OMG they are in March!!!

Well I cant believe that I am finally posting this but Ch*na has finally finished referrals for February of 2006! Yes that is right they are now in our month of March 2006!!! After almost three years of waiting(well four if you count the paperchase) we are going to see our daughter's face in the next few months! I am a nervous wreck. I cant sleep, I feel like I am going to be sick. I dont know how I will be after we get our referral and I have to travel to Ch*na. Its hard to believe that in the next few months I will be a mom! Wow! This has been a long, HARD journey and we can finally see the end. There is so much left to do before we bring her home. You would never know we have had so long to prepare. The nursery is done and the stroller is ready to go as you can see from the picture!(that is just for you Nana) We have a room full of things that we are taking with us to China. And Lancie, Gabbie, and Kayleigh are so ready to meet their sister. (yhea right) So be on the look out cause in the next few months we will have our BIG announcement!

ps. Three post in one day, be sure and read below.

Another Christmas come and gone! (Thank goodness)

Well I made it through another baby less Christmas! I am so glad that it is over and it will be the last Christmas without Jaden. It was a hard Christmas that is for sure. Not only did I not have Jaden but we alternate the holidays and we should have spent Christmas in Mississippi but Rusty had to stay here for work so it was two Christmases away from my family. But I can look on the bright side and know that next year we will be in MS and it will be Jaden's first Christmas home. It will be such a wonderful Christmas!

So every Christmas since we have started this adoption we have ordered a ornament to show that we were waiting for Jaden. As you can see from the picture we have quite the collection going! But we want have to buy another one! Next year it will say Jaden's 1st Christmas!!!

A Christmas Murder!

Well we lost some deer "family" members this week. We only got to see them about 30 days out of the year. But they made those 30 days before Christmas very special and bright for us. They were with us in Mississippi and then followed us to Nashville and then on to Ohio. They never let us down and always filled us with joy when we asked. But they were stomped to death this week and there is no bringing them back! We are already looking for their replacements for next year! We weren't the only people who lost deer "family" this week. Quite a few of our neighbors have suffered the same loss. But don't worry, we will catch these 6 culprits and make them pay! (yhea we saw you at 2:30 that morning and it is on!) And to our deer "family" members, we will see you in the Christmas light heaven in the sky!

Shower #2 and some thoughts.

Well I was the lucky recipient of shower #2 two weeks ago. This one was thrown by my sister in law and mother in law in Ohio. We had a wonderful time and Jaden got lots of great gifts! We had a brunch so we had wonderful breakfast foods and even mimosas. How many mothers to be can drink that at their shower? :-)
I have pictures, but I cant find my cord to transfer them to the computer. I will keep looking and upload them later! So here is a run down of some of the gifts we received. Quilts by her grand mother, bath seat and toys, blankets, bath towels, lots of books, a diaper cake,toys, stroller from Nana in MS, among other things. Everyone was informed not to bring clothes because Jaden needs no clothes, at least not until she is 4! I had to spend my time in someway! Now I am trying to find places to put everything. We are waiting until we get back from China to do our last shower in Mississippi with my family. The reason we are waiting until we get back to do that one is because they live 12 hours away and there are many people who are waiting for Jaden to come home. I know we have family in Ohio that are also waiting but they only live less then 2 hours away and they will have alot of opportunity to see Jaden. There are alot of people that cant make a 12 hour trip when we bring Jaden home, including my grandparents. So that is why we have chosen to wait until we get home from China.
Now onto my thoughts. Once again I know that some people do not think we should have a shower before we have our daughter home with us. My questions for those who think that is why is it ok for a mother with a biological child to have a shower before the birth of their baby and not for an adoptive mother to do the same? Do we not need the same things for our child that are needed for someones bio baby? Should the upcoming "birth" of an adoptive child not be celebrated like the upcoming birth of a biological child? Is one better then the other? I think not. Adoptive parents want to be celebrated in the same way. Yes we know that we have no "due date" (well we do but it keeps changing) but there will be a WONDERFUL outcome to our "pregnancy" and it should be celebrated also! Ok I have had my say, I feel better.
I will post again soon with news of referrals. Looks like we may be able to say only 19 days of LIDs left!!!