WE GOT OUR KEYS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
We'll be moving in gradually over the weekend. My posts will stop until we are in our new home officially next Tuesday! Between now and then, WE'LL BE BUSY!!!!
Until then, wait in anticipation for some photos of our new home! :)
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
RAIN!!!! (aka Monsoon Season in AZ)
Laine, my handsome little man!
Brothers! Is there anything more precious!?
Ezra, digging in the mud!Man, do we PARTY when we have rain out here in Arizona! One big thing we actually miss about the midwest. Yes, I know, the flooding is extreme that I don't miss, but definitely the storms, "cozy rainy days" inside, etc.
Here are a few pictures and a few "footages" of our rainy afternoon!
Here are a few pictures and a few "footages" of our rainy afternoon!
Chavalah Update
Chavalah turned 6 weeks just yesterday! Incredible! She is absolutely precious! We are SO THANKFUL for her presence in our lives!
Chavalah went to the doctor one week ago and weight 7 lbs 12 ounces! We were SHOCKED! YAY! Praise the Lord! We need to see this growth! Thank goodness for Benjamin's work that makes an incredible product specifically designed for preemies! :) NEOSURE! The stuff works!
Unfortunately I don't have any updated pictures as Ben had the camera all last week! She still sleeps A LOT, however, when she is awake, she is absolutely, positively SMILING at us!!!! It is the coolest thing! We have gotten several smiles from her in the last few days.
Chavalah went to the doctor one week ago and weight 7 lbs 12 ounces! We were SHOCKED! YAY! Praise the Lord! We need to see this growth! Thank goodness for Benjamin's work that makes an incredible product specifically designed for preemies! :) NEOSURE! The stuff works!
Unfortunately I don't have any updated pictures as Ben had the camera all last week! She still sleeps A LOT, however, when she is awake, she is absolutely, positively SMILING at us!!!! It is the coolest thing! We have gotten several smiles from her in the last few days.
Laine's Birthday!!
Our "princess" (aka Dalaynie) and "comedian." (Laine) A great match! :)
Shi Sha & Chavalah
Even Ezra got into playing the games! :)
Johnna & DominickTime to talk about Laine's big 5th birthday! I can't believe my baby is FIVE! WOW! These last few years have FLOWN!
We celebrated Wednesday night at my mom and dad's with pizza, cake and ice cream! Yummy! Then we celebrated Friday after school with our special friends, Johnna, Dalaynie, Dominick and Oma and Aunt ShiSha at McDonalds playland! FYI, our little town of Maricopa, AZ, actually has a McDonalds now! :)
We celebrated Wednesday night at my mom and dad's with pizza, cake and ice cream! Yummy! Then we celebrated Friday after school with our special friends, Johnna, Dalaynie, Dominick and Oma and Aunt ShiSha at McDonalds playland! FYI, our little town of Maricopa, AZ, actually has a McDonalds now! :)
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Another update!
(Sorry no pictures!)
Just wanted to update the blog again! Things are continuing to tick for us. Friday they e-mailed and confirmed an appointment to sign close documents for Monday at noon! YAY! Finally some "officialization." Is that even a word!? :) Anyway, THEN it takes another 2-4 days to actually get the keys for the house, so we STILL wait! It's truly unreal. You know, everyone talks about how the world is becoming more efficient with all these "technological inventions" and paperless this and paperless that, but I've never seen a more complicated and opposite of "efficient" process to buying a house! My eyes have truly been opened! Anyway, so it looks as though next weekend we'll be cleaning the place up for actual box and furniture move in beginning part of next week!
Benjamin travels home tomorrow morning and gets in around noon! Will be SO WONDERFUL to have him back! The kids miss him, I miss him, we ALL miss him!
Will post more as I can.
Just wanted to update the blog again! Things are continuing to tick for us. Friday they e-mailed and confirmed an appointment to sign close documents for Monday at noon! YAY! Finally some "officialization." Is that even a word!? :) Anyway, THEN it takes another 2-4 days to actually get the keys for the house, so we STILL wait! It's truly unreal. You know, everyone talks about how the world is becoming more efficient with all these "technological inventions" and paperless this and paperless that, but I've never seen a more complicated and opposite of "efficient" process to buying a house! My eyes have truly been opened! Anyway, so it looks as though next weekend we'll be cleaning the place up for actual box and furniture move in beginning part of next week!
