Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HOPE EVERYONE HAS FUN

TRICK OR TREATING!

Big News!!

While packing up Mike's parents on Saturday his Mom ran across an umbrella stroller in the garage. Lisa thought she should throw it away as she thought we wouldn't want Emma riding in it. To our surprise she said, "well, maybe she isn't the only one that needs one". With that all eyes went straight to Shelley. You got it, I'm going to be an aunt again! This will be #11! Hey, there is that #11 again! Now Emma will have a playmate cousin her age (and a bunch of older cousins to spoil her!). Anyway, congrats to Mike and Shelley, the parents to be!!

Why haven't I blogged?

Sorry no posts lately but life has been moving way to fast (oh, isn't that what I was wanting these days?). I actually had a few days off from work last week but I did help out a few days at my parents office. I did manage to get away one day and visit Corbyn down at WKU. Mike and I did start painting the living room. I will have to take a picture of the finished process. We still have to finish the trim. I like the color (cocoa butter), a fancy name for yellow if you ask me. We have also been in the process of helping Mike's parents move. They have to be out of their house this week so there was lots to do. You sure do accumulate a lot of things in 35 years! Of course there were 2 nights of football this week. I can't believe the season is almost over. This Friday is the first round of the playoffs. They are playing Bardstown Bethlehem and this team beat them in the regular season. Hope they come out to play.

It's only been 7??

Yes, today is our 7 month LID anniversary. If you see above the number seven it says restless, that would be me! I know we still have a long wait ahead of us and at this point SEVEN just doesn't seem to be far enough. I guess right now we are all just on pins and needles waiting to hear the news on the latest referrals. We were all hoping they would come last week but it looks like they may be Halloween referrals. The big mystery is just how far did they get. I guess I will be checking in with Rumor Queen for all the latest rumors and gossip. On a good note it does make us SEVEN months closer to Emma!

Where have I been???

Where have I been?? Everywhere but here.

Where do I blog?

Melissa made a challange to show where you blog. This is a picture of me on the couch (notice my leg, I'm still in my scrubs). This is in my family room in front of the TV. Hey, I have to kill 2 birds with one stone. Of course Jack is sitting below me wondering why I would rather look at this stupid screen then play ball. Up on the screen is my Baby Jellybeans site.
This is the other place I go to blog. This is a picture of our office. You can see all the cludder on the desk, boy do I need to clean. The mouse pad is a Cleveland Browns pad (Mike's fav. team even though they aren't any good). On this computer you can see I was checking in on Lisa
to see her latest post.

We got more babies

We got a little sugar, spice, and pumpkin! I'll have to take some new pictures because these came out a little dark. A few weeks ago a stray cat had babies under our deck and now we have inheritied 3 little ones. They are so cute and playful. I feel like we are starting to have a farm here. We have our deers, turkeys, ducks and now our kittens and lets not forget my Jack and Kozmo.

AHH Book Buddy

Of course I joined another swap, just don't tell Mike! This swap is a book swap that was started by my March/April A Helping Hand group. For September my book pal was Nancy and boy did she send me the sweetest book and snuggly bunny for Emma. I have looked at this book many times at the book store but hadn't bought it yet. I am so excited that Emma now has it to add to her book collection. As for the bunny, it is already waiting for Emma in her crib. I thought it might be the only safe place where Jack wouldn't find it! Thank you so much Nancy for the wonderful gift. We love it and can't wait to share it with Emma. We will be able to read her this at bedtime while she snuggles with her bunny and I can steal those kisses while we count them!!

Way to go Dazzlers!

Of course, here I am bragging again! The pictures above are of our niece Charlee-Lyn at Jamfest. They won their division and came in 2nd overall out of over 70 teams, beating out many of the high school teams. Way to go Dazzlers! Charlee, I am so proud of you. Way to go in school and with the dance team. Tonight we are off to Highland Hills to watch her dance and we even get an added bonus because Stevie will get to cheer at the game also. I will try to remember to take pictures!

Happy Bithday Wishes!

Happy 1st Birthday Wishes!

The top 2 pictures are the twins Cohen and Griffin

and the bottom picture is Delaney.

A New Start

Tomorrow Mike starts a new chapter in his life. He is starting a new job at Invesco. The picture above is of a cookie bouquet that they sent Mike welcoming him to their team. I thought that was really sweet of them. Mike has been working for my parents business for the last six years and is sad to say goodbye. He has loved his job but is excited about the opportunity that awaits him. I just wanted to wish him good luck! I love you!

A special gift for Emma

Yesteday when I got the mail I was shocked to see a envelope from Amber. Amber is our home study advocate. She did our home study when we went to Ukraine and we were lucky enough to get to have her again when we decided to go to China. I have to say I was thinking that there must me some paperwork we needed to update. I was so excited when I opened the envelope and saw the precious bib pictured above. She had gotten this bib for her Emma and she never got to use it but thought that our Emma should have it. I can't believe how thoughtful she is. A few months ago she had sent me the cutest card and material for Emma's quilt. Thank you so much Amber for being so good to us. I can't wait until we have our Emma here and we can bring her to visit. We love the bib and can't wait to have Emma use it.