Somethin' To Celebrate

Last week we celebrated the arrival of a new batch of referrals with our traditional Chinese food dinner. Check out the cool chop sticks we found at the Toledo Zoo gift shop! We were also celebrating another bit of good news.... Ron is working DAYS! THIS. IS. BIG. Ron and I have worked the same shift for only two of the nine years we have been married. He has been trying for a day shift job for years and FINALLY it has happened. I am just so excited that our family will have a "normal" schedule! Thanks Ron for working your terrible schedule for so long in the interest of our family. I know it has not been easy.

Smile, It's Monday

Still coming to terms with the fact that summer is over and I am back to work. It is nice though to see all of my friends from work again and hear about their summer adventures. Here is how our friends at Dunder Mifflin spent their summer.

So Much To Post, So Little Time

We have had so many family events lately that I have wanted to post about but with going back to work, I have not had time! Here are the highlights of the past few weeks....

We had a wonderful time at my beautiful nephew Griffin's baptism. He is such a little angel.









We finally had our yearly "Adult Day Out". It is something we all look forward to all summer. Just a time to RELAX and visit with some of my favorite people.









We had our yearly family picnic. This year we had games and prizes. Egg toss, water balloons, face painting, pie eating contest, and my personal favorite... The Brittany Spears Relay. We had such a great time!








School started last week. My boys love their teachers and have lots of friends in their classes. We are off to a great start!

Little Wonders

There are songs that make me think of my boys like... Yellow by Coldpay for Adrian or Songbird by Eva Cassidy for Luca. There are also songs that make me think about Eden. I posted one a few weeks back by Nickelback. I have a new favorite. I smile every time the song Little Wonders is on the radio. Listening to the words, I imagine feeling this way when I finally receive Eden's referral. After all of the waiting to finally have her picture in my hand and know that "the hardest part is over" is something I dream of each day. I look forward to when "time falls away", the counting of months/weeks/days and the pain and longing each one has brought will be a distant memory. What will remain will be the "small hours" until she is in my arms. Those will be hours filed with so much happiness. Planning, packing, SHOPPING, I can feel the excitement just thinking about it! This song gives me hope. It's like Rob is singin' it just for me.

ROB THOMAS LYRICS

"Little Wonders"

Let it go,
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know
The hardest part is over
Let it in,
Let your clarity define you
In the end
We will only just remember how it feels

Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain

Let it slide,
Let your troubles fall behind you
Let it shine
Until you feel it all around you
And i don't mind
If it's me you need to turn to
We'll get by,
It's the heart that really matters in the end

Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain

All of my regret
Will wash away some how
But i can not forget
The way i feel right now

In these small hours
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away but these small hours
These small hours, still remain,
Still remain
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away
But these small hours
These little wonders still remain

Adrian

Adrian is my eight year old wonderful son. He is talented, very bright, funny, BEAUTIFUL, kind, loving, and has the biggest heart. I love just being with him. He is sitting on my lap right now reading this as I type. I love feeling his soft curly hair on my cheek as I am typing. Upon reading that last line he turned and smiled at me then rubbed his cheek on my face. "Ok, don't get too fancy mommy!" Now he is mad. Back to compliments... Words can't express how much I love him and the amount of joy he has brought to my life. Here are some of the things I love about him...

I just deleted what I wrote. I am afraid some weirdo may have too much personal information on my kid along with pictures and I don't feel safe posting it. I feel bad because there are so many wonderful things I wanted to tell about him. I had a big long post about Luca and I really wanted to have one for Adrian too. He will be disappointed. I will have to think of something else.

At least you can enjoy the pictures and I will say that... Adrian is more amazing than I could have ever imagined. He fills my heart with such awe and love. How did I ever get so lucky?

September Referrals

China Center of Adoption Affairs has completed referrals for this month. They completed 4 days. Looking at numbers from polls there is a good chance that CCAA will get through a larger number of referral dates than we have seen lately... but you never know. I don't have the energy to even comment on the small number of days for this month. Just don't have it in me tonight. Goin' to bed.

Smile, It's Monday

Now that I am back to work this week, I thought this was the perfect Monday video to share. Here is just one example of what I have to look forward to. Have a great Monday!