Saturday, August 6, 2011

Life at the Waite's

After a week at camp, the kids are on their way home. Fred went to pick them up this morning and they should be arriving any time now. Morgan had a rough few nights missing home, so I am very excited to see her when she gets home. Mason seemed to do fine and have a great time. Even though it was tough listening to Morgan upset on the phone and wanting to come home we decided to have her stick it out and stay. I think we made the right decision. It will benefit her in the long run.
Miles update - There has only been one referral accepted since we were put on the wait list and it was for a girl, so we stay at #12. I am hopeful that there will be some referrals accepted in the near future and we will be able to move up in the line. I spoke to our agency this week and she said that they have to wait until they receive all the child's information in before making a referral(this information trickles in). They expect to be making some referrals in the near future, and they seem to come in batches. That means that they will have a lot of referrals for a few weeks and then "nothing" for a few weeks.
Liam update - All dossier documents have been certified and have now been sent off to be authenticated. I should have the documents back by Thursday and our agency should get them by Friday of next week. I am so ready for all our documents to be done and sent to China! Still looking at probably January for travel. Here is a picture I received of him today & they referred to him as the "wild man". Uh-oh....


Home - as some of you know we placed our house up for sale last year and with this economy and the price bracket we fall in, there have been very little home showings. This week we have had two showings, so I am hopeful that this is a turnaround in the market for our area. Our home is plenty big enough for our family, however the way it is set up is not conducive for our growing family without making some major adjustments. Plus, we want to be closer to the kids school. With that being said, please pray for our house to sell before the arrival of our two little boys! Here is a picture of our house, if you know of anyone moving to our area, please pass it along.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Pictures of Morgan and Mason at Camp Tekoa - 2 firsts for Lily -And a house showing

It was nice to see my kids faces today and..... they look happy!



We had a showing on our house today. The first in a while, so I had to get Lily out of the house for a bit. I had the house all ready for a 11:00 am showing and we were getting ready to walk out the door and I get a call rescheduling it for 2:00 pm, so we left anyway and went to see a movie. The last movie I took Lily to see she made it about 1/2 way through and was done. I looked at what was showing and the shortest movie was Winnie the Pooh at 1 hour and 10 minutes long. Lily did great! After the movie we shopped, got lunch and then Lily had her first carousel ride! She LOVED it and was very upset when we had to get off, so I let her ride one more time. The expression on her face does not even come close to showing her excitement. I think every picture I took came out blurry, so this was the best shot of all.

Monday, August 1, 2011

More Pictures of Liam

Liam must have had a big day out with his foster family! It looks like he had a great time. I love seeing all of his expressions.




Camp Tekoa

It is a quite house around here this morning! With Morgan and Mason off at Camp Tekoa for a week it is going to be really weird. They have never been away from home for this long, especially over 2 hours away from home! I know they will have a great time and I pray that they don't get homesick and can enjoy their time away with friends. Mason has his cousin with him and Morgan has two friends from school with her along with a couple other girls in her cabin that she already knew. With all the packing and labeling, I forgot to bring my camera. I can't believe it....but here are a few that my sister took of our two boys. I was with Morgan setting up her bed and Fred and my sister took Mason and Logan to set up their beds, so no pictures of Morgan for now. Fortunately her friend had a camera and I took a few shots of the girls before I left, but those will come later. The camp takes pictures every day of the kids, so I may have some pics of the kids later in the week. Please pray for their safety while they are away!




Friday, July 29, 2011

I-800A Approval!

I am about to jump out of my skin! We received our I-797 today. One step closer to Liam and a huge milestone. Getting documents notarized today and mailing off to get certified. Wahoo!!!