[doozer22boys]

I was blown away by all the responses to my thread asking if it will get easier for me someday after adopting 2 at once. You all had some great advice...and the PM's I received were so touching. Thank you for caring. I feel like you all understand so much better than anyone else does and that is very helpful.

To add to my already colorful life: Regina (age 4) had emergency dental surgery yesterday morning. We were at the most wonderful children's hospital for this procedure. The actual surgery took over 2 hours. The dentist said it was one of the worst cases of teeth she's ever seen. She had 8 teeth pulled and crowns put on most of the remaining teeth. She also got spacers, etc... She looks very silver now. She was unable to sleep through the night before this due to her pain. She'd just weep quietly in her bed each night. It broke my heart. Nothing I did seemed to calm her much, but I sure tried. I had to call for pain meds to get her through each day and finally a dentist listened to my plea for help to get her in soon. They even allowed me into the initial recovery room with her since she's newly adopted and doesn't speak the language. She looked absolutely horrible but I was so thankful they allowed me in there. We bonded in a whole new way yesterday morning.

Anyway, I hope we are turning a corner now since this surgery has been done. Lilia is having trouble getting to sleep at night. Once we can get all 4 kids to bed at a decent hour and sleeping through the night I'll feel like a normal person again. My days are SO full that I must get enough sleep at night or I can't survive.

My goal for the next few days is to get out a bit more and to spend more time snuggling my boys. I feel like they're left in the dust right now. I actually made it to a T-ball game with all 4 kids by myself last night! I was so happy just being around my friends again while I was there. I gotta do that more often. Getting out of the house really lifts my spirits!