Oh Finally - beautiful weather.

My Favorite blooming tree in my front yard... I know it is truly spring when this beauty blooms
ahhh.. I am definately one of those people that do so much better when the sun is shining. Well we had a lot of sun this weekend.We went right into summer weather without the in between spring weather. It was very hot here....80-90 degrees. We didnt have the pool open because it is way too early for that. We could have used the pool this weekend. Of course we spent both days on lacrosse and baseball fields. All good.
Hopefully we will get lucky and get a first ruling from our judge this week.. pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese.


I love watching this little guy.. he truly loves the game. Paige will be at the fields with me as well... I hope she will be content to hang out on baseball fields and lacrosse fields when she gets home... and then football in the winter.

HAPPY FIVE MONTH BIRTHDAY

Gawd this is taking foreva. Our little Paige is 5 months already. We should have had her home. We got stuck with a new judge in the system (so we are told). He took forever to schedule the Hearing. Now please Mr. Judge don't wait too long for the next steps. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeveryone say a giant prayer that we will get each of the next steps quickly and that we are traveling by June......

So hopefully no news is good news. That means if all went well at Paige's hearing we won't hear anything. I have posted before about the rest of the process, but now that it is here I will share it again. OK so next in this process is our FIRST RULING.
Part I of Final Decree(First Ruling). Once the hearing has been completed and the judge has had time to review all the information, he/she issues the first part of the Final Decree. This is a short statement signed by the judge that is forwarded to all parties involved (social services organization on behalf of the adoptive family and the birth family) notifying everyone of his/her decision to finalize the adoption. This first part of the Final Decree must go to each party and there is a waiting period of 10 days before any further court action can occur. The birth family has until the end of this 10 day period to change their mind regarding the adoption. Once the 10 day period is passed however, the judge can make the final decree.
Time line for 2nd Ruling - 2-6 weeks after the 1st ruling
3. Part II of Final Decree (Second Ruling). Once the 10 day waiting period is over (and the court staff finds time!), the second part of the Final Decree is forwarded to all parties. When the second part of the decree is received by your child's social service organization, the court process is DONE!

Paige's Hearing date

Today is Paige's hearing date. Well tomorrow 4/17 but it is really today in Taiwan. As I type this it is 11:10 am in Taiwan. Paige's birthmom will appear in court and tell why she wants to put her baby up for adoption. Why she can not take care of her. I think about what that might be like for her... maybe easy - maybe not. I know she is giving us a treasure. I can not believe that I am actually having nerves over this hearing-of course she can still change her mind. I am also very excited that her hearing is finally taking place. I so hope that the rest goes quickly.
Flash Toys at WishAFriend.coml We will have to wait for a first ruling after this (time frame varies) and then the final ruling (again the time frame varies). I am still hoping that we travel by June.

Room update

A lot of people wanted me to show the chandelier after we put it up. Well here it is.... I just love it....

APRIL UPDATE

****Update****** We got word today that we finally got a hearing date.....
APRIL 17TH. PLEASE PRAY THAT THIS "NEW JUDGE" RULES QUICKLY FOR US......


Tonight we got our April updates of our Paige. She weighs 11.46 pounds and is 22.25 inches long. She is getting so big. It is always a mixed bag for me to get these updates. I so want her home. She is not wearing any of the clothes we sent, and they need to stop cutting her hair. We love the way she finally smiles and can not wait to make her smile all the time. ( We got a judge that doesn't know what he is doing.. but I will post that at another time )


We think she is the most adorable baby in the world!!!

An Easter Basket

Yesterday I had the pleasure of going out to lunch with some friends from work. One of them was my friend, Laura, who I don't get to work with on daily basis anymore,I only get to see her usually over a vacation or break. It is not unusual for us to spend hours catching up on stuff. Yesterday, we sat for 3 hours at lunch and did just that. Laura worked with me for 4 years so she has been waiitng for Paige with me. Today she gave to Paige a beautiful Easter basket filled with fun and beautiful things. There are teddie bears, and a beautiful tie-dyed dress, fairytale cds, a book, picutre frame and more. Thank you so much Laura... Paige doesn't know how lucky she is to be so welcomed by so many.

Coleton and Colin (cousins)


My Father
My sister and mother

This past weekend we had opening day for both Baseball and Lacrosse. The weather was not cooperative on Saturday for us for Baseball and our game was cancelled (so I don't have pictures yet).
On Sunday it wasn't raining but it was freezing. It was an interesting Lacrosse game because half of his football team played on the opposing team as well as his cousin Colin... (Football is a combination of several school districts, whereas Lacrosse is each individual district). It was a good game, with our team winning and Coleton scoring a goal.

Lady bug, lady bug....grant my wish

Make a Ladybug Note at WishAFriend.com

WHAT A PAIN IN MY NECK

I lost two days of my life this week. Let me explain. On Tuesday, I had a crazy busy day at work setting up our science fair, and teaching etc. I had to come home and take Coleton to baseball practice for 2 hours, and then drive the 45 minutes back to work for our night time Science Fair. I felt a slightly stiff neck during the day. Stiffer by the evening, and I was up all night unable to sleep. In the morning on Wednesday, ahhhh I couldnt move it enough to drive. I called in sick figuring some babying of this neck would do me good. By the afternoon, I couldn't move it at all and had Kyle take Coleton to his lacrosse practice. By 11:00 that evening I was in excruciating pain and had a really bad headache...enough to drive to have hubby drive me to the ER. They gave me all sorts of drugs, and when that didnt help a few hours later the doc wanted to do a CAT scan. Right before that they gave me another drug in shot form for the pain... not sure what it was but made me very itchy... after the CAT this drug seemed to take away the headache and some pain. CAT scan turned out good... thank God.... and so they sent me on my way with some muscle relaxers and other drugs. Yesterday I called in sick again. Still couldn't drive and the medication they gave me in the hospital made me physically sick to my stomach.

Yesterday, I was supposed leave a little early from work, and go read a poem in my son's third grade class, during his poetry party. We didn't want to disapoint him so his big bro - who happened to have no classes yesterday- when in. So sweet and the other kids loved him. Turned out I wasnt missed at all, because Mr. Coleton was quite the celebrity with a big brother. Kyle chose the Pizza p**oem by Jack Prel**usky. SO SWEET.

Last night I was feeling better. And as I write this I am actually getting ready for work. After all I am off all next week for Spri**ng break. Yea!!!!

One more thing, I am in weekly contact with my agency. They still don't know when we will be logged into the court. REDICULOUS, but out of my control. There is nothing I can do, and that is the most frustrating thing. Remember, culturally they are different. I am finding that nothing is urgent for those outside of the US. Our agency won't push, they just inquire..