Easter

I love this time of the year Spring is in the air. This Easter holiday we spent with my grandparents they came for 5 days. Maddie loves having company. Lot's of shopping , church, game playing and of course eating. As Maddie would say we had a feast we cooked for 11 and all turned out well. I am getting pretty good at this cooking for groups. I do not want to let Steve get to confident in my cooking or I will have to do the cooking every night.

After Easter dinner the children all went to a neighbors Easter egg hunt well they hunted eggs for 30 minutes she got so many eggs she was cracking eggs till bed time and of course eating candy :)


1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...

One Year LID Anniversay

It has been a year since we have been official logged in for Kinsey. Sometimes it is hard to believe a year has past and then other times I look at Maddie and see how she is growing and maturing and I wonder where the time went.

The other day I had read some information about concurrent adoptions from China and thought wow we can adopt 2 more beautiful children and yes Steve was on board I immediately called CCAI and asked how people were doing this and Sara stated she had not heard of this. Well I will pray that China will indeed allow a concurrent adoption SN and NSN. The thought of two more daughters just sent me over the top with joy.

When is your family big enough? I do not have the answer to that question yet for our family because we are not done growing yet. We will do what it takes to bring home our daughter or daughters. If this requires a bigger home then I will just have to forfeit the pool and some of the other big upgrades. God has a plan for each of us and he is not done working on the building of our family at this time I am happy to say. So the real question is How many more trips to China will we make?

Purging and Merging

That has been our motto for the last week. As Spring approaches it is time to clean up and clean-out. Now that winter is over for us we can pack away the sweaters and clean out Maddie's closet. She barely fits in her winter attire anymore so I know nothing will fit her next year so we will save some things for baby Kinsey but alot will be passed down to friends. I have been compressing all Maddie's smaller clothes into storage bags (great space reducer) but there are so many sizes to save. We are so glad we will be getting a referral in the next year because we are running out of storage space for clothes. I guess it does not help that I continue to shop for the girls :)



Next, is the house we are cleaning out all the closets and drawers and deciding what will go and what will stay this includes furniture. Before we go to China our goal is to have the house painted, some new furniture (I have a breakfast table I have disliked since I bought it), some upgrades to the kitchen, and of course Kinsey's room. Just a few things to pass the time.

Maddie goes Fishin'

Our little girly girly has a tomgirl side to her. The other night her and daddy went fishing down at the lake behind our house she was so ready with her fishin' gear ( a dora pole, a pooh chair, princess cup, and a walky talkie to call home). Now they had previously went to the store to by real worms yes real ones (yuck). She thought it was so neat how the fish was going to eat her worm ( I prayed that she would catch a fish). After about 35 minutes her bobber went under and she hooked her first fish. Well there was no stopping her after that she was finished and went and told everyone she caught a fish. It was a small little brim we believe in the catch an release even though she thought he should go in the fish tank (which she does not have one).

Now they have plans to fish at least 2-3 times a week and sometimes her little friends fish with her.

Maddiesm's

A Maddieism…

Maddie looked at Steve and I the other night and asked in a serious voice what is “Credit Card Debt and can I have some please? We went on to explain but kept it to a minimum (without trying to laugh). We asked where she heard it from because we do not use credit cards. She said from myself!!!

One Month Down…..with MCC log in

One Month Down…..
Wow time is flying we can hardly believe that a month has already passed since we submitted our medical check list. It is feeling so real now that we will be receiving a referral in less than a year I have started so many things it just has me so thrilled we thank God daily for his wisdom, strength and guidance. We have such great friends and family that have supported us on this decision and continue to pray for little Kinsey. The support group of the waiting child group is tremendous and to see all the families that have BTDT especially on the SN that we have selected even more so put you at ease. The only way life could one be better is if we had Kinsey and Audrey with us right now.

Knowing that we will not have to wait 3 years for Kinsey was just a huge relief when I talked to Sara. Also just an update on NSN referrals they just came out for March and they only did 8 days just broke my heart and those 8 days included a holiday and a weekend. During those days there were not many LID’s so in reality for those who say oh 8 days you must really look at the amount of LID’s which is not many. Our agency did not even have anyone logged in the first few days of January. The wait is so hard for all.