Aren't They Cute??????

I found out my brother in law reads my blog alot so I decided to update it, even though I have no new information. I don't want to have the most boring blog ever. This is his new son Christopher and Shaun with my very happy Taylor!

No new news. I am still waiting. We are into the 13th month now. My caseworker emailed me and said anytime now. Yeah right. I am going to plan on March and anytime sooner great. Anytime later- I kill someone. Since starting this process we are at 1 1/2 years. Hopefully good news soon. I will keep up the wishful thinking.

Christopher Is Born!!

Three Sleepy Friends

January and still waiting

Well, we are now into 2007 and the clock is still ticking away. We made it through the holidays with Taylor spending three nights in the hospital. I guess things do happen for a reason. If we did get the referral at Christmas like we hoped, that would have been horrible. Taylor needed me then. Now that things are back to normal around here, I am ready again for a call. Three of us have our passports. Tay will get hers tomorrow. We got our homestudy update almost completed. It expired in December. We had to all have physicals again and all the other good stuff. Nothing too painful, except for maybe the bill when it comes. We are going down to Disney in Feb to get our minds off the wait and to enjoy one last trip as a family of four.
I get a feeling inside that maybe our son has been born. We shall see if my feelings are right. I am hoping for a call in Feb. I am starting to get good at this waiting thing. It is getting easier. I hope to have good news in my next post.

Christmas is coming

I just got a very disappointing email from my casworker that the wait has changed to 14 months, so that long awaited call I was hoping for in the next few weeks won't be coming. Oh well. Also, my homestudy,fingerprints and gov't approval will expire around June. Merry Christmas to me. I need a vacation!!!

Taylor with Walter and Jeffrey

We are trying to keep busy and pass the time. Thanksgiving is coming. I got passports for Billy and Sam ordered and now of course, who else wants to go? Taylor!! We won't be getting a call this month. My coordinator called and said she was hopeful that our profile is already being shown at the orphanage and was giving them a call. She called back and said that she was surprised and very sorry that we aren't yet, but did say that the last two families got shown right at 12 months and got referrals within a couple weeks after. Well since the wait has been longer than expected, I don't think we will be traveling until June, so no big deal about missing school. We have all decided to go and make it a vacation. I am still hoping for a Christmas referral, but am also being realistic and accepting a January one. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

November Is Here!!!

I have renewed optimism now that we are into November. I am feeling good. This is a picture of my nephew Shaun sleeping over one night. Anyone that sleeps in our house is guaranteed to have an animal for a bedmate. I am praying for a call this month. It has to come soon.

The Beginning Of Fall

Fall is here with no new news to share. The leaves falling are depressing me a little. The wait is getting to me. Even when we do get our referral, the real wait will be after that. I did get my passport though. Now I only have Billy's and Sam's left. I hope I have something good to share in November.

A Nice Quote

"Biology is the least of what makes a woman a mother."-Oprah.

Taiwan Facts

Taiwan is an island in east asia. It is located off the coast of mainland China. It is south of Japan and north of the Philippines. Taiwan is 245 miles long and 89 miles wide. 80% of the population speak mandarin and taiwanese. English is a second language. The population of Taiwan is 23 million. The president is Chen Shui-bian. The capital is Taipei city. This is where the orphanage is located. Taiwan is 12 hours ahead of the eastern part of the US. Taipei is a very busy city very similar to New York City.

Taipei 101

This is Taipei 101, the world's tallest building. It was completed in 2004. It also has the world's fastest elevators. It is located in the capitol of Taipei, where we will be travelling. I think we will look at it from the ground.

The Beginning of William's Room

Setting Up William's Room

I started setting up William's room. There isn't much to set up at the moment. I didn't have anything left since my daughters are older and I gave everything away. I did buy a crib on Craigslist and it has a mattress. I need to get crib bedding. He doesn't have many decorations because everything I have is girly. I found some dinosaurs lying around and put them in there. My daughter bought me a baby bag and since I work inside Walmart, I look periodically for clearance clothes and now have at least seven outfits. I bought an umbrella stroller and front carrier for Taiwan. I did buy one box of diapers even though I don't know how big he is going to be. I had to!! Now I just need a high chair, stroller, car seat and a million other things. Tomorrow I am going to get my passport. Our post office is open such short hours, we can't all get there together. Billy works and Sam is at school, so we will go one at a time when it works out. I hope to hear about a referral before Christmas. That would be a wonderful present. You never know. Maybe I will get lucky. Pray for me.

Our Barn

This is where we keep some of our animals.

The Place We Call Home

Our Happy Home

Taylor and Alice-Happy Birthday !!!

Taylor turned nine today. She loves Alice.

Samantha age 10 and Jeffrey-the rat

Sam is my oldest daughter. She will be eleven on New years day. She loves animals,which is good, because we have alot of them.

Our new baby ducks!!

The family at work