UPDATE

We have now been a family of four for 5 years. It has been an extremely difficult journey. It isn't over, but will have to continue on a different blog so as not to lose the purpose of this one. I loved the journey to bringing Clay home. I loved the journey to getting Molly home. Then Molly arrived home and things got better as time increased. Then the pandemic hit and life changed for the worse. There are good times immersed inside them, yet the hard outweighs the good at times. I love my family. I will post the blog that follows our journey forward as soon as I start it.  My heart is heavy and I want this blog to be a story of an amazing journey to create a much prayed and hoped for family.  A story for whoever reads it to find joy and hope. 

Rollercoaster Ride #2

I found so much help and joy building this site for bringing Clay home that I had to build a special site just for Molly, too.

Here is the site:


Miss Molly

Today

Today is a day of new things. Today is the day!! Today, we start Rollercoaster Ride # 2!!! This time we are bringing home a little girl.  She will be coming home from China in time. We are extremely excited!!!! We also have to find us a house of our own. We are looking!! We have a deadline and December 9, 2016 is the day. I have a lot to do and a lot of weight I want to lose. I am also going to be finding ways to raise and earn money for this process of adoption!! My mind is racing in circles and it may seem a jumbled mess even in typing things out, but for now that is ok. As this process progresses things will get jumbled, straightened out, and then tangled only in the end we will be bringing home a daughter and a sister for Clay. Clay has been asking for a sister for so long now that it seems surreal that it is finally happening. We are all so excited!!! Please join us once again on another ride, another country, another child!!!!

Clay's Fourth Birthday Celebration!!!!

My BIG Birthday Gift

Clay's 4th birthday is Monday, February 14th and he got his gift from us early. School is keeping me busy and I really wanted to see him get his gift. We had been paying on this for a long time and waiting for this birthday. It was installed Thursday so would have it for the celebration of his birthday,which he has been telling me what he wanted. He wanted it at the place where the slide and swing was(where we bought this gift from) and he wanted a Thomas Cake and a pinata. Well, he got it all. We are having it at home with family and friends invited. He wants s'mores and Matt and I are going to either put it in the plans for tomorrow night or Sunday before all go home, over a bonfire. I am going to make and decorate the cake, get the pinata ready and then hoping Linda can still help us get the party set up!!! I will post more pics after the party and my Chem exam. After coming in from getting his big gift, Clay said, "I love my big ol' Gift!!!"


Clay's expression as he saw his playset for the first time!!!!



My "big ol' gift"