Post #99

Hi everyone!
Yes I have been gone for a very long time! What a busy and crazy 4 months it has been. When I have time I will catch you all up on what we were doing. I did find out I have to have surgery on my right ankle as I have a completely torn tendon. OUCH!! Which means by the way that I will not be able to drive for 2-2.5 months. I just laugh otherwise I will cry. I have absolutely no idea how we will make it through that time with out me driving. We only have 3 days a week of therapies for Princess outside of school pick up and drop off.
All of our family is in CA so we will be trusting that the Lord will provide us with what we need!

So, I goofed! We are only on Post #99. Apparently, I had one post that was never published. It was just a draft. So, I had to contact my friend about the give away and see if she would still be able to make the Knot dress. She can but, the fabric choices have changed. As soon as we have those ready to go we will have you sign up for the give away. I will be posting it this weekend if dear C and I can get the information together.

We made it to Lake Tahoe this summer and had a wonderful time. Here are a few pictures. I got the nasty flu bug and spent 3 days in the cabin. Therefore not many fun pictures were taken.


Hanging out at Sugar Pine State Park!


My water girl!


Princess is ready to go to the beach!


Our adorable cabin we stayed in at Lake Tahoe!

Well I have missed you all and look forward to catching up!

25 Month LID Anniversary! Post # 99 OMG!!!

Yesterday was our 25th month Anniversary of our Dossier being sent to China and logged in. Yahoo! The very strange thing is that we also got a call from our agency to review some WC files. We are so very confused and not sure what to do. Is it possible I might have to change my blog colors? Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we go thru this difficult process. We have 3 to look at. We might choose one or we might not.This is incredibly hard. I have been in tears on and off all day.



On another note, I am one post away from my 100th post giveaway! This is what you have a chance to win. A beautiful handmade knot dress for you precious daughter from Cora @Little Miss blankets and stuff. I have her button on the right side of the blog. Just click to go see her adorable creations! To see all the different ways you can enter please visit post #97. I will explain it again on my 100th post. Princess will randomly draw the name. I will have this running for 3 days once my 100th post is posted.
It should be fun!!











We are having some just incredible weather lately. It has been so gorgeous. My peonies are getting ready to pop! We picked up a play set today for free from some friends that are moving. Princess is over the moon with excitement and can't wait until we finish construction. We have to replace a few rotted out boards, clean it down and then it should be ready to go! Is this an omen..... Get play set WC referrals will come!!


;o OMG!!

Post # 98!!

Happy belated Memorial Day!! Thank you to all of the service men and women who fought for our country and what it stands for. God Bless You!!

Okay so I've been a little busy around here! Sorry if you think I have been slacking but it is not true... Princess has started a new therapy for Auditory Processing Disorder. We are going everyday. I pick her up from school around 3:15, drive her to Bellevue, have therapy from 4-6 pm, drive her home. If it is a good night with traffic we are home in 30 mins. If not it can be 1 hour. By the time we get home we are both starving and zapped of energy. When it is your child you will go to great lengths to help them in anyway you can. Fortunately my parents are helping out with the bill for this one. Insurance will not pay for it. What I have noticed so far is that she is more focused and on task most of the time, less looping and getting stuck on things, increase in expressive communication and increase in her comprehension. YAHOO!! What a blessing...

Other things I am doing is Spa Night for 30 ladies, singing in Praise in church, planning our trip to CA, planning Princesses 10th BD, finishing paperwork etc.
We leave for home on June 11th and I can't wait!!!


This will be my motto for now!

This is post #98. Only 2 more until we start the give away!! Hang in there Kim. It is going to happen soon! :)

This is post 97!! Just 3 more posts....

Just thought I would say hi and let you see some of the beauty that is around our area right now! I just love cherry blossoms and spring time! Unfortunately my allergies do not like this time of year. So, I am coughing,sneezing,and have a congested head and a runny nose.








For the 100th post give away I will have you sign up for 2 days and then I will have Gabby pull a random drawing out of the list of names. You will have several ways to enter. 1 entry for leaving me a comment on the 100th post. 2 entries for doing a post about it on your blog and linking your post to my blog. 1 entry for being a follower of my blog. So, you have 4 tries at winning the adorable knot dress designed by Cora in the fabric and size of your choice.

