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.


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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!

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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.

Homestudy Completed!

Well, You can say it took us along time to get our home study renewed! Thank goodness we had turned in our renewal for the I 171H before it expired way back when. We did our fingerprints again in Oct. Then my primary MD left her practice and I had to find a new MD. Uggh.... I hate Doctor appts. anyway and now I had to face finding a new Doctor and having her do my physical for the adoption papers.

So, I asked around and finally found a good Doctor that was really close by that I liked. I had to wait 2 months to get in for a physical. So while I was waiting I decided to do something about my weight. I went on a program and lost 38lbs Yahoo! I was very pleased and I still plan to loose some more weight but not in such an extreme way. I am eating small meals about 6 a day, avoiding carbs and eating alot of greens. I have continued to drop another 7lbs. Slow and sure now. My physical was fine.

We called our SW and she came to see us on Weds. evening. Completed our update visit and she will be sending it off to USCIS as soon as they get it typed up.
I am relieved and glad that it is behind us. I am not sure that we will do it again though. We are getting to that point where we feel we will be to old for another child even if it is a 2-3 year old. It is sad, but it could be a reality that we need to face.

Our agency has still not been put on the electronic CCAA list for WC. So, even though we are family #23 essentially it is non existent. So, we continue to wait and pray that something will change. Do I dream about her yes. I don't know if I can have complete faith in them though. Who knows maybe she will come to us via foster adoption. I just know that if it is meant to be it will happen because it is in God's plan not ours.

Meanwhile life here goes on. We continue to be really busy with #1 daughter and all of her various activities. I am co-chair for the Read-A-Thon at daughter's school this year. It is not a small task with 831 students to plan for. It has taken alot of work to coordinate it, prizes,volunteer's etc. for 2 weeks.

This is what I dream of....2 sisters sharing giggles and laughs and quiet moments together. Friends for life.............


Photo of Susan Rios painting from Pierside Gallery.

Princesses Bow

For those of you who are wondering where Cora bought the adorable monogrammed bow for little miss it was at Tip Top Lollipop on etsy. I am going to order some more as they are just adorable!


















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Grace is the unfailing commitment to love all persons, regardless of their beliefs. Only grace makes it possible for those who believe differently to respect and relate to one another. Grace allows us to disagree, to challenge the damaged beliefs of others even as we are challenged and to do this without violating the autonomy and dignity of others. Grace empowers us to embrace deeply divergent convictions even as we embrace one another. We love one another as God loves us-graciously.

~~ Philip Gulley and James Mulholland, writers~




For now I am going to leave you with pictures of one of my most favorite spots in the world! Mt Baldy~ Sun Valley, Idaho.


May grace go with you this week as you encounter others. Try to make someone smile....


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What Adorable Things Came Today!

Today was a fantastic day! I attended a Friendship Tea at NSB church. One of my GF's hosted a table for 10. There were 42 tables and no seats left. The function was completely sold out. What an amazing experience filled with friends and a gift of the seasons of tea. I have posted pictures on my other blog Our Cozy Cottage .

When I picked up the mail there was this sweet pink shipping envelope in our box and it was from my dear friend Cora Waiting For Little Miss What's Her Name blog. I absolutely just love everything she sent me! Thank you so much Cora. Princess loves her bow! The clips are just so sweet. I love cupcakes!!! The recipe looks fantastic and hubby is anxious for me to try it out. He adores anything chocolate... me too!



Okay can you tell she has gotten way to tall and I can no longer see the top of her head where her bows are unless I have her look down?!! She is like 4'9" and only 9 1/2years old. EEK.... Oh well she will just be tall like us!


So, I finally had to have her sit on the floor to get a good picture of her cute polka dot bow with a G on it!! She thinks its pretty special to have her initial on it.


These are all of the sweet clips! A pink with pink/green polka dots, a cupcake, cherries, another cupcake and a ribbon with cupcakes on it! I'm sure mei mei will just love them.


The recipe for "Best Chip Cookie Recipe Ever!"

Thank you so much Kim at Journey to Isabella for hosting this great clip/bow/recipe swap. It was oodles of fun!

It Is Official!

As of Monday February 2nd, 2009 we are now in THE REVIEW ROOM!!! Yippee.
It has taken us 21 months and 3 days to make it into this room at the CCAA.
This is where the Chinese officials will spend time going through our dossier to make sure that everything is in order with our request for our precious daughter. If there is anything that they are uncertain of they will contact our agency and ask questions of clarification.
Lets pray that there are no questions and that we will make it through with flying colors.





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Ten Things I am Thankful for.....

~friends who believe in you

~love notes

~art museums

~the first juicy bite of an apple

~ guitar solos

~wise words

~the familiar scents of home


~smooth landings

~the warming glow of a porch light

~homemade jams


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