This picture was taken on Saturday.

Well as you can see I have not had alot of time to post. I started school a week ago and I forgot how much busier I get when I am in school. I think this semester will be ok. I had a tour of the floor I will be on for clinical and I am not real thrilled. It is a general medical floor so I am a little worried about not getting experience with some skills that I really want to learn. The floor is also muggy and smells. I guess I will survive 12 days there. I just glad I will be with my school buddies! Like you Jenn and Melissa!

The house is moving along fast. I will try to take another picture and post it tomorrow. I am so happy with how it is turning out. All the hours of driving around and looking at brick, siding colors etc. had paid off bc I love how it is coming together. I still can't believe it is our house.

I am keeping this short and will try to post a picture tomorrow.

Well I started back to school last night. It was great to go back and see all my friends at school though I was sad that 3 people did not pass our last class and weren't there. Our group of 27 have been together in class since Jan 2007 so it is sad when we lose someone. I got my schedule and I don't think it will be too bad. I'm real glad I am not taking any other classes. I will have clinical for 7 weekends (sat and sun) but only six will be at Lexington Medical Center. I will get to take on some more important roles this semester like team leader ( i will basically be in charge of 4 of my classmates), med nurse ( i will give out all the meds for the patients) and the other times I will be a "worker Bee" as my instructor calls it (i will do all patient care i'm allowed to do for my two patients). I think it will be good experience and I am ready to get back into it. I just pray that we can deal with all the extra stress me being in school adds to our life.

My devotional for today speaks of the story when Jesus met the 10 lepers, he healed them but only one returned to Jesus to give him thanks. Though the other men were surely excited about their healing they didn't bother to thank Jesus for their blessing. How easy it is to take God's Blessings for granted. I do it everyday. I remember to be thankful at times but it is hard to be thankful of everything all the time, living just gets in the way. We are distracted.
I am thankful for so much. I would hate to get started because surely I would leave something out but I am thankful for everthing in my life. I am even thankful for the wait in our adoption because it teaches me patience, for school because it teaches me to be thankful for mine and my families good health and for a messy house because it means I have healthy,happy, and active children. These are things I often complain about or worry about but I am going to try harder to express my thanksgiving to God so that I too can be like the one leper who took the time to give his Thanks to God.

Well I really enjoyed my break but yes it has come to an end. Monday I start back to school and John once again has to step in and do things by himself a little more often. Part of me is ready to go back, see my friends and get back to doing the things I really like. (interact with patients...) and part of me so dreads having to study, do data tools (a lot of work!) and take tests (especially that all important drug calculations quiz I have to take every semester). Unfortunately I did not get all my cleaning out and organizing I was going to do, so now I will have to do it while I'm in school. I work better under a lot of pressure anyway so I guess I'll be ok.

Last night Wyatt was doing his nightly singing to me. It's something that I have really started to treasure. Not only is it so stinking cute, his voice is just at such a sweet point. The little mispronunciations and cute little southern accent just melts my heart but last night I just noticed that he is starting to sound older and yes he is finally pronouncing more words correctly. I guess when he finally recites the actual ABC's in order and can spell B-I-B-L-E correctly then I will know he is surely growing up. I will miss those nights of singing but if I'm lucky I will have one or two more little ones to look forward to listening to.

One last thought...I recently have been trying real hard to look at our little men and really think about how they look, sound, etc. I don't know if everyone fills this way but I have the hardest time remembering how my children were at a younger age. (thank goodness for video cameras). I look at Wyatt and think how stinking cute he is at this age. And then I remember thinking the exact same thing about Noah and Sellers but I can't really remember it, especially Noah. Why? It hasn't been that long ago and I spent a lot of time with them but for some reason I just can't really remember it. I think that's sad but like I said at least I have videos. Without them I would be so sad to never see them little again.

Mason was trying to put on Grannies glasses.
Aunt Jannie loving on Wyatt. This picture is for Janie I saw that you signed up for our blog.
Cookies for Santa. These little guys were so excited on Christmas Eve they went to bed at 7:30!

On Tuesday we get the weekly letter from our adoption agency. It's just a way for them to keep in touch with us, give us support and keep us posted on any new news. Lately all the messages have been referring alot to the parents who are becoming inpatient for their daughter. Couples now getting refferals had a LID of December 2005 and at that time they thought their wait would be a year, tops. So it is becoming quite stressful for families who feel they were unprepared to wait so long. We on the other hand know what we are getting into and know that the wait may get even longer. I pray that it doesn't because I can't really imagine waiting more than two years for Ellery. I think about her everyday and she isn't even born yet. It will be unreal when we lay eyes on her for the first time. John and I are prepared for the wait but it's hard because you have no control over the timeline. I am going to trust God and know that since he has lead us on the journey he will get us through it. I once was reading someones blog. They were actually in China while I was reading it and something they wrote stuck out to me and I have been holding on to that thought. She wrote that she now knew why she had, had to wait so long for her daughter, it was because her daughter wasn't ready yet. She felt so strongly that God had chosen that one child for her and that she now understood why the wait. The way she wrote it made more sense but I can't remember exactly what she said. Basically I just hold on to the thought that this is in Gods hands and in his timing, I will really need to depend on that to get through this wait. John is hoping it doesn't take so long because by then I may have enough clothes to outfit a dozen little girls!

This is the lastest picture of the house (not that I have actually posted any before) this was taken a few days ago. As you can see it's coming along great!
I took this picture of John right before he smashed his thumb real good and of course blamed it on me!

The boys with their O'Cain cousins at Poppy's church for Evan and Sellers Baptism.