Carson said tonight before going to bed, "Mom, I love Ella already and I miss her. Is that weird? I mean, we don't even know what she looks like and she is in my heart already. Can she come home now?"
This one I have to set up. Today, we were in the store and Christian wanted this Star Wars Light Saber. I tried to talk him out of it $17.00 - he was spending his own money. Needless to say, my efforts at thwarting the expenditure I knew he would regret failed. So tonight, as he hands me his $17.00 (he bought on credit) he started to cry because now he doesn't have much money left (saw this coming). I explained to him that sometimes we want something so bad in the moment but later when we get it home we realize we really didn't need it or it isn't exactly what we were looking for. He says, "Yes Mommy I know. I have buyers remote."
Sometimes you just want to cry or laugh but you can't so after they go to bed you blog about it!
About Our Family
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- El Paso, Texas, United States
- We are James, Lisa, Patrick, Christian, Carson, and Ella Payne a military family serving our country via service in the U.S. Army. Jim and I have been married for 18 years and have 3 wonderful home grown sons -Patrick, Christian and Carson. We recently adopted our beautiful daughter Ella Grace Ana from Donets'k, Ukraine in September. Jim and I began our Army life together at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas and every assignment thus far has extended unique opportunities and challenges for our family to grow and learn; to become a stronger, committed, and a prepared Army family. Having recently lived abroad for six amazing years, we cannot express how thankful we are for the opportunity to have represented our great country and to discover the cultures and customs of other countries; to become close to the people and learn from them; to open our hearts and minds to the unfamiliar languages and way of life in other countries. Having now moved back to the United States, we are looking forward to discovering what new adventures await our family. Rest assured, wherever the Army sends us we will continue to serve you and our country proudly. Army life, we wouldn’t trade it!
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This is our "spot" we began at the beginning of our journey in May 2007, to adopt a child from Ukraine. In August 2008, we traveled to Ukraine to bring our daughter/sister Ella Grace Ana home; and on September 12, 2008 we did just that.
While our journey to bring her home is complete, our journey together is just beginning. We will continue to keep our spot here, posting as frequently as we can; and keeping you updated on our next journey in life...maybe a second adoption is in our future.
Please join us by following us by clicking on the "Follow" link to the left and posting your notes at the bottom of any post we have made.
While our journey to bring her home is complete, our journey together is just beginning. We will continue to keep our spot here, posting as frequently as we can; and keeping you updated on our next journey in life...maybe a second adoption is in our future.
Please join us by following us by clicking on the "Follow" link to the left and posting your notes at the bottom of any post we have made.
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I saw her this morning and as soon as mom got home she wanted to see her....dad got to see her with sissy. Shes so cute...I love her already!!! keep us posted
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