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Rub-a-dub-dub...three babies in a tub

Love bath time with all the babies!  So do they!  Here they are having a ball in the bath!!

One day they are going to hate me for posting pictures like this, but for now, I LOVE IT!!

Love these sweet babies!

Rough week...

Well, sorry for the lack of posting.  It has been a long week!  All 6 kiddos have had strep throat.  I believe this is the first time all the kids have ended up with the same illness.  We shocked our pediatrician and our pharmacist.  They could not believe that all 6 kids had it.  Emory also had it, as of now I have been spared, although, my throat has been a tad bit sore this weekend.  Here's to hoping all those antibiotics I have been on for the past month (and still have 2 weeks left) are working.  

Even though all 6 kiddos were sick, Collier was the only one that truly acted like he didn't feel well.  He had the roughest week of all, so I am glad that he is improving.  

Here is a picture of the kiddos after they were all strep tested, and found to be positive....pretty happy bunch!!!  :)

Hopefully, I will have some good posts this week!  It is the last week of school for the Lott kiddos and we have a lot going on!  So ready for summer!!  Hope you all have a great week!!

A couple of new pics...

Just wanted to share a couple of pictures from all of our adventures this week!!  A post or two to come over the weekend!

Enjoy!

Percy and the babies

Hanging out with mommy at her doc appointment

Mina being silly!

Carson making friends with our cook!

Ebbo and Carson

Headed to school!

First pair of shoes

First real hair cut

haircut complete

Sound asleep

Percy

Reading a little

Mommy taught us to dip our cookies in milk

CHOA's new buzzing bee to distract from needle pokes.

Emmy being brave for her IV stick

Our favorite nurse practitioner at Aflac!  We love Charmaine!!

Playing at Aflac

Playing with service dogs at Emmy's Aflac appointment

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Loving on Jasmine the service dog

skateboarding

Riding a scooter

Eating lunch with Mina at school

Look at all those teeth

Mother's Day Cards

Mommyhood...

"Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for." 


I read this quote on a friend's page this morning, I'm pretty sure I have read it somewhere else as well, but either way, I love it.  


Being a mom to 6 children, I often get asked silly questions, like am I collecting children.  I never understood that question.  Being a mommy is most definitely not a hobby, or something to fill up my spare time. It is my life.  It is my calling.  This is what God created me for.  He created me to care for these 6 beautiful children.  I feel 
blessed and honored that He would think I am adequate enough to be their mommy.


Thankful for this calling.  Thankful for my babies!!  Thankful God's grace and mercies are new each morning, thankful for the time each day He gives me to care for these precious children.  


I am blessed.

Pro-Life...

I read an article today that made me so incredibly angry.  It was not the first time I have heard/read such a ridiculous statement, in fact, the last time I heard it, it was said to me.  It was an article written by a pro-choice activist.  As many of you know, I am extremely pro-life.  I could list all the reasons why, but I am sure they are obvious.

This woman who wrote the article, said and I am paraphrasing, "conservative baptist, conservative pro-lifers only care about the unborn, the babies in the womb, the could careless about children after they are born."  THAT IS A RIDICULOUS STATEMENT.

Look at this picture.  Do you see all those sweet faces.  Four of the six were adopted.  Two of the four were adopted out of foster care, 1 was 4 years old and the other at 3 weeks old, knowing she has a life-long chronic illness, BUT no, I'm a conservative baptist pro-lifer and I only care about babies in the womb.  Someone has actually had the nerve to make that statement to Emory and I before in their argument for pro-choice.  I wanted to say, "DUDE, look at my family, are you kidding, YOU CANNOT SAY THAT ABOUT US."

Pro-life means caring for the value of life.  ALL LIFE.  Not just in the womb, but for all human life.  I am appalled that pro-choicers have such little to stand on that they would claim this ridiculous lie.  That's what it is, a lie.  I am a conservative, baptist pro-lifer and my family is living, walking, breathing proof that WE care about life in and out of the womb.

Emory and I adopted for 2 reasons:  1) God commanded us to in James 1:27 and 2) our pro-life convictions were so strong we felt we needed to put our money where our mouth is and show these women that their babies are wanted!

I pray that women considering abortion would see that their babies are WANTED and there are wonderful families willing to adopt their sweet children!

If you are interested in adoption, I would love to give you more information.  Just visit our website for Faithful Adoption Consultants at www.faithfuladoptionconsultants.com.

Once again, thanks for reading my rant for the night!  Just needed to get that ridiculousness off my chest!

My favorite picture....

This picture was taken hours before our sweet Collier was born.  It is one of my favorite pictures, I wish I had planned on taking it, I would have dressed better for the occasion.  Oh well, such is life, right? I plan to order this image in a 30x30 to hang in our bedroom.  I love it.  I feel like it shows the love between our sweet kiddos before they even all knew each other.

They were all so excited about meeting their new baby brother.  The funny thing about being an adoptive family, and then having a biological child at the end is that the kiddos had no idea what to expect.  I remember when I found out the gender, Emory and I were so excited to tell the kiddos that they would have another brother.  Mina was less than thrilled.  She had put an order in for a girl, and she didn't quite understand why we went out and got the opposite.

Our world revolves around adoption here in the Lott home.  The majority of our children were brought to us through adoption, I own an adoption company and my kids hear adoption a million times a day.  They hear me talking to clients about their preferences, what race child, what gender, what exposures, etc.  My kids know adoption, the idea of biological children is foreign to them.  I am perfectly fine with that.  I want adoption to be our "normal".

My kiddos always hear me allowing people to tell me what they want in their child, so naturally, they assumed that they would be able to pick as well.  Throughout the entirety of my pregnancy, the kiddos would place their orders.  We want a brown baby girl, we want a mixed baby girl, we want this, we want that, etc.  They placed their orders, and they expected us to oblige.

Emory and I tried to explain to the kiddos that we don't get to choose, that things work a little differently when the baby comes straight from my tummy.  I didn't want to get into the birds and the bees, but I also didn't want them to be disappointed when Collier popped out WHITE and MALE.  The kids never could understand.  Thankful that they loved him no matter what, they loved him just as much as they would have if he bad been a brown baby girl like they ordered!  :)

I am so thankful that I have this picture.  It reminds me of all the memories of being pregnant and anticipating Collier's arrival.  This picture shows God's goodness and that His plan is always better than our own.  I am so grateful that the Lord flipped our lives upside down and commanded us to adopt. I am so thankful that He gave us the opportunity to have 2 biological children as well.  Most of all, I am so thankful that He adopted me. Thankful that He has written such a beautiful story for each of one our children.  HE IS GOOD.