Git 'er done!!

Yea!! We're good and sealed! My only regret was that there weren't any Prop. 8 protesters to be in our pictures. :( On Saturday, November 29th, at later than 11am, Isaac was sealed to us! Our shed-u-eled appointment was 11am, and we were promptly there at 10am to sign in. Unfortunately as we were getting our records checked, we realized we forgot to bring our adoption decree. Not good. We had to drive home and get it. On our way out of the temple, we were able to greet all our guests coming in!

45 minutes later, we came bursting back into the temple and the workers rushed us around to get into the sealing room in time. The boys had been in the temple nursery this whole time. Isaac was really happy to be sealed and had the cutest smile on his face. Joseph was pretty much terrified and was close to tears the whole time we were in the sealing room. He really enjoyed all the "Christmas lights" though! (the chandeliers) We asked to have a few minutes in the sealing room after our guests had left. It was so awesome to look in the mirror and see our little family of 4 all dressed in white. We can truly be together forever and ever! I can't even tell you how grateful we are for the atonement of our Savior who made this possible and for the restoration of the sealing keys. The other 2 saviors in our lives are the birthmoms of our boys. They gave us our family. How can you not love someone who would GIVE YOU THEIR BABY!!? They did something for us that we can never do for ourselves. What other definition of a savior is there? We love them more than words can say. Our boys will ALWAYS know that these women made a huge sacrifice because they loved their babies more than self. They are our family's heroes and we will love them forever and ever.

I'm pregnant!? and It's FINAL! tee hee hee!

Catchy title, huh? :) Our adoption was finalized on November 5! woo hoo! Poor kid is stuck in the crazy family now!!! hahaha!

So, I'm finally back from the valley of the shadow of death. I've felt freakin' sick for over a week. Don't try to diagnosed me cause it makes me irritated, but I feel nauseated, dizzy, so tired, emotional, and cranky. My Dr. doesn't know what it is, but yes, I have an appt. with her next week. Just like those of you who are totally crazy, she wondered if I'm pregnant, so she made me go to the lab to take a pregnancy test. And it came back.....

What do you think? Hello! Did I have an affair and I didn't even know it? Of course I'm not pregnant. Speaking of which, since this is my blog and I live in America and can say whatever I want to say, let me get on my soap box about something. When people adopt, don't say, "That's ok, a lot of people adopt and then they get pregnant." That is the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Sure it happens to some people, but you're telling me that my first child doesn't count, and hopefully I can get "one of my own" that DOES count?! It is insensitive, unthoughtful, rude, and just stupid. Don't feel bad that people "have to" adopt. Just say, "Yay!!! I'm so happy for you!!!!" Adoption is the most awesome experience ever and I would actually be really ticked if I were prego at this point, because that is NOT how I want to build our family. Adoption is now our FIRST choice. Whew.

So anyhow, my Customer of the Past 2 Weeks......da da da daaaa! My sister Monica! Let me tell you why. Monica had a "Scentsy Basket Party" at work. It is super easy (especially if you hate going to those annoying home parties where people apply extreme amounts of pressure to buy their stuff). You just take a set of mini-testers of all the Scentsy scents to work and leave it in your breakroom, office, etc. for people to smell, along with a bunch of order forms and catalogs, and voila! Free stuff for you! I also have an honorary customer of the week; Tiffany J. purely for saying "Oh! pick me, pick me! " Really she just wanted me to read her blog, which I did! :) tee hee!

So during all my sickness and suffering in silence, Dave ended up giving me a few priesthood blessings. Before the latest one, he told Joseph that he was going to give mom a blessing. Joseph immediately laid both hands on my head. We were touched and thought it was really sweet. We weren't sure about protocol on this one, so we let him keep them there. He stood there for half the blessing. I think it will be really neat to someday have my sons give me a real blessing.

And as for poop....Joseph changed his own diaper today. I didn't know it until I found a poopy diaper in the hall. I patted his bottom to see if he replaced it, and he did! The next time I changed his diaper I checked to see how he did. It was pretty good! So, this must be the potty training sign. I'm still not going to think about it till January.

I gave Isaac his first haircut and didn't do so great. I wanted it to look nice for the temple sealing coming up, so I took him to a "pro" to fix it. So, she ended up shaving his head (see above) and I was so ticked and came home and cried and cried. Urrgh! I don't care how bad I did it, I'm doing it next time! My baby has a freakin' buzz!! By the way, all of my endowed friends(even those from far far away) are welcome to come to the sealing. Contact me for time and place! (We can't have any crazy freakin' weirdos from the internet crashing our sealing!)

That's all.

My brother-in-law is famous!

I think this is so cool so I'm sharing. My sister's husband went to Afghanistan as an intelligence officer and got wounded and came home. His story made the news. Watch the video. It's better than the article.
http://www.kutv.com/content/news/specialreport/story.aspx?content_id=cf91822d-b97e-4fa5-9c32-d805e1108064

Pee Pee M&Ms

Hello friends, family, and fans of the Farrers! I've been learning blogging etiquette and have been told that if I want people to keep reading mine, I have to leave comments on others. So I'm trying to leave 2 or 3 a week. Just be patient. Ok Ok, I have a testimony of Facebook. I'll admit it. A long ago friend from Rochester found us whom we wouldn't have found in any other way.....and I know that Facebook is true....with every fiber of my being....beyond a shadow of a doubt...and I won't take it fer "granite"....ever again... sniff...

