Just got off the phone w/ the agency and they have received a statement that we have been approved!!  YIPPEE!!

Stay tuned for more info including her name, when we will meet, etc.

Last night I dreamed I was visiting my uncle. In the dream I was feeling really self conscious because my hair was too shaggy and my neck needed to be shaved. I decided to go into the bathroom and buzz my head with the clippers that I was holding. It seemed as though I’d been holding them all along.

As I stood in front of the mirror, I wasn’t sure how to approach the task at hand. I was particularly worried about how I would buzz the back of my head evenly. I was also growing uncomfortable with the vision I had of how this would all turn out.

Joshua Blankenship kindly offered to cut my hair for me. It seemed as though he’d been there all along. I was grateful and handed him the clippers. When he was finished, I had a mullet that looked a lot like this. Part of me was disappointed and part of me thought it suited me.

I have no idea what this means. Interpretations are welcome in the comments.

No news yet.  Our gov papers aren’t in yet.  This is a situation that “No news is good news” is not really true.  So we will wait and trust the Lord.

Tonight we experienced a new fun.  Seriously, I’m not sure how this happened but I was doing the limbo to the new Shane and Shane cd.  Ah, life with a 3 year old!

Today I hand delivered a stack of papers to our agency.  All of our items are sent in but we are still waiting on gov and bank papers/items.  These could be items that hold us up so if you think of it pray for them to be processed pronto.

excited sounds like sky-tid usually in a very sky-tid voice

success sounds like skus-ex or skus-ess also in an sky-tid voice

especially sounds like pecally in a long  dramatic voice

probably sounds like prbb-lee

Today she said computer correctly.  Sounding it out and everything.  It was so cute because she used to say computer like pea-gee-r.   She’s growing up.

I’m Chocolate, Your Vanilla by Marguerite A. Wright.

About 1.5 years ago two different women told me about this book.  I would say this is a must read for anyone because it deals with race.  If you’ve got kids, no matter what their color is, you should read it.  Our hope is to one day be a transracial family but even if we weren’t the author explains how kids view race and how their view is different from an adults view.  She also refers a lot to 3 year olds which is fun to me because I know one really well.  Seriously, go to the library now, you won’t be sorry.

You need to listen to Sufjan Stevens.  I have become a huge fan over the past year but Christmas without his music would just be…uh, bad.

Tonight I’ve been getting together a spreadsheet of addresses for Christmas cards that come in.  We’ve kept a pile in the Christmas box so I’ve added those addresses too.  It was so fun to look back to pictures, letters, notes!  Sometimes all the way back to 2003!  Right, I know, 2003 was not really that long ago but a ton has changed!  I think we’ll keep these and make a book to add to in years to come.  At last my freakish tendencies to hold onto random stuff has paid off!

Around the end of October Jaimes got a very special phone call. It was from Uncle Kris. You see, Uncle Kris had recently proposed to Jenna (we are all very excited!!) and Kris asked Matt to be a groomsman and was wanting to ask Jaimes to be the flower girl. Moments before the phone was given to Jaimes we sat her down at the kitchen table to have a cupcake that had been brought home from the night before. She was very excited about the cupcake.

The cupcake is sitting on a paper towel infront of her. Phone is handed over. She is on for seconds and says, “Um, no. You can talk to my Dad now so I can eat my cupcake.” Hands the phone over. I was mortified.

She has since agreed to have the honor and yes, the cupcake is long gone.