Chimpanzees and Pringles

The girls didn't seem to notice that the Easter bunny was on a tight budget this year! Neither one of them had asked for anything, which makes me feel sooooo good that they (for now, anyway) focus on the true meaning of Christmas and Easter instead of the presents and junk. So, when we were taking pictures of them in their Easter dresses, I asked them to hold up their favorite thing out of their basket. Ryleigh picked up this little chimpanzee (the Easter bunny knows that she LOVES to play with her dollhouse and thought it would be a cute pet for the dollhouse people!) and Reagan grabs her can of Pringles (which she carried around while she hunted for eggs, I suppose in fear that someone might swipe them!). It's the simple things in life, I tell you! I love my girls, they are both so hilarious and have such fun personalities!

Referrals are due to come out anytime now and we are anxiously awaiting news of what LID's will be included. Even though we are at the bottom of the list, we know that if they include a lot of dates, the speed up might be starting. If there are only a few dates included in this batch, we will be depressed that our wait will be that much longer. I hadn't taken the time to figure out 18 months from our LID of March 8 until this weekend. September 2008 will be 18 months. I am being optimistic that it will be a good time of year to travel. But, I know in my heart of hearts that the chances of it being 18 months is not that great unless things really speed up. And I don't know how the Olympics in Beijing will affect things. There is still so much time until we know anything, so until then I have to focus on other things...

My organizing is going well. I am very proud to say I have almost finished cleaning out Ryleigh's new room and we think we might have found some wallpaper border that we all like. I have managed to get all of my sewing stuff put in it's new home and my scrapbook corner is somewhat organized (now if I just had time to scrapbook!). I have all the arts and crafts stuff for the kids in one spot, but it is a disaster. I will try to work on it this week. Slowly, but surely we will be ready for our third child! Of course, if I could go to China tomorrow I would and I would say to heck with all the organizing!!!

Our friends, Brad and Stacy, will be traveling to Kazakastan (I don't think I spelled that correctly) to meet their new daughter, Haven. They are leaving on the 20th and will be back on June 20th, so hopefully keeping up with their journey will be a good distraction! We are very anxious to meet baby Haven and learn more about the adoption process over there. Please pray for their health and safety as they travel.