Big Day!!

"A boy that is 0-18 months old 8/8/2007"

Our agency puts out a list of who is next on the waiting list. Guess who it is?? US! We are next on the list for an infant boy! We are cautiously optimistic!

Rob and Julie got the call yesterday. We were all floored. After waiting for 15 or so months, it seems like a good concept, but not reality. I can't post pictures, but take it from me. He is adorable!!

We're next...we're next!!!

My baby is 3! - but don't worry there's another on the way!

We celebrated Sophie's 3rd birthday quietly this year. She was sick on her birthday which is so sad because for the last 5 months whenever anyone told her no about anything she would reply "Maybe for my birthday?". She was just so excited for that day. She woke up just not feeling well. She was mostly over it by that evening. We celebrated on Sunday evening at the park with family. Check our her mosquito bites on her forehead while she is "working" on her computer. She is a favorite among the flying pest population.

The first picture is Sophie on her 2nd birthday. Her hair is growing - just slowly. We've had such a great year with our little girl. She has changed so much in one year. She LOVES Dora and all things Dora. She says that she is Boots. The rest of us are assigned different roles on different days. Her brother and sister are head over heels in love with her. I would have thought that after 2 years the honeymoon would be over. Not even close. She just has a way of winning people over. She is just such a sweet, funny, smart little girl.

I spoke with one of our social workers at our agency. She thinks we will have our referral for our little baby boy before the end of the year! We are excited and anxious to see his face for the first time!

Go

Read this post on my sister's blog.

She says it better than I can...


Watch for details... we've got some stuff "blowing in"

First Day - not really, but I forgot to take pictures before...

Seth has quite a progression of happiness. Let's just say that there was a bodily function involved in the cracking up in the last picture -- it's big in the 10 year old crowd.

Haiti

There are a couple GREAT blogs that I read. They serve to keep my perspective in line. I am sitting here listening to the rain fall. In the back of my mind are these families that have been displaced - they can't hop in the car and move to a safe location. Their lives were far more difficult than mine will ever be. Please pray and consider donating to this very worthy cause.

I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy. Psalm 140:12

RHFH Rescue Center

Click on the name above to see what awesome work they are doing and what destruction they have seen from the hurricanes.

Pre-School

Sophie had her first day of pre-school today. She was so cute, I could hardly stand it.

Home School

Apparently, I am funnier in my own head. I know, I know, that goes without saying. We decided to home school again this year. We home schooled for the '005/'06 year. Last year the kids went back to public school, but we really felt like we should give it another go. Anyway, I have an ongoing joke with some ladies about home school moms wearing denim jumpers and being a little socially awkward. I know it isn't nice - if you know me that is no surprise. So, I was meeting said ladies for lunch. I decided to take a trip to the resale shop first. I arrived in my denim jumper and bow in my hair. They were pretty shocked and didn't really know what to say. Again, I am funnier in my head. Oh well, I got a good laugh out of it.
- A few random pics. I will take a few more in the next couple days.