Not Even Close

Boy - being off for a week has really done a number on me. I'm ready to be done for the week but it's only Tuesday! I haven't slept well lately so it's especially hard on me to count beans all day and not close my office door for a quick nap. :-)

I'm thinking of taking Riley and Ella to get pictures with Santa. Ella had hers taken one year and they made it into an ornament. I happened to find it while decorating the tree and it's so cute! It's funny because a lot of parents have pictures of their kids with Santa and the kids are sometimes so unhappy - well, that was Ella! Not that happiest Golden Retriever. She's mellowed with age so maybe this year will be her year! I guess until we bring our daughter home they will have to just deal with my maternal desires. I'm sure they will be excited. ;-)

She's here!

I'm terrible but I haven't had time to post the past few days! For starters....she arrived - all 8 pounds 9 ounces, 21 1/2 inches of her! And she is gorgeous! She looks exacly like her big brother and sister did when they were born!

Introducing Hope Elizabeth.......

Hope with big brother CurtisShane and Hope and the Dr.

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving also. It was chock full of family and good food and many many thanks for all that we have been blessed with. I'm back to work today (boo) and I'm seriously jonesing to see me some kids! We had the kids off and on over the holiday and it was so much fun! Shane and Curtis put up the Christmas tree! Now I just have to start thinking about shopping!!!!!!

Bun Leaving The Oven

My sister is having a baby - TODAY! NOW! We are headed to the hospital since she is actively in labor. Whoo Hoo!

One Particular Harbor....

It's getting cold here and I've gotta be honest - I don't like it. I've always thought I really should have been born and raised where people have never seen snow and they spend their days in flip flops and cut offs (fashionable or not!). I love the Fall and the beginning of winter (well I really only love Thansgiving and Christmas) but then I want the mercury to get back up there and warm me up!

This pic is from St. Thomas when we were there on a cruise earlier this year. I can just picture myself sitting on the back of the one of these boats drinking a Margarita listening to Jimmy Buffett, soaking in the sun! Well a girl can dream can't she??!! Reality is that it's supposed to get down to 35 degrees tonight. Blah -- well back to my dream. :-)

Congratulations!

It's official! Deepest congratulations to those families getting to see their beautiful children this week! The CCAA matched through December 8, 2005. I can't wait until it's us!! :-)

Halloween 2007

We had a great time taking the neices and nephew Trick or Treating. They all looked so cute and had a lot of fun. Karly was mesmerized by everything and everybody and she had a deathgrip on that pumpkin full of candy. She would NOT let her Uncle Shane carry it for her. She just didn't trust him with her Kit Kats - smart girl! Curtis skipped Crazy Mike's, but really who can blame him????

1 Popstar and 1 very muscular Spiderman:

"Can we go now? Huh? Huh? Huh?":

Cute Little Dora:

"Are you ready yet????"

They had a great time and got lots of candy!

Rumor now is that the CCAA has matched through December 8th. Still a rumor at this point though - I can't wait to start reading about the referrals though! It's what keeps us going!

Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

My babies

My precious babies:


Abercrombie (Crombie) is doing pretty good with his heart condition. He had gained weight last time we had him at the vet which is great. And just a side note - I was at an Adoption Fair this past weekend with the FCC and ran into Crombie's cardiologist and found out that he and his wife had recently adopted from Russia. The world is so small.



Riley trying to stay awake but not doing such a great job:


And my Punkin Ella - my Sweet Pea:

Equal Time

Let me clarify - Karly is not my only niece. She just happens to be the youngest - at least for now. My sister is expecting at the end of November! Here are my other nieces and nephews:

This is my nephew Jesse and my niece Lindsay. It still stuns me to say out loud how old they are....especially since I haven't aged a bit! :-) Lindsay and Kelsey. Kelsey is our cheerleader, actress, singer and all around drama queen. :-) Holly B. Golly Curtis in his favorite spot (2nd favorite - being on the tube is 1st)

And one very serious Karly.

No new news on the adoption front. I have heard that referrals should be coming soon and hopefully they go through December 12th or so. I'm thrilled for all of those families included in this batch! I just know it will be us someday! In the meantime, I am going to spend as much time enjoying the kids in these pictures as they mean the world to me!

Long Time......

Well you know the rest. So here it is a couple of months since I created this blog and I have not updated it. Shame on me. Truth be told, I'm just not sure what, if anything, of interest I have to say. But I'm going to give it a shot and try to update as much as I can.

We have now been logged in for 6 months!!! It's hard to believe - the time has actually gone by faster than I thought it would. But we've been keeping pretty busy in that time - summer had us boating every weekend. Now that fall has finally arrived, we are getting ready for Thanksgiving which we will be hosting at our house this year.

I will sign off for the day with a couple of great pictures of the cutest Bengal fan there is (my niece Karly)!

How Cute Is She???

I am trying to learn digital scrapbooking. This is my first attempt.

Welcome to Blogger!

This is a Karly reading a book like the Big Comfy Couch.