76 WISHES DOWN.......

WELL I KNOW HAVE 76 WISHES FOR JADENS QUILT. JUST 24 MORE TO GO. AND I KNOW I STILL HAVE ALOT TO COME IN! I WAS WORRIED I WOULDNT GET ENOUGH BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE WISHES FOR JADEN. SHE IS SO LOVED AND SHE IS NOT EVEN HERE YET. AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS GOING TO BE A WILD QUILT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT FABRICS. I CANT WAIT TO HAVE HER SNUGGLE UP IN HER QUILT!

May Secret Pal gift!!!

WELL MY SECRET PAL HAS STRUCK AGAIN. TODAY I CAME HOME AND THERE WAS MY BOX. THIS MONTH THE THEME WAS SAFETY. MY SP COVERED ALMOST EVERYTHING. SHE GAVE ME OUTLET COVERS, A RUBER DUCKY THAT TELLS ME IF THE WATER IS TOO HOT, A DUCKY COVER FOR THE FAUCET WITH A NET FOR HER TOYS, A PICK HAT TO PROTECT HER HEAD FROM THE SUN AND GLASSES TO MATCH! THE BEST PART IS THAT I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO REDO JADEN'S BATHROOM IS DUCKS, WHEN I GOT THIS GIFT I TOLD RUSTY IT WAS A SIGN. SO HE HAS AGREED TO LET ME REDO THE BATHROOM! OF COURSE I THINK IT IS JUST SO I WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO DO THAT WILL HELP TAKE MY MIND OFF OF THE LONG WAIT! THANKS SECRET PAL!!!

AN OUTFIT FROM JODUS

OK I JUST HAD TO PUT THIS ON HERE. I THINK THIS OUTFIT IS SO CUTE! I CANT WAIT TO PUT JADEN IN THIS. THIS WAS ONE OF THE MANY PAIRS OF OVERALLS THAT I GOT WHILE I WAS IN MISSISSIPPI. THESE USED TO BE MY NEPHEW'S AND AS HARD AS IT IS TO BELIEVE HE IS GOING TO BE 9 IN ONE MONTH! JODUS GOT THE BIGGEST KICK OUT OF SEEING ME GO THROUGH HIS OLD CLOTHES TO PICK SOME OUT FOR JADEN. OF COURSE SINCE HE WAS A BOY HE DIDNT THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING FOR A GIRL TO WEAR. BOY WAS HE SURPRISED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE PULLED OUT AN OUTFIT WITH BUTTERFLIES ON IT! WE DECIDED HIS MOM DRESSED HIM TO FEMININE, BUT THIS IS GOOD FOR ME IT JUST MEANS MORE CLOTHES FOR JADEN!

NEWS UPDATE

WELL WE ARE NOW 2 MONTHS INTO OUR WAIT AFTER OUR LID. WE ARE GETTING CLOSER BUT IT STILL SEEMS LIKE THE WAIT IS GETTING LONGER AND LONGER. THE RUMORS FLOATING AROUND ARE THAT THE WAIT WILL GO PAST THE CURRENT 11 MONTHS AND COULD BE 2 YEARS! WHEN WE STARTED AND DECIDED THAT CHINA WAS IT FOR US THE WAIT WAS 6 MONTHS, THIS WAS A BIG PLUS FOR US. NOW NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHEN WE WILL BE GOING TO CHINA, IT IS KINDA ALL UP IN THE AIR. AND IF YOU KNOW ME YOU KNOW THAT I LIKE TO BE IN CONTROL SO THIS IS KILLING ME. THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE IN TIMES IS ANYONE'S GUESS. IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE HUNAN SCANDAL WHERE PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH "SELLING" BABIES, IT COULD BE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DECIDED TO ADOPT FROM CHINA, IT COULD BE BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS WILL BE IN CHINA IN 2008, OR IT COULD BE BECAUSE LESS PEOPLE ARE ABANDONING THEIR BABIES(WHICH IS A GOOD THING). WHAT EVER THE REASON IT IS CAUSING THE WAIT TO KEEP INCREASING. IT COULD KEEP GETTING LONGER OR IT COULD START SPEEDING BACK UP WE JUST DONT KNOW. ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE DECIDING NOT TO ADOPT FROM CHINA AND ARE GOING TO SOME OTHER COUNTRY TO FIND THEIR BABIES. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE WILLING TO DO. WHY YOU ASK ARE WE STAYING WITH CHINA? MY ANSWER IS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE OUR DAUGHTER IS. WE WILL STICK THIS OUT AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO BRING HER HOME TO HER FOREVER FAMILY. NOW LETS JUST ALL PRAY THAT CHINA SPEEDS IT BACK UP CAUSE I AINT GETTING ANY YOUNGER! :-)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

WELL SUNDAY WHEN I WOKE UP ON MOTHER'S DAY THIS WAS IN THE KITCHEN! SUCH A SWEET HUSBAND I HAVE. OF COURSE I WONT POINT OUT TO ANYONE THAT I HAD TOLD HIM MANY TIMES ON SATURDAY THAT I WAS REALLY "PREGNANT" SO REALLY THIS SHOULD BE MY FIRST MOTHER'S DAY WHERE I GOT A GIFT. I GUESS HE FINALLY GOT THE HINT. SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO PUSH MEN A LITTLE! :-)

WE GOT THE BROWN ENVELOPE!!!

WELL NOW THAT I AM FINALLY WELL AFTER A VERY BAD STOMACH BUG I HAVE ALOT OF BLOGGING UPDATES TO DO. THE FIRST ONE AND MOST IMPORTANT IS THAT WE GOT THE FAMOUS BROWN ENVELOPE!!! ON 5/13/2006 I WENT TO THE MAILBOX AND THERE IT WAS. AND WHAT YOU ASK IS THE BROWN ENVELOPE? WELL INSIDE IT HAS SOME VERY IMPORTANT STUFF. LIKE THE MEDICAL FORM THAT WILL BE FILLED OUT FOR JADEN WHILE WE ARE IN CHINA! AND ALL KINDA GOOD STUFF LIKE THAT. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ME? IT MEANS THAT CHINA KNOWS WE ARE COMING TO GET OUR DAUGHTER!!! SOME PEOPLE DONT GET THEIR BROWN ENVELOPE AND I JUST KNEW WE WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE BUT THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN I NEEDED SOME CHEERING UP! THANKS CHINA!