Brandi C

Here are all the details about my family.  My favorite, by far, is Big Daddy.

Big Daddy

• My favorite human on the planet
• He has a butt to die for 🙂
• His eyes are the bluest of blues
• He measures his goatee
• Diehard Cubs fan
• Has a fondness for food
• Didn’t learn to shoot a gun until his 40s when he changed careers
• Beautiful singing voice
• He may look mean but he is a softy
• Has made me a homemade pizza every week (with few exceptions) our 25 yrs together
• Now, *he* has swag
• Was a Long Snapper for Murray State University…paid for his education
• He rarely says no to me
• He does not dust….ever.
• Loves to travel
• Took him 20 yrs to find the job of his dreams
• He has never dated anyone but me
• Detests pickled beets
• Has a deep passion for Jesus
• He has a giant heart
• He can do anything he sets his heart and mind too
• He has my heart and then some

Victoria & Ben

• My firstborn
• Graduated a year early with her Criminal Justice degree
• Cannot burp
• Laughs at her own jokes
• Never stops talking
• Talks faster than the speed of light
• Looks like her mama
• Acts like her daddy
• LOVES Jesus
• Fluent in sign language
• Graduated from high school (homeschool) and *almost* enough credits to get her Associates Degree
• Brilliant
• Cannot work a rubik’s cube
• Pack.  Rat.
• Dances like no one is watching
• Music lover
• Wise beyond her years.
• Loved beyond reason

Ben

• He is an odd bird
• Eats soup with a fork (I kid you not)
• Smells everything
• Owns *way* too many pairs of shoes
• Obsessed with all things guns/knives
• Says “rolls bales” of hay instead of “round bales”
• Does not care for movies
• Will not eat green things
• Not a veggie lover
• Slightly fascinated with Saurkraut and Weinies
• Skeptic
• Mumbles when he talks to his parents
• Morning person but turns into an angry elf about 11
• Honest
• Prefers cats
• Likes to control everything in life
• Loves my daughter well

Alyssa

• My Secondborn
• Does not like odd numbers
• Looks like her daddy
• Acts like her mama
• Marches to the beat of her own drum
• Passionate about animals
• Loves Psychology
• Avid Music Listener
• Sneaky
• Bold
• Loves with her whole heart
• Does not like to cry
• Swimming is her sport
• Jesus changed her from the inside out
• Speaks her mind
• Lacks tack (much like her mother)
• Drives a bit like a grandma
• Loves to bake

Grayce

• Our first adopted child
• Aspires to sing, act, do hair and nails
• Can braid like a beast
• Avid reader
• Likes to write songs
• S.T.U.B.B.O.R.N.
• The shortest one of the family standing at a whopping 5’1″ (only when she wears thick soled shoes)
• A bit of a challenge
• Loves little kids
• Always anxious to go to church
• Meets no strangers
• Infectious smile
• Can clean a bathroom like a beast
• Enjoys cleaning floors with toothbrushes (go figure)
• Stinks at math (she gets that from me)
• Likes to color
• Loves black coffee
• Had her ears pierced with an ice cube and a needle at the ripe old age of 5 (seriously)

Noah

• My last biological child
• My first son
• He melts my heart
• Loves legos
• Enjoys jokes…even if they are only funny to him
• Excellent catcher in baseball
• Snake wrangler
• Has a deep love for The Temptations
• Learning to be a warrior for God
• Is an overcomer
• This boy can eat and then eat some more
• He has a kind heart
• Loves history
• He is the cat whisperer
• Only child with braces
• Still loves to snuggle
• Loves his 3 whiskers on his chin

Daniel

• My Second Adopted child
• Has a soft spot for the elderly
• He loves mohawks
• Only child with dyslexia
• Warrior for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
• Can dump a box of legos and create ships and guns with moving parts
• Imaginative
• Loves.  Loves.  Loves history and science
• This pose sums this child up….even a rock becomes and adventure
• He is super sensitive
• He has short term memory loss
• Aspires to be in the military, a police man or a firefighter
• Was baptized with his younger brother, Jude
• He had a carat earring, in one ear, when he moved in with us.
• Did not talk till he was 4
• Has the ability to bring anyone joy
• He is also an eater….like of everything including wallpaper, pool noodles, rocks and legos

Jude

• Our third adopted child
• Our only child from Ethiopia
• Has a total of 11 siblings in America and in Ethiopia
• Was originally named after his biological father and his paternal grandfather
• Noah gave him the first name of Israel
• He.  Is.  An.  Eater.
• Amazingly good at all sports
• He loves to read
• He has the greatest smile ever
• He could be a chef in the making because he loves to watch me cook
• He is diligent about his chores
• He taught Daniel how to tie his shoes
• He was the only child who was trilingual (Wolayitan, Amharic, and English)
• Does not know a stranger
• Loves the color orange
• He says he has “black man’s swag”….I simply agree
• Only child who has single sided deafness…we didn’t know for the first year

Hunter

• My fourth adopted son
• The youngest biological son of my niece
• He has Ataxia Telangictasia Like Disorder.
• He loves super heroes
• He thinks he is older than what he is.
• He has total of 8 siblings
• Loves to play with playdoh
• He loves to swim but hates to take a bath
• Has a fondness for his Mamaw
• Knows he is cute and uses that to his advantage
• He wants to be a sidewalk when he grows up (no typo)
• Has a deep love for sweet potato casserole
• He believes he is the 5th Ninja Turtle…now he is the blue Power Ranger.
• Likes to put pencils and other objects behind his ear
• Was terrified of stuffed animals for the first year he lived with us
• Still loves to be swaddled at nap and bedtime.
• He has been the easiest child I’ve ever had