Benjamin travels home tomorrow morning and gets in around noon! Will be SO WONDERFUL to have him back! The kids miss him, I miss him, we ALL miss him!
Will post more as I can.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Few Posts
Hello! You haven't lost me forever yet! Just going to few and vague for a bit. Just for a quick update.
We are STILL waiting to hear on a close date. Because this is our first home, we are very confused as to the process, but our realtor seems to think end of next week for a close time vicinity, so, we hurry up and wait still! In the meantime, we sit at home at night and listen to someone pounding on our door for 10 minutes, then leaving a pretty little document hung with scotch tape to our door! This is quite nerve racking to say the least. Please continue to pray for our safety as a family!
Ben just flew out to Illinois this morning for our best man's wedding. Scott Cowser is getting married this weekend and Ben was asked to stand in the wedding! I miss my sweetie all ready! He did call to say he arrived with no delays or glitches. Thankful to know he's there safe and sound.
Today was another big day for us with another court hearing, etc. Today was set to establish the dependency of Chavalah with the state and the dependant relationship with the mother. Things are fast tracking right now as the mother still has yet to show up for a hearing or visit. October 8, they will be having a publication hearing, and we are praying that AT THAT HEARING, a termination hearing is SCHEDULED! They are running the publication right now for the "father" and if it runs for the three weeks and no responses, then we're free and clear to terminate BOTH parental rights in the termination hearing. Please be praying that the judge sees favor in terminating and setting permanacy as adoption at that hearing. SPECIFICALLY. This doesn't happen very often with a baby this young, but because of everything else in the cases' past, it's easier for a judge to decide that quicker. Chavalah's hair test came back positive, and sadly, on the higher end of amount. This is what's difficult about foster care! This news BROKE MY HEART! Please continue to pray for her health and continued growth and development.
Ezra's adoption is still waiting on a copy of the birth certificate, and one other approval that has to be made. I feel like I'm a broken record, but being totally truthful, I'm just as confused as anyone with this process. One minute I think I understand because I've asked tons of questions and feel like I know what they are saying, then the next minute, we're delayed again and I don't understand what's causing the slow up! So, as always, I'll continue to keep you posted as I know more!
Signing off for now! It's late and Chavalah is waking up for her next feeding.
We are STILL waiting to hear on a close date. Because this is our first home, we are very confused as to the process, but our realtor seems to think end of next week for a close time vicinity, so, we hurry up and wait still! In the meantime, we sit at home at night and listen to someone pounding on our door for 10 minutes, then leaving a pretty little document hung with scotch tape to our door! This is quite nerve racking to say the least. Please continue to pray for our safety as a family!
Ben just flew out to Illinois this morning for our best man's wedding. Scott Cowser is getting married this weekend and Ben was asked to stand in the wedding! I miss my sweetie all ready! He did call to say he arrived with no delays or glitches. Thankful to know he's there safe and sound.
Today was another big day for us with another court hearing, etc. Today was set to establish the dependency of Chavalah with the state and the dependant relationship with the mother. Things are fast tracking right now as the mother still has yet to show up for a hearing or visit. October 8, they will be having a publication hearing, and we are praying that AT THAT HEARING, a termination hearing is SCHEDULED! They are running the publication right now for the "father" and if it runs for the three weeks and no responses, then we're free and clear to terminate BOTH parental rights in the termination hearing. Please be praying that the judge sees favor in terminating and setting permanacy as adoption at that hearing. SPECIFICALLY. This doesn't happen very often with a baby this young, but because of everything else in the cases' past, it's easier for a judge to decide that quicker. Chavalah's hair test came back positive, and sadly, on the higher end of amount. This is what's difficult about foster care! This news BROKE MY HEART! Please continue to pray for her health and continued growth and development.
Ezra's adoption is still waiting on a copy of the birth certificate, and one other approval that has to be made. I feel like I'm a broken record, but being totally truthful, I'm just as confused as anyone with this process. One minute I think I understand because I've asked tons of questions and feel like I know what they are saying, then the next minute, we're delayed again and I don't understand what's causing the slow up! So, as always, I'll continue to keep you posted as I know more!
Signing off for now! It's late and Chavalah is waking up for her next feeding.
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