Tomorrow is almost here !

It's Larry this time. I am so excited about tomorrow, I have been telling everybody about our next step. I am sooo looking forward to learn more about the girls and what they like and dislike.The thought of waiting until Friday to see them is just about to much. I hope I am able to keep my composer and not fall apart when I see them. I have had their picture on my desk next to the boys' for a month now and it has seemed so fitting for it to be there.Friday can't come soon enough.

Larry

Meeting Our Girls!

We have our meeting with the girls caseworker tomorrow morning. We are really looking forward to hearing all about them & their history. THEN.... We get to meet them for the first time on Friday. I am really hoping that they like us. If everything goes ok, it will be a shopping frenzy after that. We have so much that we need & to re-do the room. We want to it is done & ready for them. It is Great timing that this is happening @ the end of school so that they have all summer to get adjusted before starting school in the fall.

We got MATCHED with the TWINS ! ! ! ! !

We were MATCHED with the GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The caseworker called with the news that changed EVERYTHING! When she told me, my brain officially stopped working! I was soooooo excited, I could just squeal. I am quiet sure the caseworker thinks I am a complete flake. Larry reminded me that she probably gets that all the time. Either way, after I hung up with her and recited the conversation to Larry…… we were sucked into a whirlwind of emotions, tears & lots of phone calls. Just for the record, let me say that I was actually holding it together pretty good ((wink, wink)) till Larry started tearing up and telling me how much he loves me. Then I lost it.
All of our family & friends are just as excited as we are & I don’t think they will ever know just how much that means to us. We had told the boys about the twins and showed them a picture. They new we were hoping to hear something. We had decided to tell the boys together. We wanted to get pictures of their faces when we told them & I had printed a picture of the girls for each of them to keep. Well……….. that idea went down the tubes when (mr. dramatic) Jobe came running towards me @ the car ramp & screaming ((Did we get them? Did they call? Did they call?)) And Cody was asking ((Do I get sisters? Do I get sisters?)) They were so excited. I couldn’t not tell them.
I think it hit me at that moment just how much this has affected them. ((in a good way)) We have been very open with them about our adoption process and the idea of adding to our family. But have also tried to shield them from all the different kids that we have inquired on. Not wanting to confuse them or give them false hope until we got a match. I am truly grateful and blessed that our boys are so excited and open to new siblings and adding to our family. We even went shopping after school because they want to give each of the girls a present when they meet them for the first time. Cody had a hard time understanding why we couldn’t just go pick them up and bring them home & pestered us all night about it. He wanted to know when and exactly how many days before he could play with them. So, as we schedule our visits, I will have to add them to his calendar so that he can count the days and keep track. Which is just what he does.

Yes, I did go shopping and only got a few small things. We want to wait till after we meet them before we start making up the room and all. I want to be able to find out what they like now. But, their profiles said that one likes Chef stuff and pretend cooking and the other one likes Princess stuff. So, I found the cutest Chef kitchen play set that is decorated in a princess theme. I got the cutest Princess Chef Apron with the big pink Chef had and oven mitt and some other cooking stuff that is electric. They had some dress up stuff on clearance. They have the cutest princess outfits. It was soooo hard not to start buying everything right then. The biggest things we will need to get first are beds. Being that we only have a crib and toddler bed. Let me just say that if they both like the princess theme for the room. I found the cutest Cinderella Stage Coach beds. When I can actually start shopping, I will have to keep repeating the word “budget” in my head. “Lord please keep me busy for the next week”.
I do have to thank my best friend Mandy, she had the great idea of giving the girls a little photo album with pictures of us so that they can get familiar with us and have it when were not there. But, also add them in as a part of us. ((She was so excited that she stayed up very late and made it all last night)) THANK YOU Lulu, I LOVE YOU!

My biggest fear now is that when the girls meet us, they will run screaming in the other direction. OK, maybe a little overly dramatic but, you know what I mean. I really hope that they like us. Guess there is nothing we can do but wait and see. We meet with the caseworker to Tuesday and hopefully our first meeting with the girls will be later that same week.

Thank you to all of our family and friends that have been there for us and continue to share our excitement and dreams. We love you all so very much. Katie and Christina will be so loved……………

Tomorrow is the day.............

Tomorrow is the day 04/23/09.......... When a committee of people will decide if our life is going to change 4-ever. If we will become a family of 6 or stay a family of 4. Everyone say a prayer for the committee and that God gives them the wisdom to choose the best family for these little girls. Of course we hope it will be us. But, have left this decision in God’s hands and know that what is meant to be, will be.

For those of you just joining us… We made it to the top 4 families being considered for the cutest little twin 5yr old Girls ever. We have tried not to get our hopes too high but it is so hard not to. We have never been this close to a match before and all control of containing feelings and hopes have been blown right out the window. We tried to keep telling ourselves that somewhere out there, there are 3 other families that got the same e-mail and are just as excited as we are, hoping that they get picked. But, when looking at their pictures and when strolling through the store, glancing at all the adorable girl stuff. We tend to forget about all the other families out there that also daily search the online listings and constantly e-mail caseworkers in order to keep your name and homestudy fresh in their minds.
Larry keeps telling me not to worry about it because he just knows that we are going to get picked. But, I figured that sending out one more prayer couldn’t hurt.
We will keep you posted.
Till then.............

Autism = Fiesta by the Bay

This was the "Fiesta by the Bay" last weekend. Done by CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disabilities)
CARD does an Autism benifit every year. Great music, food and Salsa dancing. We had sooooooooo much fun!!!

 

Meteor Shower

The Lyrids meteor shower will peak after midnight to dawn on Wednesday April 22, 2009. The majority of Lyrids meteors are likely to soar across the sky in the dark hour before dawn. We get our information from a wonderfl source: http://www.meteorblog.com/

Meteor Mark has wonderful info on his blog. You all know that we set our meteor watching calendar by it. The kids have been waiting for tomorrow morning and went to bed early so that we could get up before dawn to watch. Well, I will post tomorrow if we got to see anything.

As I have said before.
"Wishes on Shooting Stars and Family Memories is all a Mother could ever ask for".

Sooooo Excited!!!!!!!!!!!

We had inquired on the 2 most adorable twins a while back and had been keeping it a secret so that we didn’t jinx it. Yes, I said twins! A dream come true for me and Larry says they would be soooo perfect for us. Well, we just got an e-mail that said we have made it to one of the top 4 families that are being considered for them. We should find out in just over a week if we made it to #1 or not.

This time, it is me telling Larry not to get our hopes up just in case but, it is soooooo hard not to. I find myself looking at princess beds online and all kinds of different stuff. We are holding off on scheduling our summer vacation in case we need to add 2 more. Uhhh, I am just so excited I could POP!
We will keep everyone posted!

Please PRAY………. Not only for us but, no matter who they pick, that these girls get their perfect family and all the Love they could ever need! They deserve it!

Have a Jesus filled day!

St. Patricks Day 09

Mommy and her little Lepercon's. They were all decked out for school and we had a wonderful Green lunch at School.