Sunday, October 28, 2007

Carved The Jack-o-Lantern Today!




Well today we just kind of slept in, watched old tv series, and carved the pumpkin. It was nice to just vacation and do NOTHING!!!!!! Yesterday we down to Burlington, NC and ate out, shopped some, and just enjoyed the sunny Fall day and temperatures.
Maybe next year at this time we will have baby Rebekah with us to enjoy the festivities of the Fall Season. You can see that our furrbabies loved the Jack-o-Lantern!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Fisher Price Wooden Clock!!!!!!!


Last night we ran through Lynchburg on the way home and of course I just HAD to stop in at Target. Guess what I found in the toy department? Apparently the new movie that is coming out with Dustin Hoffman in it(Mister McGorium's Wonder Emporium) has old toys involved in it and Fisher Price has manufactured some of their OLD toys. One of them is this clock that I remember having as a child! The song, "Grandfather's Clock," still sounds the same and it looks EXACTLY like the one I had! I was so excited to get it! Now Rebekah will have a toy just like her Mommy had! Now if only I could get one of those Fisher Price yellow dollhouses like I used to have! hahahahahahhahahahahaha

Our Pumpkin For This Year!





Well, we have our pumpkin to carve this year! Yesterday we went to Layman Family Farms in Montvale, VA and met members of our Roanoke FCC Group there. It was so much fun! We rode the hayride out to the pumpkin patch where Doug picked out the BIGGEST pumpkin (30 pounds)!!!! Of course he then had to carry it back to the car and we actually strapped it in the backseat with the seatbelts so it wouldn't move on the way back to Danville! hahahahahahhahaha We then went to the Goat Walk, the Corn Cannon, and the CornMaze (which I thought we would NEVER get out of!) It was a beautiful Fall day to be outside all day! Sunny, a little warm with a cool breeze blowing!
Anyhow, we then went to Kim and Randy's home for a potluck dinner and got the chance to see everyone's little babies! Can't wait til we have one of our own! It was so reassuring to talk to others who have gone before us and to see that they were blessed with their babies, so our turn WILL eventually get here and we'll enjoy those blessings too! Thanks to Kim for planning it all and opening up her house to all of us! What a great group to be a part of!
You can see the pics of our "girls" when Doug brought the pumpkin in this morning and then my little Chelsea with the "Fall decorations" that we have. That cat kind of resembles the sneaky looking crow! hahahahahhahaha
Here's the website if you'd like to see The Layman Family Farms Cornmaze
http://www.laymanfamilyfarms.com

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

18th LID-iversary!

Well, usually I am up on celebrating the LID-iversary each time but this time I just didn't even think about it as it came and went. It has been 18 MONTHS since we logged in with the CCAA. That means they have had our paperwork (dossier)for 18 LONG AGONIZING MONTHS........just sitting on a shelf. It's nothing important to them; we're just another number, another file, nothing special at all. Why should they care? They have THOUSANDS just like it......waiting, waiting, waiting.....meanwhile friends, family, coworkers, etc. all get pregnant, carry babies, deliver babies, share tales of their sweet babies, and we sit and wait and wait and wait, and wait...........and cry.

Monday, October 08, 2007

CCAA Updates Website!


Well, today we saw the update on the CCAA's website. They are FINISHED with the NOVEMEBER 2005 referrals............FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now maybe things will pick up a little bit and they will be able to refer more each month than they have been doing. The November 2005 group was apparently the largest group of dossiers and after that the numbers dropped off until the March 06' group. Ours was sent and logged in on April 04, 2006 so we're REALLY hoping that things will speed up and they will get to ours before the summer of 2008. We really don't want to travel in the summer during the Olympics in Beijing. Everyone join in and say a prayer that things will speed up and we'll get our babygirl soon!!!!!!!

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Secret Pals BLOW Us AWAY!!!!!!!!







We got our September package from Mr. and Mrs. Secret Pal with the March '06 Marching Pandas Yahoo Group today and all I can say is "pass the tissues!" I loved loved loved everything but the one thing that just brought the tears to my eyes and touched my heart sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo deeply was the BEAUTIFUL handmade blanket that Mrs. Secret Pal put so much love into! Oh my gosh! What a beautiful, loving thing for you to do! The colors and the scalloped edging is just so.........oh my gosh, I don't have words to describe it! I have ALWAYS handmade gifts because I think they become treasured heirlooms with so much thought and love put into them and THIS was just AWESOME!!!!!! Thank you so much Mrs. Secret Pal from one mommy's heart to another! I can hardly wait to hold Rebekah close to me wrapped in this beautiful blanket and know that you put so much time and effort into it! THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!! (Can I say that enough??????)
There were other goodies in the box too that we loved. For one, there was the most adorable Build A Bear dressed in a Chinese outfit! HOW PRECIOUS! They had even included the birth certificate and had the birthdate as our LID 04/05/06! Are these two people on top of things or WHAT???? There was a wonderful sequel to the book Shaoey and Dot which I just HAD to take a moment and read! (Teachers definitely love those books!). There was a journal which may become part 2 of Rebekah's journal since the first one I had is almost full by now! And then........there was GODIVA CHOCOLATES!!!!!!!! In the pictures you will notice that a couple of spots are empty because when I saw those (and after the day I have had) I just jumped on them like a bear on honey! WOW! hahahahhahahahahahhahaha There was also two little hats in there for Rebekah and one had a ladybug on it while the other was pink. My gosh..........how do we say thank you for all of this???????? Please know from the bottom of our hearts that we LOVE everything you send and love you guys for always thinking about us and helping us get through these LONG LONG months of waiting. There was even a birthday card for me with a gift card for the movie theater in it! I guess Doug and I had better have a TON of date nights before baby Bekah comes along!
Rest assured secret pals that you have truly touched our hearts this month and made the day VERY SPECIAL! Take care and we love you both!

Birthday Surprise From Felicity and Mike!



Well, I got home from a VERY hectic and crazy day and checked the mail and there was a funny singing card from my dear friends Fliss and Mike in Florida! It was so funny to open it and hear it yodeling!!!! There was also a card in there that said that they had made a donation to "Half The Sky Foundation" in China which helps the orphans! How touching to know that maybe the money they donated will go to help our baby Rebekah one day! I have tears in my eyes just thinking about that. THANKS FLISS AND MIKE! You guys are such cool friends and I'm glad we share the same LID!