12/31/2014

Our Adoption: 13 weeks

How Far Along: 13 weeks
How I'm feeling: urgent... like I need to get the house organized and Jemma's room ready... I feel like it's going to take a while, so I want/need to get started!

GenderGIRL!  
Total bills so far: $7962.89
Bills this week0
Ways God is working: we received our USCIS receipt Monday, December 22nd and then the following day, we got the fingerprint appointment in the mail - January 5th!  I was a little concerned that it would be during Phil's trip to Madrid and was praying that the Lord would work it out.  Also, we decided we weren't going to try and "walk-in" this time.  I didn't feel at peace about breaking the rules this time and I believe the Lord is continuing to honor our desire to obey and trust Him.  A January 5th appointment is much sooner than I could have hoped!  

Things learned: That quality time gifts make good Christmas presents!
Stuff we've done for the adoption this weekprayed for Jemma - wondered about Jemma - longed for Jemma - wished to see her face again...
What I am looking forward to: finishing our dossier 

Praying: that our fingerprints will be approved quickly and the I797 would be received quickly so that we can get our dossier authenticated and certified; that we could be DTC before Valentine's Day and that Jemma can come home before the summer
Pictures of the week:




Christmas Morning - PopPop making coffee
and Nana reading to the Grandkids
who kept arriving
Making Christmas breakfast

Getting ready for the stocking hunt


Sammy found his gift in the coat closet - it was lunch for the road trip to the Waterpark that day!
Stefi wore Boppie's shoes!
The watchers:
SO excited to see him with a Waterpark wristband this year for Christmas and not a hospital one!!!!!

We all ate and ate and ate until we were full!


Titus was a buster!

The cousins exchanged names this year so each cousin got a gift from another cousin.  Very cute!














FaceTime with Aunt Valerie
Time to go to bed!
Titus stole our bed...
I wonder why...

Breakfast

Pancake bar - whatever you want in your pancakes... we got it!
We set off the smoke alarm -oops!



Singing happy birthday to Stefi


She didn't like that Daddy took her Cupcake paper away



Back to the watermarks

The waves knocked Sammy over




So he figured out how to beat the waves
but turning around




lunch - we scarfed - and by scarfed I mean SCARFED!












TUCKERED OUT!


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