last blog on US soil

Well, this is the last blog on US soil... Friday night at about midnight CA time, we will have met our baby girl for he first time. These past 8 days to get ready for the trip have flown by. We are so lucky to be travelling with 2 other families adopting their babies from our same agency. We've been in touch daily and have managed to be on the same flights.. so the trip is definitely less scary..... I think the time change will probably be the hardest...I think Bishkek is 14 hours ahead of our time... We really hope we'll be able to post pictures and blogs while we're gone...I'm sure the internet cafe's probably don't have High Speed internet, but we will make do :-) I still have to finish some last minute house work, so this blog is short.... The feelings we have are so overwhelming right now- I just don't know how to put it all into words... You all- our family& friends mean so much to us.. we really could not have made our dreams a reality of having a daughter without all of your love, prayers, and support.. We are so thankful & blessed... Please continue to keep us all in your thoughts and prayers....Love to you all....

finally some news

Well, we finally got the news we've been waiting for since April... We will be travelling to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from June 30th (we have to be there on July 2nd) and home on the 13th...
This first trip will be strictly bonding with "Rima" and I'm sure some paperwork... I have so many things in my brain- luckily I've been pretty much packed since April, now it's just some last minute things... good thing because we only have 8 days to do it...
Once we come home on the 13th, we'll be home about 6 weeks- while we are home, "Rima" will still be in Kyrgyz :( In the meantime, our coordinator will go to court, prepare all the docs, get her passport, & visa & everything else that needs to happen to make our baby girl legally ours. Then once we get the last & final call :-) we will travel back to Kyrgz for about 7 days to finalize interview & medical exit at the Embassy in Bishkek & Embassy in Kazakhstan... So there is the short end of it... By the end of the summer we will be a family of 5... so now I must say adios, so I can gather my thoughts and start preparing for our trip.... We will try our hardest to update this blog & add pictures of our trip & our baby girl while we are there... Please continue to keep us all in your thoughts and prayers for a safe & smooth trip & adoption!!

still waiting

Well we are still waiting for word of travel....hopefully soon... on a more happy note.. Grant graduated from Kindergarten today.. hee hee... In July he will start 1st grade at our neighborhood school... Brett is still running around.. his vocabulary is increasing... we can pretty much understand him all the time... Ted is convinced that he will be potty trained soon... Right before he goes #2- he holds his diaper & we ask do you need a new diaper- he says "Yea" so we'll look & sure enough he needs a new diaper... so who knows... anyway- I am 2 days away from summer vacation.. woo hoo- hopefully we'll have our baby girl home before the end of my break... Keep you posted....

Hooked on pictures

Now that I've learned- let update some photos of the family ;-)

Here's Grant & Brett at California Adventure..

Hmmm.. Let's see if I can add a link to My Girlfriend's Kitchen- our franchise owned & operated by me & Angela - We are moving along with the plans to build & open soon :-)http://www.mgfk.com

Update

Hi all- so I'm kind of playing w/ the blog to see if I can figure out how to put our pictures up.. I got a quick (cliff notes version) on how from my dear friend Joyce. Our doggie Bailey has really settled into being one of us.. He is spoiled rotten, but is starting to behave & is completely an indoor dog now, though he does still enjoy being a dog outside- he thinks he's a kid inside.. Him & Brett are constantly competing for Mommy & for the toys.. It'll start to get interesting when we had our baby girl to the mix :) So good news on Baby Girl- Adoptions have picked up again- so now we really are hoping & anticipating some travel (Here's Bailey- our Beagladore- hey it worked- thanks Joyce) dates soon.. It is a new system in country & the first family there did have some pitfalls- but they are working out the kinks now... so hope & pray... Well I will post more- let's see if we can get pictures of the family up :-) Love to you all!