Waiting… October 27, 2006

Nothing is happening.  The courts have been closed for a long time.  Now all agencies are having to renew their licenses.  Thankfully we are only at the beginning of this process and not one of the many families who have a face and a name and a baby waiting for them.  Hopefully things will start to happen soon.

**Update:  Court dates have been issued starting this Friday.  The ball has FINALLY begun rolling again!!!

100 October 25, 2006

In honor of my 100th post, here is my list of 100 things about me:

1. I am 27-years-old.
2. I have 2 brothers, one is 31 and one is 7.
3. The second one surprised me!
4. I grew up in Oklahoma.
5. I miss it.
6. I have been married for 5 years to the greatest man ever.
7. I spend WAY too much time on this computer!
8. I am not a very good cook, but really wish I was.
9. I love southern food (deep-fried and dipped in ketchup).
10. I even like my vegetables prepared that way.
11. I prefer dark and sad movies.
12. I always cry my eyes out when I watch them.
13. Sometimes even commercials can make me cry.
14. I have never been snow skiing.
15. I recently received my very first passport.
16. I will be using it to go to Ethiopia to meet our second child.
17. I cannot wait until the day that happens.
18. I have a two-year-old daughter.
19. I was only in labor with our daughter for less than three hours.
20. I did not get an epidural.
21. It hurt REALLY bad!!!!
22. Going through childbirth (especially with no epidural) made me feel VERY strong!
23. Generally, I am a pretty big wimp.
24. I have always been a dork.
25. I love all things related to biology.
26. Even though I love biology I chose social work as a career.
27. I think I made the right choice.
28. I have my master’s degree in social work.
29. I loved school (from kindergarten to grad school).
30. We have 2 dogs, Oprah and Jackson.
31. We used to have a dog named Winfrey.
32. Jackson is ‘mentally challenged.’
33. I have never been scuba-diving.
34. I love to lay in the sun.
35. I am afraid of swimming in the ocean (due to jellyfish, not sharks).
36. I am also afraid of touching the bottom of the lake, pond, river, or ocean while swimming.
37. I love to water-ski.
38. I have never been bungee-jumping or sky-diving.
39. I have had repeated dreams where I lose control of my car and crash off a bridge, heading straight for the water below me.
40. School never taught me what that dream means.
41. I have never gotten a ticket.
42. I have been pulled over (a few times).
43. I love to read.
44. I don’t have time to read anymore.
45. I get nauseaus at the sight of blood.
46. I blush easily.
47. I see that as a weakness.
48. I am not sure how to correct it.
49. I am not afraid of snakes.
50. I have been bitten by several baby snakes.
51. I am terrified of spiders.
52. I am even more terrified of leaches.
53. Yes, I have also had encounters with leaches.
54. I still have 3 living grandparents.
55. I love them very much and try to visit them as often as I can.
56. I have a very large extended family.
57. We used to be very close, but I don’t get to see them as much as I would like to.
58. I am lazy.
59. I HATE cleaning the house!
60. I have never been in a fist-fight.
61. I seriously think I would get my butt wooped if I ever was in one.
62. I love my job.
63. I worry too much, especially about things I have no control over.
64. I once completed a marathon (I didn’t say ran because we walked a lot)
65. I was a member of “Team Tortoise”
66. I don’t go to the circus because I am protesting the way they treat the elephants.
67. Daddy-O makes fun of that all the time.
68. I have never done any illegal drugs.
69. That fact will never change.
70. I whine way too much.
71. I can’t stand it when other people whine, it’s very annoying
72. I’m not sure what my natural hair color is.
73. I really want laser hair removal on my legs.
74. I was in a bad car accident when I was 16.
75. That was the worst day of my life.
76. That day changed the course of my life.
77. I like to start new hobbies.
78. I have taught myself to cross-stitch, crochet, and knit (although I am terrible at knitting).
79. I quickly move on to the next hobby.
80. We went to DisneyWorld for our honeymoon.
81. I’ve only been called to jury duty once.
82. I was not selected.
83. My first car was a green Saturn.
84. My current car is a white Toyota.
85. I look just like my mom.
86. I pretty much act just like her too.
87. I like math.
88. I have never had sushi.
89. I went on my first ‘date’ when I was 15 (although one of my girl friends tagged along).
90. I hardly ever wear makeup.
91. I feel better when I do wear makeup.
92. I take REALLY REALLY hot showers.
93. Hot tubs make me nauseaus.
94. I have a hard time keeping house plants alive.
95. I also have a hard time keeping my fish alive.
96. I have never called 911.
97. I HAVE called the highway patrol on a drunk driver.
98. I have a terrible memory.
99. I am moody.
100. I LOVE MY FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A trip home October 23, 2006

We just returned from our long overdue trip to see my family.  It was a great week with as much visiting as possible squeezed in (maybe next time we’ll try to slow it down a bit).  Supergirl was able to see her Grandma and Papa and uncles and aunts and cousins and great grandmas and great grandpa.  LOTS of family, and yet, we still didn’t see a lot of them.  All Supergirl cared about was going to her Uncle Sam’s house to ride the horse.  Which she did.  That is heaven for her!!!



We also tried to get some pics of Supergirl and her uncle and cousins…this is the best we could get…(the one on the far left is my younger brother, all the rest are my older brother’s kids)

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Student of the Fine Arts October 13, 2006

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Randomness October 7, 2006

1.  This week I had my first ever meeting with a fellow blogger.  I met Minow and his mommy from over at Family Found.  Fortunately for us she was not secretly a Dateline predator…  Minow is definitely one of the happiest and most handsome babies I have seen.  It was nice to have someone to ask my 5000 adoption questions, and she patiently answered them all.  Supergirl had to show Minow all of her toys, and kept saying “He have a head.”  I guess she was not expecting that…  Hopefully we can do it again soon, although it did make me that much more ready to get this wait over with.

2.  Daddy-O and I had the good fortune to take some kids to see Cirque De Soleil this week.  Apparently they are very good about working with (and giving tickets to) at-risk youth.  It was an awesome show and we all had a LOT of fun.  We didn’t let Supergirl go, maybe next time.

3.  Today Supergirl had her very first Build-A-Bear experience.  She made a penguin, named Emma, who apparently is a ballerina.

4.  Supergirl’s choice of bedtime stories this week:  Honeybunny Funnybunny by Marilyn Sadler and When Sophie Gets Angry; Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

5.  We go to Oklahoma in 9 days.  Yay!!!!

6.  Oh yes, and still not word on when the Ethiopian Courts will reopen.  Hopefully very soon!

Happy Love Thursday!!! October 4, 2006

In honor of Love Thursday here is a picture of Supergirl and her daddy.  I love this one because of the way she is looking up at him, she definitely has some love for this guy!!!!

And I have to thank Chookooloonks for this video.  I am feeling some love:

Imagination Station October 1, 2006

Lately Supergirl has gone through a remarkable increase in imaginative play.  This has resulted in non-stop talking (even though had you asked me a few weeks ago I would have said it was impossible for her to talk anymore—she has proved me wrong!).  Today there have been countless conversations between her hands:

Hand 1:  Waaaah!!!!!

Hand 2:  What’s da madder?

1:  It hurts.

2:  What hurts?

1:  My fingder.

2:  I kiss it.  Muuuaaah.

1:  all better.

Earlier in the day:

Hand 1 (to hand 2):  NO!  You go time-out.

Me:  Why did your hand have to go to time-out?

Supergirl:  It hurt me!

So, so, so much talking.  Is this just a girl thing, or do all two-year-old’s spend every waking moment having conversations with their hands?