Crazy Week

well it's been a crazy week! DJ had his 5th bday, I had my 33rd bday, and we had a Halloween party at uncle Josh's and we went trick-or-treating! So much fun crammed into one week! Today is Nov.1. I'm praying and praying we'll travel by the end of this month to get our little girl.

A Halle Update!

Oh what a joyful day it was today to open my email and see new pics of Halle! I have to admit I'd almost lost faith we'd have any new pics of her until we picked her up, so this was such an amazing surprise! She's even more beautiful and healthy than we'd even dared hope! So now we're just praying our 800 approval isn't lost in the mail and other than that we should be traveling in November. Her birthday is Nov. 14 so please pray that we can get her on or before her birthday! How we'd love to celebrate with her!

October Holiday

Well in adoption news we just wait and wait for our 800 approval to show up in the mail and to hear of our travel approval. We're hoping and praying to be able to travel in November to get our dear little Halle! But we are plenty busy until then! We just finished our October holiday and had Dave's birthday and in 9 days my little DJ will be turning 5! The next day will be my birthday and then Halloween and then we welcome November! Hopefully our travel month and we meet our daughter. Here are some pics of October Holiday!

Therapeutic Horseback Riding

Well in adoption news our I-800 is approved and we've been told our NVC letter will be emailed to us to save us a few weeks of snail mail traveling so we're very thankful for that! Every step is one closer to Halle! In other news, we've begun horseback riding therapy for Min Hao (who had of course never seen a horse before) and for Marissa (for her eyes) and of course riding horses and being around them is her idea of a perfect day! At first Min Hao was deathly afraid to even look at a horse but he eventually got used to them and was able to sit on one. I was a side walker so I got to make sure he didn't fall off. On day 2 of lessons he didn't cry at all and even a few smiles were seen. We're making progress! Marissa has progressed in her lessons to learning the jump position (she's not jumping yet, just learning the position and holding it) so she's loving it. DJ didn't want to ride, he enjoyed the leadership of being the lead walker and was so great at his job! He looked like a mini rancher! Well it was a long but great day. Made me wish we had a ranch...