I've been giving Joseph 3 M&Ms when he goes potty. (mind you I haven't started any formal training yet....not till January.... or March) I give them to him while he's still on the potty (immediate gratification right?) "Something" told me not to do it this time and sure enough, he ate one, dropped 2 in the pee pee water, snatched one out and into his mouth and I flushed as fast as I could to keep the other pee pee m&m from from being inhaled. Ok, how gross is that? pee pee m&ms?

One more story before we get down to the bis-ness (with a silent first "s" like bi....ness)

We have playgroup at the gym in the church and sure enough Joseph runs out and disappears. So I check every classroom for that little pill. I end up in the chapel where he is giving a talk at the podium. When I reach him, he says to me, "That's a time out." I've taught him well.

Isaac's adoption finalization was postponed because the judge was sick....urrgh. So we're doing it through the mail and it should be done by the 8th.

The CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK is.......Patty! (Isaac's birthmom's birthcoach's mom!!!!)Yeaaaaaa Patty!!!! Patty went for the Scentsy plug-ins cause she knows a great deal when she sees one!!! Thanks Patty!!!

Last of all, of course they'll end up at the top apparently, are the pics of my so cute kiddos.

Love you all,

Jo

Facebook...What the heck???

So I know you're anxious to hear who the customer of the week is, but seriously, I have to tell you I was "found" on Facebook. I blame it collectively on 3 of my REAL life friends. One wanted me to read her facebook so I was like, OK. Apparently that made me be on facebook. The second friend posted my picture. And the third friend saw my picture and BAM! I was found after years and years of hiding out in the witness protection program. So now I'm getting tons of emails from my mission friends asking if I'll be their "friend". Wasn't I already their friend? Some of them write on my "wall" but most of them don't write anything at all. So do people just go on there to collect pretend "friends" cuz they don't have any in real life? I let everyone be my friend, mostly cause I feel bad that they've been reduced to this kind of "friend" collecting and cuz heck! It's not even real! Do they pick me just because I know the same people as them or do they really care about me and my family and what's going on in my life? If we're friends, why don't we hang out together in REAL life? Why don't they use a REAL phone and call and ask how I'm doing?Why don't they send me REAL Christmas cards? This is the weirdest experience I've had in a long time. I don't get it. But then again, now I blog. But I'm just using it as a...uh..."journal". Right.

Ok, so my customer of the week is....da da da daaaaa.... ME! I bought pretty much a serious ton load of stuff to sell at 3 different holiday bazaars coming up. I should earn some serious cash flow. So, best of luck to me!

My birthday is tomorrow and I'll be 35. Holy crap! That's half of 70. I'm hoping to die before 80, so at least my life isn't quite half over yet. On Thursday I'm doing a Scentsy party at Isaac's birthmom's house. Is that the coolest thing in the world? She's so awesome! On Friday we go to court to finalize Issac's adoption. woo hoo! We're so excited! Of course nothing compares to the sealing!!!

No poop deck this week. Sorry to those of you who are following this closely. But he just spent 20 minutes on the potty! These pics are of my boys sitting in the cubby and I'm not sure what else. Maybe Isaac's 3 month b-day (blue onesie) and just other adorable things my 3 boys do. Aren't I lucky? After 20 years of being so boy crazy, I end up with the 3 cutest boys in the whole world!!!!! Cute movie below!

Last of all, to Rachel G. who asked if its ok if she reads my blog. Of course it is! And to all those creepy stalkers/killers out there reading it, ew gross, go away! And to any friends reading this and aren't telling me, show yourselves!!! I want to know who my audience is and who cares enough about our family to read about us. cute movie below! sorry so dark!

jo

Will the poop never end?

I know you've all been wildly anticipating the customer of the week! Well, it is....the girls who came to my first party and my father-in-law Rand Farrer, was a close second!
Everyone's a winner with Scentsy wickless products!

I would also like to give a "shout out" to Isaac's birthmom who explained to everyone in my las blog what I mean by "serenity now!!!!" Thanks!

So, let's see, how many times did Joseph poop outside this week? Let me count the times. urrgh! I'm going to potty train him in January, right after he turns 3. Let's face it. I'm putting it off. I don't want to do it! Not even a little bit! I have ZERO desire. I'll pay any of you to do it for me and give you a free room spray! He knows HOW to do it, he just doesn't WANT to!

But I know what you really care about; you just want to see pictures of my kids. That's ok, I lost the attention when we got Joseph. I'm used to it now. Since I didn't listen to my best friend Cindy's instruction on how to set my page up in order, you have to go back up to the top. I really don't think I HAVE to figure this out. It's not like it puts anyone out to have to go back to the top of the page. I got the video in the right place!

So, I forgot the most important thing! HELLO! We have a court date for Isaac's finalization on October 30th, woo hoo! woo hoo! It's almost official!!

Reminder! My First Scentsy party is Thursday, Oct. 16!

For those of you who are a little intimidated about parties. Please know that I am both the hostess AND the consultant. It's my first party! Also know that I am a low to no pressure salesperson. Come enjoy the Christmas treats and get your shopping done early!! From $3 to $30!! You can't beat it! Just come hang out with us! You'll be POPULAR!!! If you honestly can't make it, ask for a catalog or go to my website www.scentsy.com/serenitynow (you know, like on Seinfeld!?)