The Adventures of a caterpillar!

Holly and I have been told numerous times how much our lives will change after we have brought our children home. Some act as if it is really the end of our perfect little lives. A roll of the eyes, a tilt of the head. As if to say you had it all and look what you've gone and done with it. Maybe they would prefer we did as the man given the one talent, buried our lives and hope for the best. But look where that got him.

In all fairness most people talk about the change as if it is the most wonderful thing. A gleam in the eye tells us that they remember when they went through the journey and wish it was them just taking the first step all over again. Sometimes the gleam is farther away, those people call you crazy but there eyes betray them. It is a journey they never took whether by choice or by design and they wonder, but that road is too far behind to go back and take it now.

Holly and I have been building this cocoon for 7 years now. It seems no matter where we travel we can't make the cocoon seem large enough. So one final trip in this cocoon to the other side of the world and we'll see what we become. I assume a caterpillar doesn't know it's going to be a butterfly when it's building it's cocoon. When it makes the final stitch and all is dark' I'm sure it wonders if all the crazy people where right. But in the end, crazy people sit on the ground thinking they can fly, warning others of the dangers and giving reasons not to fly. While the caterpillar is flying enjoying his new found world.

But we aren't the only ones this will change. I don't remember any stories about ants making cocoons but appearantly caterpillars are not alone. Take this couple for instance. They after building for years have accomplished the roles of husband and wife, and parents but only after this journey will they be Aunt and Uncle. And no John, there are no instructions for this job. And then there are their kids. Brothers, sisters, grandkids, kids, and I'm sure some Polish and Italian names I'm leaving out but only now will they be cousins (and babysitters). And then there is this couple,I think there is no name change for them but I'm sure they are proud just the same.
Here we are with Hollys parents and brother. Derek now becomes an uncle and even though they don't know what they want to be called yet, Tommy and Gail now become grandparents.


of course there is our little baby who now becomes a big sister.


In the end, we think all will be happy. As one big family should be.



Note,, the above characters are real and awaiting their transformation.
My parents, my sister and brother-in-law, and my nieces and nephew, and of course Baby.

New set up on the blogger

Now that I've made you all go to the trouble of getting passwords and logging in to post comments, I figured out that I could change one of the settings on our blog so that anyone can post without logging on. So feel free to post that way,But please,,, leave your name so we know who it is. Sorry for the trouble but it was good practice for all of you anyway. We're proud to see you made the effort.

the babies room

I meant for you to be able to compare the quilts with the walls of the room. Now you can see how good a job she did.

Time for things to pick up!!

Well, here we are starting our new blog. And what a time to start one. Did I mention we now have referrals? I know everyone would love to see pictures of our children, but not yet. You just can't be to careful. We don't want to take the chance of someone seeing our cuties and going over before us to steal them.After all, how could we find another pair as much like us as these are? Since you can't see pictures yet allow me to describe them to you.I think they get their beautiful dark skin from me. "I've always sported such a healthy tan" Our son has a big goofey smile that I can only figure comes from Hollys side of the family. He has a cute little fanny, I'm not sure where it comes from but it's definitely worth mentioning.Our daughter is a little harder to figure out. We didn't get as many pictures of her. She has a calmer look about her maybe a real thinker, definitely from the Dunning side.I can tell she and I will be the best of buddies. I guess the best way for you to picture them is to picture 2 of the cutest kids you've ever seen then throw in a little more cute just for good measure and you will be thinking of my kids. Holly and I plan on traveling in the very near future so I suggest if you want to keep upthat you start checking back with us more often on this site. Things from here will move at a furious pace.Baby has been practicing on her speech to the judge. kind of a cross between begging for the kids and threatening to punch his lights out if we don't get them. I don't know how I'm going to break the news to her that she doesn't get to go with us to get the kids. we would let her go but the language barrier is just too much! I just don't see how she could learn russian in such a short time.
My aunt Jane has finished the quilts for the kids. she made them to match what I painted on the walls in the nursery.How do you think she did? Oops! I thought I had pictures of the room but I don't. Let me just tell you, she did great!!

lastly, let us know how you like this website as opposed to the other one.
anything we can do to make it better let us know.