This past week...

Hi everyone! I have some thoughts that I want to share with you but first let me catch you on on some cuteness with princess #1! This past Friday we had a picnic lunch with Nicky and Camden.....we got a few cute pics!

I also spent part of the weekend working on some closet space for Ella.....here is what we did...

Which brings me to Ella and the wait......over the last 3 weeks I have personally heard of 2 very sad stories in the adoption community. In one the family was getting ready to leave and found out that their soon to be daughter had a tumor and would continue to deteriorate, in the other a family was waiting on the final piece of paperwork needed and then would travel when they were informed that their daughter had passed away. Oh the tears I have cried for both of these families and oh the prayers I have prayed for them and all the children waiting to come home. I can honestly say that with the first adoption, at this point in the wait we were preparing to leave within a few weeks. This time the paperwork is longer and we have minimum of 3 months to go. I keep telling myself we ARE going this summer....we may not know when but baby we are coming.
I just want to go and get our daughter and come home and carry on with our life. Instead I feel like at this point I am constantly waiting for the next piece of documentation.....we have been waiting 58 days for this next piece after that the wait is about 2.5 months till travel. I cannot wait for it to come!
So you may be wondering....what can I do about this? Nothing that will speed it up....but I can pray and wait for God's timing. This is often the hardest thing to do. Will you join me in prayer? If you are willing please pray not only for the children waiting to come home but also for the families waiting here.....it is so very hard......and unlike with a pregnancy when you know the ending date, there is not 9 month cut off....

Wow!!! Where does the time go?!?

Hi friends! I realize almost a month has gone by since my last post! Let's catch up!

We attended Princess Sophia's tea party for her 5th birthday!!!

We went to Sea World which is a favorite of our princess!!!

Easter egg hunting was fun!!!

Played with a baby duck at Aunt Tina and Uncle Rodney's!

colored easter eggs!

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Happy easter from our house to yours!

We hope you all are having a great spring! Summer is coming soon and we are looking forward to many fun times in the sun together! Cannot believe we are getting closer and closer to bringing Ella home! Still waiting on our LOA at this time but believing it will come exactly when it should!

By the way...I got the job in the pediatric ER at Arnold Palmer and I am looking forward to starting that new adventure in the upcoming weeks! Have a great weekend and hopefully I will get back here soon!

Spring Break 2012...

Hi! I hope that you all are having a great weekend! This has been spring break for our princess! We started off the beginning of the week with me in bed sick but the end of the week improved! She went to a sweet 16 pool party, the science center, to the movies to see the Lorax and shopping for her new little sister. We had a good week. I hope you all did too!

Happy Birthday Jasmine!

i hear the ocean...

fun with Bob the builder

monkeying around...

peace!

swinging....

fun with her buddies!

pure sweetness!

A reminder....tickets are still available at http://livinglifewithaprincess.blogspot.com/p/great-big-giveaway.html for the giveaway. The last chance for tickets is April 15 at 12 noon. Also we are on day 25 of our wait for LOA....here is a chart based on averages....

If we follow the recent averages...we can expect the LOA by mid May and would travel in August. Fingers crossed that we are at least average!  

More evening fun!

This evening we spent more time enjoying the back yard! Man this little girl makes me smile

she called this her soccer outfit!

she loves to swing!

she is a great hula hooper!

It is 13 days till the giveaway to help bring Ella home! http://livinglifewithaprincess.blogspot.com/p/great-big-giveaway.html
 

Getting the last of the funds....

As we await our LOA  sometimes the number before us can be scary. So some of you have asked what kinds of fundraisers we are going to be doing before travel…I wanted to share with you our schedule of events planned. We are looking at needing approximately 11,000 more dollars. Please continue to pray with us in regards to this amount. I know that we serve a BIG God and all things are possible through Him! We will do what needs to be done to bring Ella Grey home! So… here are the plans:

March:

30: the big adoption giveaway….tickets are still available for 10 each or 3 for 25. You can purchase them in person or via the donate now button at the top right of the screen. You can also see a complete listing of the items available to win at http://livinglifewithaprincess.blogspot.com/p/great-big-giveaway.html

30: empanadas available for $1.50 each in the following flavors: beef, taco, mozzarella, mozzarella with jalopeno and smores

April:

13: breakfast burritos for sale $1.25 each

14: 31 gifts fundraiser party

26: Tupperware fundraiser party

27: empanadas available for $1.50 each in the following flavors: chicken, veggie, mozzarella and mozzarella with jalopeno

May:

11: chicken taquitos for $1.25 each

17-19: giant garage sale….all donations towards sale are accepted! Please let me know.

25: empanadas available for $1.50 each in the following flavors: beef, taco, mozzarella, mozzarella with jalopeno

June:

8: breakfast burritos for sale $1.25 each

29: empanadas available for $1.50 each in the following flavors: chicken, veggie, mozzarella and mozzarella with jalopeno

July:

13: chicken taquitos for $1.25 each

27: empanadas available for $1.50 each in the following flavors: beef, taco, mozzarella, mozzarella with jalopeno

Thank you all for your spport! We feel so blessed and loved! God bless!

 

Beautiful weather and a beautiful girl!

The title really says it all! We spent yesterday playing inside all dressed up and the evening at the park enjoying the beautiful weather! Right now we are feeling oh so blessed!

On a side note we are currently on day 16 of our wait for LOA!

Animal Kingdom....

Today we were blessed to be able to spend time together at Animal Kingdom. We had a great day and just enjoyed being together.