Next Child

In case you were wondering, we are actively looking for another baby on the Shared List, but it just hasn't happend yet. We have passed over a few because the feelings were not right -- it feels so different from the last time, but we are just waiting for a right fit for our family and for both of us to feel a connection with a child.

Today at Home Depot we went in search of paint for our rental property and we met a paint guy who is waiting for his LOA for his 2nd son from China. His first son is from Ally and Frannie's orphanage! Imagine that. I'm going to check back with him in a few months and see how things are going.

Yesterday we were lucky enough to see the daycare's caterpillar emerging from his/her cocoon (and promptly die, oh boy). They had it in a cage and we've all been watching the metamorphosis with anticipation.

Our Funny Girl

I know every parent thinks their kid is the best, but they are delusional and we actually have the cutest, funniest one.

Pray Even More

This is by far the worst part of my job -- my sweet little Brenzelle passed away last night, no big drama, just gone. Please pray for her family and her nurse. She had a wonderful sense of humor, a great crooked smile and she taught me a thing or two about being a good friend. She didn't love me because I am thin or rich (because obviously, I am neither), nor because I'm particularly funny, smart or pretty. She just liked to see me a few times a week and hope I didn't make her work too hard. Frannie met her once and was a little scared maybe because she moved in an unusual way, but she never forgot her name and still occasionally says "Bwenzelle" out of the blue.

I hope she's now eating a big fat cheeseburger, fries and an ice cream sundae, because she has never experienced that before in her short life. She ate via tube. I hope she is climbing a tree, petting a dog or having a day without pain or discomfort (because I don't think she knows what any of that was ever like either). God bless you Yolanda for being such a good and loving Mom.

Man, Who Is This Woman?

Sarah Palin impresses me for so many reasons, but mostly due to her apparent disregard for what others think.

In Case That Wasn't Clear

My friend Lucy pointed out that I never really stated the fact that WE ARE GOING BACK TO CHINA FOR ANOTHER GIRL. I've asked so many people to pray and e-mailed friends and family about this, but my last blog was somewhat ambiguous. We have our home study almost complete (about 1-2 weeks until we are finally final), then we file a form with the US Immigration, wait about 90 days for that to be complete and sometime during this 90 day-period, we hope to find our next daughter on a Waiting Child List from our agency, Hope for Children. In the meantime, Frannie is calling the baby "Cherylina" after her beloved Cheryl. We can travel to China, probably, sometime between April and June. It would be CONVENIENT to wait until school is out and Kevin has some free time from work, BUTTTTTTTTT.......(that's a big buttttt) (as Pee Wee Herman would say "everyone I know has a big butt...."