We were LID 04/11/06. Little did we know that it would take over 4 years to bring our daughter home. She was suppossed to be our 1st child, now she will be our 3rd. This is the journey to our baby girl!
We love the wooden food cutting present! This is just an adorable gift! I love these types of toys. The chef hat is just perfect since Dean is a chef! I cannot wait to see them in the kitchen together! I had to keep myself from opening up the present and playing with it myself. Thank so much Secret Pal. You pick the best gifts!
November Secret Pal Exchange
Thank you so much for the wonderful Mother Goose Golden Book! This is our first Mother Goose book and we love it! The alphabet Cards are the best! I have never seen these type of wall art cards and absolutely think they are awesome! The cards are definetely something that will be treasured. Thank you for being a great Secret Pal!
Holiday Gift Exchange Secret Santa
Huge thanks to Keryl Cosenzo for being a great Secret Santa! We love this Santa and enjoyed him and his many candle scents during the holiday season! He is just beautiful! Thanks for being a great Secret Santa!
We received Charlie a little over a year ago. We were not looking for another dog and have had bad luck with our previous dogs. We agreed that we were done in the doggie department for awhile. The entire time we were trying to conceive we kept it to ourselves because it was supposed to happen and we wanted it to be a surprise. We even kept the adoption to ourselves for all of about a month. We knew we were doing the right thing and didn't want anything to get in the way of starting the adoption process. So, when we came out with it all to our families, it was pretty emotional for us. Both of our families were there for us and supported our decisions. Anywho, one day as I was getting ready for work my husband called me into the living room. He had had just returned from his parents house and was holding this----->
His parents bought us a puppy! They wanted to cheer us up and knew that our dogs had run away so (WTH!) they bought us a puppy! Of course, we were instantly in love with him. He was adorable! We have never had an indoor dog but knew that we wanted him to stay in with us. He was too little to be outside. My niece named him Charlie and it just stuck. This doggie really has been such a blessing to us. He has distracted us and kept us busy. He is very loving and we hope he will be our daughter's best buddy too. Normally, I don't do Christmas cards. Somehow I either start them and don't get them all out or I just don't do them at all. Every year we get the multitudes of photo Christmas cards from family and friends showing their beautiful children and every year it depresses me. We love to see the kids but once again it is still a reminder that we can't do those cards, there is no child to mention or extra name to sign. So this year when Charlie jumped on the couch for the 100th time, I grabbed the camera. It took a little coaxing but he gave us some great shots. So this year Charlie is our child and next year he will be a big brother, no doubt stealing her food when we are not looking.
Are we half way there yet? 8 months down, how many more to go? Currently, the wait is 15 months. So as of today we have 7 months more to go.? That would put us at getting our referral in July and travel in Sept. Could it be?
Please go to the bottom of the page to pause the current music. Christmas Song for Adoptive Parents + a crack at the CCAA!
This song reminds me so much of the adoption process and the helplessness that we all feel! If this wait CONTINUES to extends this song will come in very handy next year! I see myself humming it non-stop!
