HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jane got her TA! She is going to China! Hurray!! Now let 2008 bring on the referrals for EVERYONE! And let my friends Cindi and Debbie go to China soon!!!!

Have a Happy, Safe New Year everyone....we are celebrating at home.....I love quiet time!!!! I'll probably make it until about 10:00 pm............ha ha ha!!

MADDIE MOMMY IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Praying for a Miracle here!

Ok everyone! Jane needs a miracle to get her TA here on Monday!! She has been waiting since August with the referral in her hand!! Time to go!! Please take a moment and think of her!!!

So can we ask these people to get the lead out!!

Also Cindi would like to go get her little boy!! Davis has been waiting for his Mommy since April 2007!!!

I think it's time for these people to have a little Miracle here!!!!!!

Stop by and say hey to Jane, she is feeling a little down!!

Merry Christmas

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!

I hope you enjoy.....hee hee.....Anthony's Christmas Song.....

He maybe famous one day so remember the face!!!!!

In a million years you would not believe this....

Today we were shopping and decided to stop and get a sandwich. Well we went to a Cafe that we normally don't go to.......

Here is my story!! ALL 100% true.....

Emily kept turning in her seat to play and laugh at the lady behind me. Well me not wanting to be rude, I kept turning her around so she wouldn't bother them. I couldn't see the lady behind me and I didn't want to be staring at her. So around the end of our meal, she comes up and puts her hand on me. An elderly Asian American woman. She smiles and comments on how well Emily is doing with her spoon.....Emily is eating soup, and making a complete mess, but this woman was in love...I could tell. She then gets talking to me about how in the 40's her dad took her and they fled China, into Taiwan. Well she says then she was sent to America to go to school and met her husband......also Asian American, and also seated behind me.

So here it is folks the good part..........She asks me where Emily is from...and we all know how BIG China is.......I tell her Shaanxi....Well she almost fell in the floor....she looks and me and says.............."My husband is from Shaanxi."

Now even beyond that, is this miracle.......Emily (ever since Gotcha Day) has not liked being near the Asians...in fact we had a run in at Walmart and she freaked out on me. (An Asian American attempted to pick her up....just being friendly).

WELL she LOVED this Grandmother...Emily smiled, laughed, attempted to say Goodbye in Chinese, and waved goodbye...........I was FLOORED!

IS THAT NOT INCREDIBLE????????????????????

A Cute Story

This is our friend Honker. (The big gray one) Honker was one of the first friends we made when we moved to this neighborhood. Honker came over and sat by my beach towel. I of course thought it was love. Honker was only interested in my wheat thins! I named him Honker because he is LOUD.

Honker has had a rough time of it. Every year we see him/her (still not sure if he is a girl or boy), sit on his/her egg. It never hatches. Year after year we watch him sitting in the sun and rain with his egg. Never any luck. We always feel sorry for him.

Well big news folks. Honker has adopted. Yes that is right. Honker has taken over another goose's care. His mommy abandoned him. So even Honker has jumped on the adoption band wagon.

It does my heart good to see Honker mothering his baby. So sweet. So you see even the animals know that we are here to look out for one another. It doesn't matter what we look like. We all just need someone to love us.

By the way, we are calling the baby Peep. I have to get some photos of Peep, but Honker is not allowing anyone near his baby right now. I guess they are still in the bonding stage......:)

Wordless Wednesday

New SN List

This is a shout out for our agency! We have a new waiting children list and there is a 4 yr old on there I would LOVE to have.....too bad we can't afford it now!!!

Here is the website....you need to click on "Click here for Waiting Children"


ENJOY!!

www.livinghopeadoption.org

My Christmas Wish

Merry Christmas everyone and if I don't tell you.....you are wonderful friends! I can't believe all the friends we have found thru the adoption of our daughter. Who would have known 2 years ago......

My Christmas wish is that all of you will be holding your children next year. I hope we all have a wonderful Christmas!! I hope those of you waiting will find peace, and enjoy the holiday. I hope the children in China will be warm and loved this Christmas, and that the powers that be will get the lead out, and send these angels home to their families that already love them!!

Hugs!!

You have to have this!

Ok, I don't find many baby items that I feel we need, but this one you do! Think about the 13 hour flight home and 1000+ cheerios, or Gerber puffs in your lap! This thing is great. The snack won't fall out....they have to reach in and take it out. Look at the top. It's a very soft plastic that traps the snack!! BTW, everyone says take Cheerios.....Emily hated them....She LOVED the Gerber Puffs, and they come in a very easy to pack can.....although I have seen Cheerios making a similiar can now too.....

I'll show the Gerber puffs next time. I'm hoping to help those of you waiting to go. Most of the gadgets out there you don't need...but for under $3 this snacktrap is the best bargain I've seen!!! You can get them at Babies R Us, and Walmart.....if you can find them...they sell out quick. They also have a website......www.snacktrap.com No I don't get paid for this!!!

Ok need your help so leave me your thoughts

Ok this has been on the news and Anthony has asked for the book for Christmas. "The Golden Compass"....apparently it's supposed to be an anti-God book. Now I'm asking because I don't have time to read the 1000 plus pages, but I also know I've raised my children to have values and know real from fantasy. A lot of people don't like Harry Potter, but this seems to be a different situation. Now the previews to me looks like a Disney Witch movie, but who knows.... Now I have an issue with people banning books, but this one kinda bothers me........anyone heard about this........

