more link parties as I love to look and comment on them but have not joined many.
So this is one that I have enjoyed looking at and so I am going to jump on in there too!!
I came across this blog while reading up on International adoptions. With both our two darling children adopted, international adoption is something I have also been interested in. Not to extend our family - more out of interest.