Book Signing and Selling

I babysat last week and litearlly had NO TIME to get online. I missed y'all- hopefully you missed me too! lol

You can order my book online by clicking here!!!

Today was my book signing!

Mr. Incredible and I. ♥ He doubled as the photog. :)
My littlest "fans," aka some of my most favorite kiddos in the whole world! {I wish Ryan could have been there. If he and Andrew were in this shot, I could call them the 7 dwarfs} lol
Like my new do? :)
It was pretty cool seeing my name on a bar code. ;)

Moster Mash

I haven't posted in the last few days because I have been quite busy. This week I get to babysit two of the most precious boys on the planet! This will be great practice for us!

We only have 3 more classes, then our home studies and we will be ready to get kids! Wahoo!!!

I was shopping at Target and saw the cutest stuff for a kids' bathroom. Below is what the bathroom used to look like:



I had bought all of this with the intention of putting it in our half bath one day. Well, this house does not have a half bath. Instead of boxing it all up for years, I decided to use it until we had kids and then box it up till we one day had a half bath. So when I saw the cute stuff at Target, I wrestled back and forth about redoing the bathroom. I decided to do it now so the kids could enjoy it, and when we get our kids- they can enjoy it too. :)

Tada! Much more kid friendly! The only two really fun rooms are the playroom and this bathroom. The bed rooms are fun, but more classy than these rooms. :)

I can't believe I didn't get a shot of the shower curtain. You will have to settle for the reflection in the mirror. :) Cute huh? :)
The toothbrush monster. (He held my paintbrush for me) :)

Rinse Monster and Soap Monster. Notice that the soap monster can be changed into different combinations. :)
Trash Monster. Also, all I did to the walls was I added the circle wall deacls, and here I painted multi colored dots to the already pink stripes. It looks fun and it saved me a TON of work. :)
Aren't those the cutest bath rugs ever!?! Also, there is a bit of the curtain as well.
I couldn't resist adding the "eyes" above the medicine cabinet.
The Towel Monster


The bathroom is fun, and unisex- something the other bathroom was neither. :)



The boys will be staying in the cow room. Notice the changes? :) Ready for move in! ;)

Pioneer Woman

This morning Bolt ;) BEGGED to go outside! I wanted to sleep, but alas, Bolt won as usual. I always let him out and then watch him from the window inside.

As I was looking out, I saw a Mocking Bird digging in the grass getting a worm. Hey, that's pretty cool- I have never seen a bird actually getting a worm before. The Discovery Channel fan in me kicked in and I sat and watched that little guy work really really hard. Then I started to notice that the worm looked a little too big to be a worm- it HAS to be a baby snake.

Curiosity took over and I had to get a closer look. I knew I would probably cost the little guy his lunch, but I couldn't help myself. As I walked out, the birdie flew away as expected. I walked closer and I stomped as I walked- just in case. Finally I saw him. Well, with my little angel Bolt walking the grounds, I had to protect him.

I picked up a little sprinkler and tried to hit it with the stake end of it. It coiled up, struck at me quite a few times. Yikes! So I picked up Bolt, and turned the sprinkler around and began beating it.


When I was a little girl, I would dig and pray that I could find a Garter snake. They never bit me or even struck at me. So I ask if this guy was a Garter or something worse.

I called Mr. Incredible to fill him in. We live on a lake, so ever since we moved in I have been worried about snakes. This little guy is the first. He thinks it could have been a Copper head or some other scary snake- but he hasn't seen the pic yet, so don't judge him on that.

Mr. Incredible had one question for me: did you brake the sprinkler? No honey, your son and I did NOT get bit thank you very much, but the sprinkler is OK. lol

After I took this pic, I threw it over the fence, and hopefully Mr. Mocking Bird can still have his lunch.

The Keierleber Characters???

Ok, so I have been busy with a blog revamp obviously. Since we are adopting children, (other people's children quite possibly), we wanted to make up nicknames for them for the blog. It was that or making this blog private, (which still may happen). I have to admit, I was inspired by MckMama to do the nicknames. Her's are much more clever, but I think mine will do just fine.

Now obviously y'all know our names right now, but from now on we will only be referred to as our nicknames. :)

I wanted to do a name that rhymed with Keierleber- Keierleber Crew, Keierleber Corral, etc. Well, PK really liked Corral, but I didn't think naming us after farm animals would be that fun. (cow, pig, etc- I think you get the idea).

I kept coming back to Disney characters or even Veggie Tales Characters. However, when I was playing with the Disney idea- I came up with PK's name, and LOVED it! Then a duh moment- Keierleber Characters. DUH! lol So without further adieu...

