Triple Digits

Here is our Garage Sale Update:

$444 is the total proceeds we made from our garage sale ~ what a blessing!

A million thank you's to all of those who contributed in time and stuff for the sale.

Garage Sale-ing the Weekend Away!

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED!

Can I just tell you about what a great friend I have??

Several months ago she came to me with the idea of putting together a garage sale and all of the proceeds she wanted to donate to us for our adoption of Abigail ~ can you believe it! Even as I sit to write this I find myself without words (okay hard to believe I know).

I am so totally overwhelmed with such incredible gratitude of both my dear friend, for her amazing heart, as well as the many others who donated items for the sale. After day one we are already $300+ dollars towards Abigail's adoption expenses. One more day to go ~ I'll keep you posted.

Ahhh, VACATION!!!

It's true. We've been on vacation this past week to one of our favorite destinations for the past 4 years ~ a beach cottage along Saratoga Passage in Puget Sound. No tv or internet available ~ just pure 100% relaxation fun!

Once I get my photos developed (didn't have batteries for our digital-yikes, had to resort to old school) I will post. But here is a common site we get to see, for you to enjoy!

More November Referrals

Well it's official, the CCAA sent out another set of referral matches for those families who were logged in November 14-21, 2005. Ahhh, we are another day closer (only 66 days to go)!
Our congratulations to all those who are experiencing the joy of their newest additions to their families!


If you'd like to see the latest set of babies, click on links below:


To China for Love
Waiting for Landree
Jukanovich Journals
Alyssa Brooke
Baby Berwick
And Shayla makes Three
Doodlebug's Baby Blog
Donna and Jeff

Happy August

Happy August 1st, 2007

Did you know August's flower is the gladiolus or poppy?


And did you know, August was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar, which started in March about 750 BC under Romulus.

According to the legend, the city of Rome was founded by twins Romulus & Remus. Their father was Mars, the god of war and their mother a Latin princess. The Latin King took the infants and put them in a basket. He abandoned them on the banks of the Tiber River (sounds very similar to another favorite story of baby Moses abandoned in a basket :-). The King was afraid that the twins might try to take his throne, so he left them to die.
A female wolf found the twins and fed them her own milk. Finally some shepherds rescued the twins and raised them as their own children. After growing up the boys decided to build a city in the place where they had been born. Each brother decided to rule one part of the city. They each chose a hill from which to rule the new city.
One day Romulus and Remus got into a terrible fight. Remus was angry because his brother got a larger part of the city to rule. Romulus killed Remus in this quarrel (again sounds very similar to Cain and Abel). This left Romulus's hilltop called Palatine the center of the new city. The city was name Rome after Romulus.
I bet you didn't know it's National Immunization Month either!


And of course I can't help myself, did you know you only have 145 shopping days left until Christmas 2007?

There, I did it. I did an entire post without mentioning or talking about adoption!

Wait a minute, what am I thinking! Isn't that what this blog is all about anyways, the reason I created it for loved ones and friends to keep up on all the juicy details?
Fact, there are no juicy details!
Fact, there is no current update/news- just speculation and rumors!
Fact, we have been waiting 18months to receive a referral!
Fact, we are STILL waiting...
Fact, I have good days and bad days
Fact, yes, it is rather depressing to wait this long
Fact, I am not in this 'wait' alone!

Thanks to all our family/friends who are very supportive of us during this difficult time.