UPDATE

OK I KNOW I HAVE NOT UPDATED IN FOREVER. SORRY. TO TELL THE TRUTH I JUST REALLY HAVENT BEEN IN THE MOOD TO UPDATE. REFERRALS CAME OUT AND THEY COVERED 7/23/05-8/9/05, THAT IS THE MOST DAYS THEY HAVE COVERED SINCE LAST YEAR BUT STILL NOT A WHOLE MONTH. OUR 6 MONTH LID CAME AND WENT WITH NO JADEN. IT WAS A VERY ROUGH DAY FOR ME BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD TAKE SIX MONTHS NOW WE KNOW THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN SO I WAS VERY DOWN. THIS IS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER BEEN THROUGH. I AM SO READY FOR THIS PART OF THE JOURNEY TO BE OVER AND TO FINALLY HAVE THAT PICTURE OF JADEN AND THEN TO FINALLY GO TO CHINA TO HOLD HER IN MY ARMS! ANYWAY ENOUGH MUSHY STUFF. WE FINALLY STARTED OUR SHOTS TODAY FOR OUR TRIP TO CHINA! WE WENT TO THE VANDERBILT TRAVEL CLINIC. WE LEARNED ALOT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CANT EAT AND DRINK IN CHINA, KINDA SCARY! WE CANT EVEN BRUSH OUR TEETH WITH THEIR WATER BECAUSE WE WILL GET SICK, WE HAVE TO USE BOTTLED WATER THAT WE HAVE TO OPEN OURSELVES! I WILL BRING ABOUT 20 EXTRA TOOTHBRUSHES BECAUSE I AM SURE I WILL FORGET THAT RULE. NO ICE, NO MILK, NO GRAPES, PEEL YOUR FRUITS, AND NO SUSHI(NO PROBLEM WITH THAT). SO FOR THE LOW LOW PRICE TODAY OF $395.00 RUSTY AND I BOTH GOT A HEPATITIS A&B SHOT AND RUSTY GOT THE TETNUS(I PUT MINE OFF TILL NEXT TIME). WE HAVE TO GO BACK NEXT MONTH AND GET THE 2ND SHOT AND THEN 6 MONTHS LATER TO GET THE LAST. WE ALSO GOT PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE TYPHOID PILL TO TAKE BEFORE WE GO! AND IF WE FIND OUT THAT JADEN IS FROM ONE OF THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES SHE RECOMMENDS WE TAKE THE MALARIA MEDICINE TOO! BUT THE WAY I FIGURE IT IS THAT I HAVE LIVED THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE IN MISSISSIPPI AND IF I DIDNT GET MALARIA FROM THE SKEETERS THERE THEN THE CHINESE SKEETERS SHOULD BE A BREEZE!!!

My Secret Pal strikes again!!!

WELL MY SECRET PAL HAS DONE IT AGAIN. SHE SENT ME A BOX OF PACKMATES FOR WHEN WE TRAVEL TO CHINA! THIS WILL HELP ME PACK ALL OF JADEN'S CLOTHES WITHOUT GOING OVER THE LIMIT!!! AND SHE ALSO SENT ME THE CUTEST DORA THE CHINESE EXPLORER! I CANT WAIT TO SEE JADEN PLAY WITH THIS. MY SECRET PAL IS THE BEST!
OH AND I HAVE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO LANCIE FOR BEING NICE ENOUGH TO BE MY PROP FOR HOLDING THE GIFTS FOR THE PICTURE. SHE WILL DO ANYTHING TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE BABY'S ROOM!
GEORGETTE

121 GOOD WISHES QUILT?!?

WELL I THINK I HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE QUILT SQUARES THAT I AM GOING TO GET FOR JADEN'S QUILT, MINUS ONE THAT IS AND SHE KNOWS WHO SHE IS! IN THE PICTURE I HAVE 120 SQUARES. I CANT BELIEVE WE GOT SO MANY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET 100 HUNDRED WISHES BUT LOOK WE GOT 120!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE WILD QUILT! GUESS I BETTER GET BUSY.

REFERRALS

WELL REFERRALS CAME OUT LAST WEEK. THIS TIME THEY COVERED 7/14/05-7/22/05. ONLY 9 DAYS! SO INSTEAD OF GOING FORWARD THEY ARE GOING BACKWARDS. THERE ARE NOW 236 DAYS OF REFERRALS BEFORE OURS! :-( AT THIS RATE WE WILL NEVER SEE JADEN! OR MAYBE BY SOME "MIRACLE" WE WILL GET OUR REFERRAL SOONER THEN WE THINK?!? :-) LETS KEEP OUR FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED!

I AM SUCH A SLACKER!

OK I HAVE REALLY BEEN SLACKING WHEN IT COMES TO POSTING MY SECRET PAL GIFT! ACTUALLY I HAVE TRIED MANY TIMES BUT BLOGGER WILL JUST NOT LET ME POST PICTURES. SO I FINALLY GOT THEM POSTED. MY SECRET PAL WAS SO GREAT TO ME LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH! LAST MONTH I GOT THREE BLANKETS, HAIR BARRETTS, A CUTE BIB AND THE MOST ADORABLE WOODEN MUSIC BOX WITH LADYBUGS(LADYBUGS ARE A SIGN OF GOODLUCK IN THE ADOPTION COMMUNITY). I HAVE PLAYED THE MUSIC BOX MANY TIMES ALREADY! THEN THIS MONTH THE GIFT WAS FOR MOM AND THAT IS ME. SHE SENT ME LOTION WHICH SMELLS GREAT AND A CUTE LADYBUG PIN. MY SECRET PAL IS THE BEST! AND I PROMISE NEXT MONTH I WILL POST RIGHT AWAY!