Bobo (Wyatt) had his very first soccer game. He just understands sports well, plays well and plays hard. Those things made for one great game Saturday. It is soooo fun watching him play. He came home with a huge smile, both knees skinned and fell fast asleep on the floor watching TV. He scored 7 goals out of the 8 his team scored to win the game. He had a great time and we were so proud of him!

This is Wyatt after his game. I only took my point and shoot so I didn't get any good action shots, maybe next time.




And Lily experienced another first, her very first slumber party. She was so excited she was invited and so was I.  I knew the girl was sweet to Lily, I know her parents and they live just down the street in case Lily needed me. But need me not, she had so much fun she didn't even come home until around 5 the next day!
Even though she had fun she stayed closely connected to me. I received a million few phone calls from her while she was gone. Asking what I was doing, could she play with makeup, etc but my favorite call was to tell me goodnight. Lily had a blast and it is obvious my little girl is quickly growing up. I'm enjoying the days while I still hold the number place in her life!

And now for a real update....

WE RECEIVED USCIS APPROVAL ON FRIDAY!!!!!!!

that means in just days our Dossier can be on it's way to China!!

And what does that mean?

We are one step closer to our daughter!!

Yippee Jesus!!!

This really is just an update to tell you that nothing is new. I am STILL waiting on our 1800a approval.

I am frustrated. We sent our application back last year (oct or nov). And this has been a big hangup for us.

If we get it in the next day or two then we will have a chance to be DTC (Dossier to China) and then LID ( Log in Date-required for referral of most children) so we may be matched with our little one in April.

I got to say. I. Am. Ready.

Ready to see her face, know her need and prepare to bring her home!

My mind knows that there is a big picture and that our paperwork isn't ready because our daughter isn't ready. Trusting in God that our sweet daughter is not available, yet. But my heart says it is time to know and time to go! This momma is ready to see her daughters sweet face and bring her home!

Friday night my sis-in-love and I took her kids and 3 of mine to Winter Jam. It is a big Christian Concert marketed mostly to teens. She and I love music so we made it a night and we probably had as much fun as any teenager!



We started out fueling up with a little bit of this....

It is Long but worth it!

We just got the word  that all our paperwork was being sent to the Chinese Embassy today.
I wish you knew how happy that makes me!
For the first time in a while I feel like things are moving along.
I just wish I just didn't have this restless feeling like there may be more than one child for us in China.
China has recently become more lenient on adopting two kids at a time.
Hubby says "no we are not going to have more children than will fit in our car".
I say lets buy a bigger car.
Usually when I get something like this on my mind it won't go away. After all I did start thinking about this adoption while we were still in China with Lily.
For now I'm just gonna see what God does with it.
So far he's done us pretty good!

For Christmas I gave myself Lightroom. Christmas is a great time to find it for a great deal online.
Problem is I have just recently had the time to download it and figure it out (well sort of). Last night I stayed up and played with some presets with this picture of Wyatt. These are my fav's...