No new news here!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. Just trying to keep up on things and get organized before baby here. We are still number one on the list. TET the Vietnames New Years celebration was last weekend and things shut down in Vietnam for awhile. So we've heard it there may be another delay until March. Which as fast as time is flying, is really just around the corner. I believe that God has chose the baby meant for our family and she's just not ready for us yet. Also May would be a terrible month for both my husband and I to travel so with this delay it may be June before we go and that would work out much better for both of us. So SEE things happen for a reason, and will work out for the best in the long run. With international adoption you learn patience. And you can't get frustrated with every little change or delay otherwise you will be a miserable person. Life is too short and too full of great things to "sweat the small stuff" as they say. Besides..... my little 4 1/2 yr old just asked me last night, "Mom are you a Grandma?" "No honey you and your brother would have to have kids before that can happen." "Well Mom I have good news! I've decided I DO want to have kids!" And she was all smiley and happy about this important decision at age 4 1/2! Just the other day she told her Grandma she was not getting married and she was not going to be a Mom because she is living with her Mom and Dad forever! Oh I love it when they say that! Another cute thing she expressed the other day while grocery shopping, "Mom! Dad! I've decided I'm going to work at Mom's Chocolate Shop AND I'm not just going to work there, I'm going to be the Manager! Mom's going to be the owner!" She again was so excited she had made this decision. She can carry quite the converstation for her age! I have no idea where she gets that!! Now her brother is just happy to get a new sled and spend an hour going up and down the hill in the back yard as his sister and I wave to him from the warmth of our kitchen. Between sledding, his love for Basketball and video games it's hard to get all that school work in! But I am really enjoying the times we're having together in case I'm sleep deprived with a baby soon!

Soon there will be five...

I thought I'd post more pictures of our family since hopefully soon we can update them with all five of us posing! 2-3 kids? Is it really that much different? Some say yes, huge difference, others say 2 is busy and 3 just keeps the momentum going. I think it depends on the kids and their ages. Heck we'll have a built in baby sitter soon since our son is almost 10!

This is my friend that has yet to read this blog!

Aren't I cruel? I told her that I would put a picture of her on my blog just so she would go to it to read it. She's said she didn't have the addresss, so I emailed it to her over and over, then she said the link didn't work, I explained how to mannually type in a web address, then yesterday I said oh well then you won't see the cute picture of yourself I put on there. She didn't believe me. Well LISA if you read this you can click on the comments button below this and leave me a comment sweetie!

We're number 1! Can't be number 2! Come on everybody do the adoption boogaloo!

We were told by our agency director yesterday that 2 infant girl referrals have gone out so now we're number 1! It could be any day, it could be a Month! So if you're a control freak and like to plan every little detail of your life.....adoption may not be for you! Because there are a TON of unknowns. We live with the comfort of knowing that we will be blessed with a precious baby girl soon. And that God will make it happen when it's meant to be. And we will become parents of a baby that was meant to be for our family!

We're number 2!

Number one received their referral! Yeah! Congrats Karen and Matt. We unfortunately don't know the person in line after them so we're not sure if they have heard anything yet. I'm just dying for pictures. I want to decorate them, make cards, put in frames, you know all that fun stuff you do with you're new baby pictures. They have learned that their baby is in the same orphange as Susan's baby and Sarah's baby. So she can hopefully get updates from them when they go to get their babies! And baby Lucy and also baby Gracie were there and are now home and settling in. So from what we know from them a couple little babies were brought in there in December. And it's a very small orphanage with a lot of loving care takers. They said there were 4-babies when they left with 3 care takers. That's a great ratio! I saw a video from one of the Mom's and the nanny was holding their baby and sobbing. She was so torn to see her go after caring for her for 5 months. So the babies are well loved there which is so sweet and nice. I can't wait to hear where are baby is!!!