The 100th Post Give Away Prize! Currently at 96...

I have met a wonderful friend thorough our process of trying to adopt in China. Her name is Cora. We are using the same adoption agency. Cora and Jim are adopting from China and are trying to do a concurrent adoption from Burundi. We are actually in the same DTC yahoo group ~~ April DTC 2007 Cherry Blossoms~~. Cora is very talented on the sewing machine. She started making some very soft flannel blankets and now is making some adorable dresses to help with the adoption cost. She has her own blog site for her creations Little Miss's Blankets and Stuff. Go checkout her cute creations . The Prize I will be giving away is one of her adorable Knot Dresses.


Front


Back






Don't you just love it? It is just so girly girl and twirly. What fun and great colors too! It is sweet with the little apron. I can see it with a t shirt under it and some pink Mary Janes or a turtle neck and those Ugg boots or just the dress and barefoot in the summer sun. I just can't wait to see it on one of your girls. She has 3 different fabric choices for this dress and can make it in sizes 6 mos.to 4t and 5 to 8. So,so precious. Go and dream.....


Fabric Choices

On another note our 2 year LID Anniversary is tomorrow! I think we will go out and celebrate. Maybe we will have dumplings!

April 30, 2007

RQ has posted that CCAA has changed their box to read April 30,2007 is now out of the Review Room. This means that those DTC that they have questions on will be sent to their adoption agencies which could take up to 2 weeks. So, yes I am excited but, will sit on pins and needles for the next 2 weeks. We need to official hear from AAO that our dossier is not being questioned.

So while we wait we will continue to dream about precious little ones like these.



Sweet Cheeks Baby Cake
Mommy and Daddy pray for you every night that you are safe, happy and healthy. Just know that we love you very much! We can't wait to meet you and see your beautiful face. We know that it will be love at first sight and we were meant to be a forever family. We are coming little one. The stars above you are looking over you each night for us. Wish and Dream little one and it will come true.....

I will be having a give away for my 100th post in a few days. I have a Cherry Blossom friend who loves to sew and create things. She is going to make an adorable Knot dress for my give away prize. Stay tuned!!!

Happy Day!!

Happy Earth Day!! Hope you did something to celebrate this wonderful place that we live on.

Happy Birthday dear sister! I miss you and can't wait to see you soon.
Happy Birthday Cora!! Hope it was special.
Happy Anniversary Kim and hubby!

:)

It Has Been 23 Months Today!

23 months of waiting for our girl - by jodyrenee on Polyvore.com

23 precious shoes for 23 months! It may grow to 36 months or more. Oh well, life goes on and we are busy, happy and loving life.

Well, I am in the Dog HOUSE.....

The Darby dog house by La Petite Maison.

The inside of the Darby dog house.
Photo's from Table Five Designs.


Well if your going to be in the Dog house. I would like it to be this one please. So this weekend I put us in the Dog house with our agency. I kinda voiced my opinion that I did not feel like we were being given updates on the various programs at our agency enough. I was not the only one to voice this on our yahoo group. It is not a very effective group as the owners of the agency are the moderators. So, basically I pissed them off and they came back with this long dissertation about how many updates they have sent us in the last couple of months. Talk about having egg on your face..... Of course other people had to chime in too, which made me feel twice as bad.

The good thing is that they sent out another update this evening about the WC program. They just received their application from CCAA to join the electronic WC system. They will be sending it back tomorrow. This is a great thing yes, but we are still family #22 or 23 on that list. I am not holding my breath as we have been in this position since Jan. 2008. Maybe I can see a faint glimmer at the end of the tunnel. Of course I emailed them and said Thank you for the update. Pardon for my emotional out burst and I will try to be better! Gravel......

Still feeling like I have EGG ON MY FACE.....


Do I Have Egg On My Face?

Photo from Flickr CC's.

What can I say......

This says it all. We still have a few years to go. We have officially been LID for 22 months now.