Baby Update

I've updated the adoption timeline date. China matched a few more days of LIDs this month... 8 days.... The rumor was 10, but 8 is better than 5. They are up to 1/20/06. So, there are only 76 days of LIDs for them to get through before us. Wow, that is ALOT. I never looked at it in days before. So if they only match 5 days per month it would take 15 more months for us to received our baby match. Oh that is totally depressing! I'm just going to forget I even mentioned that.

With that said, Don and I did decide to send in a medical conditions checklist and are open to adopting a baby with certain special needs. We did a lot of research and soul-search on this and feel good about this option. So now we continue to wait and see what God has in store for us.

We are also mid-way through becoming licensed foster care providers. We have completed the training and now have a boat load of paperwork to fill out, home visits etc.

So with all this underway, hopefully we will have a baby before we are both too old to parent them. haha

Bridal Shower

I gave my sister a bridal shower a couple of weeks ago. I can't believe she is getting married in a month (7/19/08). It seems like just a few years ago she was this darling little girl who always barged her way into my bedroom and wanted to mess up all my stuffed animals and "pretend" to talk on my phone. I'd always be yelling "mom, get her out of my room!" Now she is grown and on her own and I miss her a lot. I wish she'd come in my bedroom now and mess up my stuffed animals. The shower was great fun! We had a chocolate fountain and all sorts of stuff to dip in it. I think her friends really liked that part of it. She got lots of cool presents and we laughed a lot. Here is the invitation I made. I was so excited when I found this clip-art couple that looks just like Wendy& Steve would if they were cartoon characters. Aren't they an absolutely marvelous couple? I hope my sister knows how much I love her!!!! And wish her all the happiness in the world.