ON another note...I'm closed today because my daycare babies are sick. My one little one, (they are twin boys 17months) is so sick he may be put in the hospital. I'm so freaking ticked that the doctor waited SO LONG to do anything. Kept telling the mother that it was a simple cold. MY REAR!!! I knew he was SICK!! Ladies, when you get your babies, don't believe your doctor if your gut is telling you otherwise!!!! I told this mom 3x's that she needed a second opinion!! Finally this doctor looked at them again and the child is so congested that he is wheezing!!! I'm so MAD!!!!!!!!!! Doctors did this to Bruce and I when Hayden was 6 months old. Treated us like worry wart parents......Hayden almost DIED from RSV! We were very LUCKY!!! Believe me we switched doctors!! Don't let this happen to you!!!

Ok total Vent here!

OMG, I have to work with this lady that is such a butt! Is all I can say nicely!! She has an opinion and it's the only one that is right! Do you understand what I'm saying? Oh don't those people drive you insane!!! Oh I am so tired of her!!! And she helps make decisions that decide our license requirements!!! She has voted yes to a lot of STUPID regulations that now I have to follow!! What does these mean for me???? More FRIGGING classtime!!! Ok I'm sorry here, but I'm fed up!!! When is enough enough????

Ok it's time for me to find another job, or quit working......

MAN!!!!! I just want to have a 2 yr old tantrum and roll around on the floor kicking and screaming!!!!!

Enjoy the photo...Emily is making a snowman...or should I say, Messing in the glue.

It's 60 degrees here!

Do you believe this....2 weeks ago snow, and now today the temp is 60! We got some great photos outside today!

First Snow

Ok it was a couple of weeks ago....I'm behind. She didn't really like it. Can you tell?

Special Needs

Update......I now know of two agencies that have a waiting child list. There is a little girl like Emily!! Oh how I wish I could afford another adoption!!!!
Ok today I heard of a child that was on the sn list for needing glasses. Ok I guess I'm sn then. Really folks if anyone is out there reading this......there are so many sn children out there. They deserve to be loved too. Emily's need is so basic. She has to be monitored yearly by cardio doctors...Whoopie! My husband has 3 specialist he has to see every 3 months. It's no big deal. My bio son has a learning disability.....from low birth weight we are sure...it's not a big deal. We are working on it and he is gaining by leaps and bounds all the time. If anyone is thinking of sn.....ALWAYS feel free to talk to me. We were worried at first because we knew nothing about sn, but China's special needs are not a big deal in the U.S.A. where medical care is not an issue for most of us. I would love, love, love, to adopt again, but at this time we just can't afford it. Our agency has told us that they have 4 boys that will be hard to place........I would LOVE to share my agency with you if it gets these children placed....

Ok off my soap box........

Calling all Cat Lovers

Ok Hayden's cat is celebrating his 1st Christmas. I couldn't help myself he is so cute.....this is his favorite place in the window. I call these "Waiting for Santa"

Think we could do a Petco commercial?


On another note, this was my Christmas Shopping Day. Emily wanted to touch everything so at the end of my shopping I relented and put her down from the cart. She stays right with me......this freaky man kept trying to get between Emily and I. I was ready to slug the nut!! I don't know if he was a freak or just wanting to see her, but it was our personal space and he made the hair on my neck go up!! Of course Bruce was not with us!

More News!!!!

At long last Sandy has her referral!!! Stop by the blog and say Congratulations!! Wow what a week!! I have some pictures of our first snow...hope to get them on today!! So crazy here!!

CONGRATULATIONS SANDY!!!!!!!! PS....Sandy's blog is in my favorites list!!

UPDATE.............OH MY GOODNESS!!!! IT JUST KEEPS COMING IN!!!!! My Friends Jonni and Regina are adopting again!!!! I will be putting up Regina's blog, sorry Regina I lost it!!! Regina has her referral so hop on over to her blog!!!! Jonni is starting the paperchase!!! Congratulations Ladies!! I'm so excited to be allowed to follow your adoptions for number 2!!!!! Please let me know if I can post photos of your children!!!!!!

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jane has FINALLY received her LOA....this is Letter of Approval. For those who don't know it's China's way of saying we are fit to adopt a special needs child. I had a 14 day wait for my LOA....Jane's wait was over 100 days because they LOST her papers! I'm so glad that Maddie is coming home!!! Now everyone join me in praying for the quickest TA ever!!! Wouldn't China for Christmas be wonderful!!!!!!

Make sure you check Jane's blog.....to the left in my favorites!! Send her a note!!!

Maddie is the little one in front!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS JANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily Tumbles

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Ok we do this all day and she still won't sleep at night!!! This is Emily, and my part time daycare child Abby. Emily has learned the forward roll, and now is working on the backward roll......little gymnastic star in the making!

Miss Santa 2007

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Putting up the Tree

Worked on putting up the tree this weekend. Tried to get a Christmas Card Photo, but the boys wouldn't put on a nice sweater for me.......Oh well I'll keep trying!
Amy is playing a fun game on her blog....look over to the top left at my blog list and give her a visit!