Meet the Keierleber Characters:

Mr. Incredible

A strong man, both physically and spiritually, Mr. Incredible truly is my hero. He provides for his family and is our spiritual leader. And I happen to think he is pretty incredible! :)

Cinderella

As a housewife, it is easy to sometimes feel like Cinderella with all I have to do. But I know one thing- that Fairy Godmother has NOTHING on my Heavenly Father. Being married to my prince is nothing short of a fairy tale. This princess, (daughter of The King), is so thankful to be living her dream: the wish her heart made, ;)

Bolt

Our precious pup who is SUCH a character. He walks on his hind legs, drinks from a human water bottle, and knows many tricks. He is so talented HE should be in the movies. ;)

More characters to come soon!!! Other princesses, Toy Story characters, etc! :)

What do you think about our new blog?

Ice Cream Therapy

We have to attend 8 training classes with our adoption agency, (as well as 4 other trainings, CPR, etc). Tonight's lesson: Sexual Abuse.

I could sit and watch a gory, murder movie all day long, and not get sick at all. The one thing that makes me sick- physically sick- is sexual abuse. I used to watch Law and Order and SVU would make me sick. Rape, child abuse- ugh.

When I worked at an elementary school, I knew a little boy who was sexually abused. He has so many issues in life- it is absolutely heart breaking.

To sit through a 2 hour class where the subject is sexual abuse- this will be torture.

My brain never stops, and I know that after this class I will not be able to get it out of my head. If I drank, after this class I would so have to go for a drink. But, since I don't drink- we will have to go for ice cream.


While you are praying for our children, also keep all the sweet kiddos that are hurting in your prayers too.


In more fun news: click here and see about book signing giveaway. :)

And click here to see my other blog's new post. :)

Nesting

Sorry I have not posted as much lately. We are half way through with adoption training, and it has taken most of our time. We are enjoying every minute though. My degree is in child development, so I have heard all of this before. However, it is nice to 1. get a review, and 2. for Paul to get this information too. It really helps you understand what behavior is appropriate and inappropriate, and how to handle all those situations properly. Also, our agency is a Christian agency, which is AWESOME! Everything we cover is backed up Biblically. :)

I have been a nanny since October, and I really enjoyed it. When I took the job I had planned to work there for at least two years, and we would then pursue an African adoption. When we decided to move forward with domestic adoption, I put in my 2 weeks. As much as I loved working with the kids, it sure is nice to go back to being a housewife. :)

I am definitely in the nesting frame of mind. I think it is for 2 reasons:

1. we could have kids in our house (Lord willing), as early as April. Not that we will get them by then, but we will eligible to get them by then.

2. When I became a nanny, I had NO time at home to clean my house at all. I think that now that I can, I actually WANT to clean- (not like me AT ALL) LOL

Now for the fun part: I needed a diaper bag. There was a Vera Bradley one I wanted in the pattern of Sitting in a Tree, (you will see in a min). I was back and forth between the back pack and diaper bag. Well, my mom and I were shopping and we saw the CUTEST VB purse, and she said she would buy one for me. WAHOO! :) Well, as much as I wanted the new purse, I knew the wise choice would be to get the diaper bag instead. Well, the backpack and diaper bag we pretty expensive. Then my mom had a brilliant idea:

This is my ginormous VB purse which my mom suggested I use as my diaper bag. GENIUS! Why didn't I think of that? :)

So instead of buying the diaper bag in this print, my mom got me this purse as my everyday purse, and now I will use the other purse as my diaper bag. :) BTW, I LOVE this new purse!!!!! Thanks Mom!!!

In other nesting thoughts: the nurseries are already decorated as y'all have seen on here. However, as much as I LOVE the bird room, I SO want to make some changes:

All of these Vera Bradley items can be purchased here. These are not even on the official website! On the official website, you can purchase wrapping paper. I am so tempted to buy all this and the paper too and do a full bird room revamp. I want to, but I won't. sigh.


These are dessert plates, but I want her to make full dinner settings in this print, (she has a full dinner setting in another print). sigh again. ;)

3 Doors Down

This post is about 3 different things and one of those just happens to be about 3 doors: {oh and I just noticed that today is the 3rd day of the 3rd month. Didn't plan that but pretty cool non the less. Ok, I'm a dork... moving on}

1. We have recently had 3 doors open to us in regards to our family. 2 adoption doors, and 1 move door which would probably affect the adoption. It is hard to discern which one is the best for us when they are all good doors. Hence the lack of posting. Thank you for your prayers. :)

It is official, (for now cause God could always throw a curve ball tomorrow).

We are adopting locally here in Texas! We had our orientation yesterday, and we have 10 more training days in this month left. Then we have our home study, and then we wait!!! It is happening people!!! :)


2. My book signing has had a little change in time. It will be at the same place from 10AM-12PM. Please join me at Hastings in Lake Jackson, and get your copy of my book, "She is NOT your REAL Mommy!" From 10am-12PM, come to get your signed copy, and get your name put in the drawing for some pretty exciting door prizes, (one of which being a gift certificate from Steven Leonard Photography). :) Thanks for your support! Please invite anyone you know who may be interested! RSVPs are GREATLY appreciated!


3. In some not so exciting news... exactly, (quite possibly to the day), one year after getting my first infection, I have another bout of Staph infection. joy. Weird that it is almost to the day one year later, huh?