Some of You May Know This Story....

We met these 3 families about a year and a half ago -- we had all applied for girls from the Waiting List and happened to be numbered 6, 7, 8 and 9 on the list. We all keep in touch, get together as much as possible and love each others' girls immensely. God has put it in all of our hearts to go back to China AGAIN so this time next year we should have a photograph of EIGHT beautiful girls. By the way, Kevin and I are the only ones who have no biological kids so actually, the photograph should have FOURTEEN beautiful kids in it!

I Really Can't Believe It's Been a Year

Frannie was placed in our arms one year ago -- tomorrow. I think I'll be busy so I'm doing this today. Look how much she has changed! My vocabulary is not adequate -- the pictures say it better.

Fun Times with Shelby

Frannie hung out with Shelby on Saturday and her family always knows the hot spots to hit in town -- the Bass Pro Shop, namely

She couldn't be funnier

This was taken a few weeks ago. In case you don't understand what we are singing, or attempting to sing, it's "I'm a Little Teapot" and apparently it's the funniest thing she has ever heard.

Okay, so I've been busy

To some Moms it may sound like a usual few weeks, but I have been concentrating on our home improvement projects(see attached -- like the old wall paper we found behind our mirror? It says "Valley Forge" in case you were looking for a great retro wallpaper for yourself), having a car accident and dealing with insurance issues, having guests (who were very welcome and fun to have, I might add), getting ready for school to start and being sick. Not whining, mind you, just not putting the blog high on my list of priorities.

Kevin is in Chicago, school starts in less than 48 hours, we are about to close on a piece of mountain property in Tennessee (yippee) near Lake Ocoee and my stuffy nose/allergies are going to be the death of me this week. Frannie has said "bless you Mama" about 100 times today, what a sweetie.

We had our final home study visit this week, due to our impending 12 month anniversary of having Frannie! Thanks be to God for our funny, sweet girl.

More photos to come of Kevin's latest project, installing hardwood floors in our hallway.