Sunday, September 14, 2008

Thank you all for your kind words in the loss of my mom. I miss her very much every day. I know she is in heaven watching over us and that is comforting in its self.

At this point the CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) has given out referrals up to Feb. 9, 2006. We have a log in date of Feb. 14, 2006, so please keep us in your prayers that we are next. That should be some time at the beginning of October. (YEAH) I am so excited to hold our daughter I am coming out of my skin! Now that we are so close I wake up everyday thinking, “This could be the day”. Please pray for us and pray Gracie is home by Christmas.

Alex is now 18, can you all believe that? I know I can’t. He has joined the Air force and will be leaving July 14, 2008. That is a day that will be incredibly hard for me. I am very proud of him. He has turned out to be a wonderful young man, not to mention pretty cute. We had his senior pictures taken and it was all I could do to hold back the tears. He is taking flying lessons, so we took the pictures at the Butler County Airport. We had them taken by a husband and wife team that was wonderful and very creative. Alex was a little grumpy because he had to get up early and they did wonders with that. I have sent a link to the blog to their website where you will find a few of the pictures Jessica and Brett took.

Please enjoy the pictures of Alex growing up and hopefully soon we will be able to have pictures of him with his sister.