One Month Has Passed

It's been one full month since we've been registered into our region, so we hope to receive a referral sometime within the next month for our little boy!  We're so excited, yet the Lord has really blessed us with a calm that has not made us anxious.  Wes is actually trying VERY hard to finish the custom home he's been building and hopes to finish within the next couple of weeks.  SO, God knows good timing, b/c even if we recieve a referral tomorrow, he'll hopefully be able to leave a couple of weeks after that knowing things are in good shape.  It can be overwhelming to think about it all, b/c it goes from just normal every day life to BOOM, we're going to Russia to meet our little boy!  Craziness!  We hope Wes doesn't have to have paperwork from Zambia, but we haven't heard a definite answer on that yet.....otherwise, I think we're in good shape.  God continues to reveal himself in mighty ways through this process, and I know He'll continue!

Very entertaining

I hope our future little boy likes to be entertained, b/c Kate loves to perform and have an audience!  

Becoming a little girl

Kate is growing more into a little girl from a toddler every day.  She loves to watch Ariel (she prounounces it A-yul) on The Little Mermaid and Dora (she calls her Doh-wa) the Explorer.  We had a Dora nightgown in the hand-me-downs my sis gave us, and when I brought it out for her to wear the other night, she was SO proud and excited!  We also discovered that with a little prompting, she can count to ten!  Who knew?  We were all playing outside, and I don't even remember the conversation, but I said the number 8.  Kate immediately said "nine"!  Wes and I looked at each other and said, "did she just say the nine?"  So, we found out that she knew her numbers 1-10 (must have learned at school!)

Memorial Day Weekend

So, I'm really late in posting these pics of Kate with her cousin Buck on Memorial Day weekend.  We went to the farm, and we all had a blast.  Kate and Buck LOVED playing with GrandBubba's poker chips, and we were trying to get them to put all of them in the big popcorn bowl.  Well, you can see that Buck had another idea of what to do with that bowl!  Kate was amused to say the least.  The other pics are of the 2 of them on the bridge overlooking the little fish pond.  SO cute!

Trying Not to Sink

The Lord brought the story of Peter to me the other night when I was feeling very overwhelmed with all that we have going on over the coming year.  Along with the adoption, we have several other changes coming up in our lives....all good (we hope), but still a LOT change.  When Peter sees Jesus walking on the water toward their boat, he gets out and walks on the water toward Him.  As you all know, there is a storm with large winds and rough waters.  Peter becomes afraid of all that's going on around him, takes his eyes off Jesus, and he then begins to sink.  He cries out to Jesus, and when Jesus grabs his hand he asks him why did he doubt?  My goal is to keep my eyes on Him, and not on all the craziness around me.  He is so good and faithful to take care of us.....why would I doubt??

We've Been Registered!!!

Happy Mother's Day to me :) So, Kate and I came to see my Mom and Dad on Friday for Mother's Day weekend (Wes had to stay for work, unfortunately), and I traveled and visited friends at my office all afternoon. I happened to check my email around 6:00 pm, and I saw an email from our family coordinator saying she was trying to get in touch with us (and the email was received around 2:00 our time) and that she had news from Russia. I was SO thrilled, b/c I thought that meant we had been registered into a region. I emailed her back with my cell phone and told her that if she got the email this weekend and wanted to call me she could. Well, about 15 min. later, she called!!!! YAY!! She was so sweet to call, b/c it was around 7:00 pm on a Friday for her.

We were registered (as I suspected) into a region. PLUS, we were actually registered at the end of April, and she just found out. This is a HUGE step in the process, and we could get a referral any day now :) Once we get a referral and if we choose to proceed, we will travel for our first trip very soon after that. It may sound strange, but the adoption actually seems REAL now, and we are so excited :) God is so good, and His timing always perfect (I have to remind myself of that sometimes!). What an amazing gift to hear the news for Mother's Day weekend.

We will also go ahead and begin our regional paperwork :) More to come later.......