Surprise Visit Saturday

Blogger, quit that - it's all out of order, but oh well, see if you can figure out our Saturday, hee hee.

Chris, teaching my son how to toast. With mountain dew and fruit juice - whatever, boys?

We grabbed a bite to eat at an Amish restaurant, it was yummy as always, but the best part was the free carriage rides!

We all took a carriage ride - Sam loved it.


So, what's this? Yeah, after I threw my blog fit yesterday morning - God told me to wake up! As I walked out the front door to go on a walk - this huge spider spun a web over the entire door - yikes, guess I got the point!

We went to Morgan's volleyball tourney today and they played pretty good. They got to the final game, but lost the tournament. She loves volleyball!
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During Morgan's game my brother Scott was nice enough to read to Sam - love seeing this, it warms my heart. We also grabbed lunch with Scott and nephew Cole.
Then, during the game best friends Chris and Toni called to tell us they were coming down! We love their visits. They came around 2pm - Sam was supposed to be napping, but heard them come and it was all over with -so a no nap jam packed day for Sam!




We had a great day - loved our surprise visit from Sam and just perfect on cue, Sam threw a huge fit when Chris and Toni left. Now, next time maybe they will spend the night. Love you two, you are in our hearts and prayers!

As we wait...

Joe - 11 months

we get angry, we get sad, we wonder why...then we pray.

Now, to be quite honest, we haven't gotten any profound answers as to why the cival registrar in Guatemala won't release our birth certificate. I have gotten cross and the director of our agency is involved in contacting our lawyer in Guatemala. Why did it take me getting angry with our coordinator? Shouldn't they have looked at our wait for issue of a birth certificate with no real reason for a delay, and said hey, I bet these people are getting tired of waiting to BRING JOE HOME!!!!!!! This week has been frustrating on the Joe front. I will spare you the details on my conversation with our coordinator, pretty sure it was not either of our most shiny moments, but it did land us a call from the bigger boss. This was a comforting call, but it is the weekend and still no news.

My plea to them is this, my child, my son is in Guatemala waiting on his family to pick him up. His birthmother has signed off on him, since June they told our foster mother to prepare to give him up for good, and this mother(me) still doesn't have him in her arms. Can you hear me screaming, crying, yelling???? OK, you are right, I am quiet because Sam is still snoozing.

Now, somehow in this situation, I need to figure out how to praise God. Stay tuned. I am going to go look this one up, let's be real, I am not feeling the love.

Cute Little Man

Sam,

I love you Little Man!

Mama