THE COLORS ARE COMING-ONE MONTH CHANGE!

FALL IS HERE!

It is the last season we will watch our Landon play football at ISU.
We feel very blessed and happy for him that he has been starting this year.

Nicole is back from Vegas and actively seeking a job in Chicago. She plans to move there
very soon.

Three years since we have been waiting for their little sister, I have gone from picturing
our baby girl cheerleader watching big brother play, Nicole traveling to China, to my sister traveling to China! I have imagined every season as THE season...for several years in a row! Ha!

Well, all things have a silver lining. While sister Terri needs to stay in the USA to welcome her second grandchild in three years, my baby's namesake will be traveling with me!! Yes, my college buddy Nasimi stepped up. We have shared so many adventures together over the past 20-some years, it seems only fitting!

We are most hopeful that the predictions are correct and we will get a photo of sweet baby or babies in December, maybe November, with travel 4-6 weeks later. Yes, I hinted at twins. We requested that it would be wonderful. Those of you who know our family, know we do twins on both sides!

Keep your fingers crossed for news soon...and those if you with great connections above, a prayer would be appreciated!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! Today we spent time with Bob's mother and remembered my mother with fondness. We also spent the day with one of the students from the school, Shelby. It was wonderful to have her spend time with our family.

It would be a fib if I did not say we thought we would be spending the day with our baby, yet we are thankful for our time with Landon and Nicole. We spent Friday and Saturday with Nicole and Landon. It was so nice to have the kids at home again. Nicole flew in from Las Vegas! They are so grown. We love them so much and are very proud.

We have 43 days ahead of our Log In Date. We are hopeful to hear something by September or November. Christmas in China?

NO NEW NEWS!

We still wait for our baby. Nothing new to report. December 05 referrals are almost done. So that means about 60-70 days left of referrals before they get to February 24, 2006, which is when we sent our paperwork to China. In February it will be two years. This does not mean we only have to wait 60-70 days. It has been taking a month to get through 5-8 days of referrals. So we could be waiting 8 or more months. We are hopeful things will happen sooner than later!

BABY, IS YOUR ROOM READY!

The summer of Allison ended today as we kisses her goodbye. We will certainly miss our lovely niece. She was such a polite house guest. We have yet to get a photo of her posted, but she has vowed to send one.

Attached now are some photos of the almost finished baby room. As you can see, I need to stop shopping, but as Lisa Scott noted, most everything was snagged on sale! Bobby finished painting and putting the crib together at Easter. We are slow to get these up.

Tiger enjoys his new favorite spot! Lily would rather sleep under the bunk beds (Landon's old bed) during storms, yet I have to join her. All of us including, Landon and Nicole have tried out the babies room at one night or another this summer. Let's hope these photos attach.

SUMMER WITH ALLISON!

We are very happy to have our niece Allison with us this summer. After graduating from ISU, she waits for grad school by working at OSF hospital. She is a delight and always has a smile on her face! We have been so lucky to have her sweet sister Audrey at Bradley during the school year and now Al. This has been a great year to get know our nieces as adults. Hopefully, we will have photos soon.

INFORMATION WORLD

I have not posted in a while. So, today I am taking a class on Technology and change in the classroom. We are learning about blogs and WIKIS, and Podcasts. Once I get this blog stuff, I can learn about those other things. Here is a link to the school website.