Her medicals are in

Well- another step towards bringing our baby girl home. Last Monday, we received "Rima's" medicals.. We have sent them to a pediatrician- specializing in FAS & international adoption...They will examine all the medical jargon & go over it with us next week. So continue to pray for our baby girl... What we did understand was her weight at birth & now.. At birth she was 5.5 lbs. & 18 in. long... On April 5th, she weighed 8 lbs. & 20 in. She's a little tiny thing at 5 months, but she's gained weight.. so we'll pray she's healthy otherwise..
After that step, then we will move even closer & hopefully get travel dates SOON!!! We've been very busy here at our house in the meantime... Grant is taking soccer & karate 1 day a week through Champion Youth Sports.. He's enjoying it... At least he's keeping active & having fun, before the competitve flag football season starts for him... Brett keep us all running around.. He keeps my Mom-in-law quite busy.. We've signed him up for JW Tumbles starting next week... Hopefully that'll wear him out some :-) Ted hurt his shoulder 3 weeks ago playing football- He loves playing, but he swears he still has the flexibility of a 20 year old :-) LOL
Me- I am keeping myself Busy w/ Mommy stuff, teaching & opening a business w/ my girlfriend Angela.. It's called My Girlfriend's Kitchen... We make it ridiculously easy for busy families to eat a healthy dinner together... Our store has done all the chopping, slicing, & prepping for you- all you do is come in- put it all together, take it home to freeze & cook when you're ready & HAVE FUN! More time w/ your family & no clean up..
It is the best invention since the invention of the wife TM-I love that motto :-)
So continue to keep posted... We've got lots of things going on here..
Love ya,
Jenn

The waiting is over

On Friday, April 7th, we got the official call, we've been waiting for, for 3 months. We have a picture of a baby girl... Our baby girl (if all goes well)... She's a beautiful 4 month old baby girl-Her DOB is 3 days before Brett's and her features are so similar to the boys! As her picture was uploading onto our e-mail, I felt as if I was giving birth to her... The feeling of seeing her face for the first time was overwhelming for both of us!
So now more waiting, but at least we have a face and she's already captured our hearts...
We are awaiting her medical records which are being translated.. once they arrive- we will send them off to a pediatrician who specializes in international adoption for review to make sure she is healthy.. after that we can accept our referral & then wait for travel dates.. Once we travel, this site may be the only communication we have w/ our loved ones... so keep posted here & we will let you know more as we get word.. Please continue to keep us & especially baby "Rima" in your thoughts and prayers as we move closer to finalizing & bringing our princess home!
Love to all!