Halloween 2014

Matthew and his best buddy Kaden

Matthew at his first preschool Halloween party

Shelby's VW pumpkin

Dossier Logged In (LID)

Found out this morning that our dossier was logged in.  So now we are down to the BIG wait - who is our next child?  I thought for sure we would have been matched with a child by this point, but now nothing is standing in our way, except time. We could hear today or even a year from now, my best guess would be within the next 6 months.  

Dossier to CHINA!

Our paperwork finally left for China on Friday.

Green, my favorite color

Today as we got ready at the bathroom sink - I looked in the mirror and said 

"mommy needs to color her hair."  

Matthew:  what color? How bout Green? It's  your favorite color! 

Dossier Completed!!

After 5 1/2 months all the paperwork we needed to complete our dossier is finally completed!! Matthew was not that impressed with my 20 piles of paperwork I sorted to get ready to send - he just kept asking for ice cream.  How hard it is to stick all that work into an envelope and give it to the post office.  Thankfully it made it safely to its next stop at our adoption agency in Colorado.  

 What's next you ask?? Our paperwork will get checked for accuracy and then be sent to China - when a whole new waiting period commences...  the wait for it to be logged into China's system and the wait to be matched with our next child.  

First day of school & another visit with Ben

This past week marked the first day of school for the kids (well actually Matt's was just an openhouse, but he didn't know any difference).  

Robbie is a 7th grader

So far, Shelby is off to a good start with college. She even had her first home game, she had a blast!  

Lunch at Friendly's after church

First Zips game -Matthew is wearing his new Zips Jersy/dress.

We had the wonderful opportunity to visit with the family of Matthew's crib mate Ben.  What a joy to be able to have a relationship with them.  Ben and Matt really had a fun time playing with each other, they are two peas in a pod.

Woo hoo - i800A and this week in pictures!

We finally got our long awaited immigration paperwork!  Sorry the pictures are all in a weird order, trying to get used to a new phone.  

I decided to do a little nesting and gave my closet a much needed clean out.  First to go - China stroller.  Oh how we will miss the wonderful way that you never could be steered in a straight line.  But what a friend you were to carry our precious cargo through 5 airports across two continents.

Shelby's first day of college - off to band camp!  She has been pulling 12-14 hour days all this week.  So proud of her!

Farmer Matt

Marching band preview night for the parents

UA Trombone section

Last but never least - Ro.  My sweet teenager is usually less than thrilled having his picture taken lately.  Hoping to post football pictures next week!