Saturday, May 30, 2009

Visiting With The Shelton Family Today!

Today we drove down to Burlington, NC and visited with our good friends, Tonja and Robby, who have been home a week with their sweet baby, Marissa! It was such a joy to walk in their home and see Tonja holding tiny little Marissa who was dressed in her P.J.s and looking plum adorable! She is just a beauty and we loved watching her play and eat and sleep and just be a cute little peanut! We love you guys so much!!!! (Next time we'll knock on the door instead of turning on your garage door opener!hahahahahahahaha)

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Our First Trip To Babys-R-Us In AGES!!!!!!



Yesterday Doug and I went down to Greensboro, NC to the Babys R Us for the first time in YEARS! It was so nice to go back in that store and to really feel like we will be parents SOON! We bought the car seat that we really wanted to get. It can be used from 5 to 100 pounds, has side impact protection, has PINK in it, looks really comfy for baby, and even has a CUP HOLDER! hahahahahahahahaha Oh my gosh it felt GREAT picking it out together and planning for our Rebekah! YIPPEE!!!!!! We haven't done that in quite a while! I also broke down and bought ANOTHER dress for Rebekah. It is pink with white smocking on the bodice and is just so precious! I couldn't resist! Gosh, I hope I have a prissy baby! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, she is going to be the daughter of Mama Fru Fru (as my friend Flissy calls me) so I will have her dressed in those prissy clothes as long as I can. My sister, Stacey, tells me that my baby is going to be the biggest tomboy just like her! hahahahahahaha I don't care though, as long as she is happy (and I can sneak a pink bow and some lace in there sometimes!)

Friday, May 22, 2009

The Storks Are Flying!


Well, CCAA did NOT stop matching or doing referrals because yesterday my yahoo group was filled with excitement as people posted their referrals and news of their babies! Apparently CCAA matched March 9th through March 14th: A SIX DAY BATCH!!!!!!! I will definitely celebrate it because the last time, they only did two days.....Oh, I hope they keep doing batches this big or bigger. It is so nice to see people getting their referrals and knowing that this puts up 6 days closer to our date of April 5th! I just hope and pray that we have our baby before Christmas this year!!!! I don't want to spend another Christmas without our baby girl! I really don't.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

We Are Hanging In There A Little Longer.......Oh, and Here's The Latest Rumors


We've heard online that some agencies are receiving referrals with LID's from March 9 through March 14, 2006......so that would be a 6 day batch which is better than last month. Of course it looks like our agency was wrong again when they told us that the CCAA would not do referrals or matches until September......I'm biting my tongue and not saying what I "really want to say" about our agency.......trying to be little better about not blurting out my TRUE thoughts and feelings if I can at all refrain myself, but those who KNOW me, KNOW what I'm thinking.......
Anyhow, I'm choosing to "take the high road," and just be thankful for the good news. And yes, we are hanging in there........the last post was on a day when I was just so shocked by news from our agency (as inaccurate as usual) and reacting like a lady who KNOWS she is supposed to be a Mommy and WANTS her baby! Thank you to all my friends out there in "bloggy-land" who left me messages of encouragement. I needed those words to read over and over and to REALLY think about this whole situation......so we are still hanging in there.
As for the picture with this post........I just LOVE Fozzy and always have......I saw the picture the day when I was down and it just brought me a little happiness in the midst of my despair, so that's why Fozzy is on my blog now. ENJOY!

Thursday, May 14, 2009

It Looks Like We Will Be Dropping Out of The Journey

Got an email from our sorry agency today.......they never contact us for ANYTHING but seemed more than happy to share the news that CCAA will NOT be doing any matching, referrals, travel approvals, NOTHING until probably September 2009. So......we have had enough. There will be no Rebekah for us I guess. NO BABIES at all for us.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Introducing: Marissa (Rebekah's future play-date buddy)


Well, my friend Tonja said that it was ok for me to post a picture of her and her sweet baby, Marissa, so here she is! What a cutie-pie! When we get Rebekah, I am looking forward to seeing the two girls playing together when Doug and I visit Tonja and Robby (and Caitlin). Can you tell that Tonja is happy? Look at that beautiful smile and the joy in her eyes!!!! Love you guys!!!!!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mothers Day (And Mothers-To-Be Day)!

Well today hasn't been too bad of a Mothers Day. Usually I'm all upset and cranky because I'm not a mom yet, but this year it feels like we are really really close and I was also able to celebrate in my friend Tonja's joy as she became a Mommy today! She got her little baby, Marissa, and I was able to wake up this morning and see her sweet baby's face and the joy in my friend's eyes! I just KNOW in the very deepest crevices of my heart that I'm going to be a mommy soon. My day is coming!!!!!! Plus my sweet hubby came up with the suggestion that we ride down to Burlington, NC for a late lunch/early dinner at Olive Garden. We did a little shopping too beforehand and I got a really pretty top at Dress Barn, so overall it has been a fun day. One of my friends on Facebook had sent me a message talking about how she admires my whole "PATIENCE" in this whole adoption journey. Oh I had to laugh out loud! See, I have NO patience in ANY situation and I can recall MANY MANY MANY days and nights of tears, screaming, fussing, cussing (yes mom, cussing.....sorry about that), hating China, hating my life, hating having had a hysterectomy for cancer, hating everyone else that could pop out kids, just being a total MONSTER about this whole waiting......so for someone to try to paint me as this angelic, patient, saint, is just so darn funny! hahahahahahahahaha I wrote her back and said that basically my patience is not real......it is a FORCED PATIENCE that I FORCED AGAINST MY WILL TO ENDURE and that I totally and absolutely 100% hate not having ANY CONTROL over this whole journey...............not one single thing do I have control over and for someone who is a type A, control freak, that is NOT GOOD! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha So, don't put a halo over my head and think that I am enduring this wait in any way that would nominate me for sainthood..........it's just a necessary evil that I must endure to get to the end result that my heart and soul desires so much..........MOMMYHOOD!!!!!!!!!!! Love to you all on this Mothers Day and to my own mother, I just want to say, "Thank you for being my Mama and for enduring all of the drama that I have put you through all these years.......my mother truly knows what it is like to parent a "drama-queen!" Bless her wonderful and loving heart!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahaha

Saturday, May 09, 2009

I love my hubby!


Today is the day before Mothers Day and usually it's not a very festive day for me. This year I am trying to be more positive and think that it will be my last without our baby. Doug surprised me today......while he was out, he picked up something for the baby....a cute little sundress! It is the FIRST piece of clothing that he has picked out for her, and I just was stunned! Anyhow, it gave me those little "maybe-I-Am-Going-to-Be-A-Mommy-soon" feelings and I was so touched by this Daddy thing that he did!
Anyhow, later we went to a cookout at my brother, Tony's house in honor of all of the mothers present. It was fun and this is a shot that my niece Caitlin took of Doug and I. I love this man that I married and I can't wait til' I have our baby with us! Oh, and here's the link for another blog that I have some pictures posted of my family including my little 14-month old niece trying to "kiss" her kitten! She is soooooooooooooooo cute! http://susanssharedpictures.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

LID-iversary #37

Enough said.