Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for my two little boys that I love and adore. It is a true blessing to watch them grow each day.

I am thankful that my husband shares my dreams of adopting a little girl from China one day.

I am thankful that my parents are in my life and able to help us when we need them. Not sure what we would do without them!!

Wordless Wednesday.....and did I mention FALL BREAK???

"Can we just stay home tomorrow mom?"

This was Cole's comment to me when I woke him up for daycare on Friday. So today he is going to get his wish. We are staying home!! I am going to get some much needed cleaning done and let the boys just play in their pajamas all day if they want. I mailed the application yesterday and we are excited about starting this whole process. First we will prepare our dossier. Then they will send it for review and we will hopefully have a log in date with China. Then we wait and wait for a match. We also checked some special needs that we might consider. In China special needs can include everything from needing glasses to ceberal palsy. Gosh, in China majority of us would be special needs!! No one is perfect...right?? The process is taking over three years now and is expected to grow longer. In all reality we won't be ready for another little one until then. I need to enjoy Luke while he is little because I know they grow up quickly. This will all work out!! I have faith that this little girl is going to come to us at the right time.

Application is almost ready to mail!!

Tonight Brad and I went to Walgreens to have our 2x2 photos made for our application to adopt. I had 1,095 pictures on my camera. WOW! That is a whole lot of pictures. I was unable to download the pictures of our house and family because there are so many pictures on my camera. I will have to go online and order them now. Shame on me for not doing this already!! I am planning on having this done and ready to mail on Monday. I still cannot believe that we are finally taking this step. This has been on my mind for a year, but I feel like our timing is right now. It is always interesting anytime we go somewhere with both boys!! Cole always talks to everyone and Luke continually spits up all over himself. What would life be like without a little bit of chatter and spit up?? Who knows, but sometimes you just have to laugh and go on!! I posted some of the pictures that we are going to send to the agency.