Our LOA!!!!

We waited all day Friday for our LOA to arrive by Fed Ex-it never came-I called first thing Sat. morning to see what the problem was-The gentleman on the phone told me "it will be delivered on Monday" (yes, I almost SCREAMED) but instead I asked politely if it was possible to pick it up....Matt rushed over there and picked it up-(at first they couldn't find it)-freaked out again for a second and about 15 minutes later, they found it!! Matt drove to the hospital and we signed it ASAP-he then took it to kinkos-Fed Ex to mail to Charlene-YIPEE, we are now officially waiting on our TA-it arrived at Charlene's house this afternoon-how exciting...I can't wait to hold my baby boy!!!! BTW, YES, MATT IS MY HERO!!!

Christmas pics- or lack of-

We had a great Christmas-I took lots of pictures-to my surprise when I went to download them to my computer-there were only a few........my husband decided to reformat my camera-I LOST ALL OF THEM-except for a few-I could have cried!!!! So here is one of my beautiful daughter in her new dress up princess dress-sticking out her tongue-LOL, where did she learn that???? but what a cute pic of the sisterly love!!! Glad I was able to capture that!!

My baby is Truly a Big Girl now!!!

Aleaya is completely potty trained now! I'm so proud of her!! This was so much easier than I thought it would be.....I feel like I dropped the ball and should have tried a little harder months ago-(maybe when she brought me the turd in her hand, that was a clue) She has been great!!

So for all you BTDT moms, when do you stop the M & M and sticker thing??????? I think I better keep it up for a little while. I bet everyone is glad they wont have to hear about my turd stories anymore!!! Well, you never know there probably will be a few more in my life time...

WE FINALLY HAVE IT!!!!

We received a call this morning that our LOA has arrived!! It should be at our house tomorrow and we will overnight it ASAP........I guess my little winey post brought on some good vibes!!!

I am so excited-it finally seems real!! I can't wait until I hold my baby boy in my arms!! I have wanted to be a Mommy as far back as I can remember. When we had Career day at school in first grade, I stood up proudly and told the class " I wanted to be a Mommy"- I was so proud!! It took me a long time to finally be a Mom, becoming a step-mom first. I can tell you what there is nothing like "being a Mommy" It is the best feeling in the whole wide world!!!

STILL WAITING ON OUR LOA!

I find it hard to believe we are still waiting on our LOA. We don't know if it is "really" in the mail or not. There is no hope that we will travel until after the Chinese New Year. So, poor little "Skeeter" has to wait a little longer before we can go get him-If ONE more person says to me "go eat some Chocolate" I am going to SCREAM! I am not a violent person but there might be a smack down. No amount of Chocolate is going to make me feel better at this point!

I Have our LOA on the brain BAD. I went to the H.R. Dept today at work to get my FMLA paperwork. Well, guess what I asked for?????? I said I was there to pick up my "LOA paperwork" If it was only that easy, life would be grand!

Potty update

We are doing great!! We have only had one accident in 2.5 days!!!! Of course she wears a diaper still for naps and at night! This just might work! I should have tried the 70 pant's months ago. We have gone to the Grocery store, out to lunch, and haven't had any accidents!! I'm so proud of my Big Girl!!!!

Early Christmas with my Brother and Family

We Celebrated an Early Christmas with my brother and his Family. It was so nice to see Baby Emme. My Brother lives in Oregon so we don't get to see them as much as we would like. It was great that Aleaya and cousin Audrey had a chance to play together (their birthdays are only one month apart)

A Dry Day

We put on big girl pants today...on top of those, we put those really ugly training pants-you know the ones you remember your little brother wearing back in the 70's??? Well low and behold it worked.....we have had a completely DRY day and we have gone poo poo in the big girl potty too...........WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!! I think we are making GREAT progress...maybe I wont have two kids in diapers soon!!!!!!! That would be great and wonderful on the pocket book!!!!!

Updated picture of Our little Boy!!

I did it!!!!!!!!! It took me forever but I figured out how to fix his picture-Isn't he a cutie???

Problem with our Paperwork

I guess there is an Accounting error with our paperwork in China. We were hoping to receive our LOA last week-IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!! I guess at this point we wont be traveling until after the CNY-late Feb. This just breaks my heart that Skeeter has to wait another two months because of a clerical error-It just doesn't seem fair-

POO-POO Update

I was cooking dinner the other night and thought Aleaya was in the living room playing-All of a sudden Aleaya yells "Momma, poo-poo" so I start running in order to get her clothes and pull up off so that she can poop. When I made it to the bathroom she was standing there with her pants off pointing at her poo-poo in the potty. I was shocked...........this is a HUGE improvement, my little girl is growing up............now we will work on the pee-pee part!!!

Halloween Picture-2007

I promised Halloween pictures. These didn't turn out very well but she was the cutest little Zebra I have ever seen.

Still waiting on our LOA

We are still waiting on our LOA. I think we are on day 98 or so by now. I was so hoping to get it last week but we didn't. It needs to hurry up and get here or we wont be able to travel before Chinese New Year. Please come this week.............

Cupcakes in Heaven

Scotty's Birthday is Dec 8Th, he would have been 2 yrs old today. If things were different we would most likely be home with him celebrating his 2nd Birthday. Well, this didn't happen and God had other plans for him. I hope you will think of our little Angel today on his special day.
We love you Scotty and I'm hoping that they have Cupcakes for our little boy in Heaven.

Picture wth Santa

Last year Aleaya cried when she saw Santa Claus. This year she was excited to see him. She yelled "Hi Santa" as soon as she saw him. So this year we have pictures. Isn't she cute???