HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA SMITH

I wanted to take this oppertunity to say Happy Birthday. Also I want you to know how much you are appreciated and loved. You are a terriffic grandma and mom. We love you and want you to enjoy your day.

Family of 3 then 4 and soon 5

In my previous post I spoke of ds James who is 3. He has been asking some question about where his sister is coming from. I found a picture of when I was about 5 months pregnant with him. They grow up so fast. Ds Trey looks so little in this picture. Oh I cannot wait to be pregnant (LID). When we get this date we can officially consider ourselves pregnant again. I cannot wait! Look for the BIG anouncment coming soon.

Beach 2006 Memories

I want to be at the beach this week! It is cold and it snow about every other day. The van has sooo much salt on it, but it is supposed to snow tomorrow again so I don't want to waste my time and $$$$$ to have it washed.

No news to report on the adoption front. We are still waiting for our LID (Log in Date). Each day we are getting closer to you, Katerina. James is asking some questions about his baby sister being in my tummy. I told him that she is in mommy's heart and we prayed for her. I am amazed at how much the boys understand and already love the idea of having a sister.

Mammas Boys

So these our our boys, Trey is 7 years old and James is 3 1/2.
These pictures were taken New Years Eve at the ice skating rink. Trey fell soooo many times I can't even count, but he was so determined to skate. James went once around and that was it, skates off. I stayed with Trey for awhile and dh Ray took James to the indoor soccer field and then we switched. It was alot of fun but Ray and I really felt it the next day. Not as young as we use to be. The boys can't wait to be big brothers. Trey and James are so different in so many ways. Trey now wants to take skating lesson so he can learn how to play hockey. James woke up one day and said he want to be a cowboy and live in Texes. He has never been to Texes don't even know anyone in Texes, but he says it with the accent and everything. I love my boys very much, but I am not used to boys, I did not have any brothers, I really did not know anything about how different they are until I got married. Ray and I have been married for 13 years and I am still learning.

Hooray, more great News

Well, I just checked my email and discover a message saying that our dossier is on it's way to China. It should be there in about 3-5 days and we then would be waiting a possiable 8 weeks to get our LID date which is the date that you count down to the refferal, which is the picture of our daughter. This is where the real wait begins. They are currently predicting our wait time to be at the longest seventeen months which takes us into spring of 2008. I am ok with this because I know God is in control and will try to focus on my husband and the boys, and being the best wife and mom I can be.

Inspired by so many of you!

I am so excited to have my own blog site, which so many of you have encouraged me to do. So here it is: This is where I will create memories with my family as we wait to meet our daughter and sister, Katerina. She is already born in our hearts and we love her. I will try to tell our adoption journey thus far in the next couple of weeks. We are currently waiting to hear from our agency as to when our paperwork will be out of translation and sent to China. Over the Christmas break, our agency told us that our dossier passed critical review. We had been working towards that goal since March 2006. So this was really good news.