OK, I am loved...

I just had no idea that anyone read this.

We are awaiting an approval before we can give a full announcement.

Other news...Hmmm... I just got back from the docs because I had the titres taken to check my vaccinations. The R of my MMR didn't take so I had to get that entire shot again. They asked if it was possible that I was pregnant. Well, of course it would be possible, technically speaking of course. I didn't think I was. So a little test and it took FOREVER to get the results. So I started freaking out inside. Of course it would be a blessing as every child is. But Dave is leaving! So that would be bad timing. And since I have birthed 3 kids the Air Force probably thinks I can pop one out without any help at all and wouldn't need him. And our secret is a big factor in this of course.

Can I give out any other clues and have you not guess? Hmmm.....

Oh, I just read what I wrote and never finished the story. :) The test was negative and now I have a sore arm. I better get used to it because I will have to get some more shots in the next couple months.

We are in the process of our homestudy update and we just got notified that our homestudy agency is closing. It is such sad times in the adoption community. It just makes me think that more kids aren't going to be placed into homes where they can heal and flourish.

The homestudy update and renewal of our I600 is way more involved than I thought but I got through it. I am waiting for our Social Worker to make some changes to our homestudy update then we can get DCFS approval (again), and then mail it into CIS and wait for our new fingerprint appts. They have to be sure we haven't committed any federal crimes in the last year of course. And we hope this is all done by the end of June when our I171h expires.

Oh, I just looked back at past postings and there are some major details that I can share that I haven't. The day after we, oh can't tell, well....Dave was told he was not being moved this summer, but next summer and they are sending him to Iraq in Nov. So that is really bad timing from what I hear from, oh, you know, the secret people. So this has been stressful thinking about this fall and how things are going to happen. We know God is in control of it all. We are really disappointed that we aren't moving as we have been looking forward to it for 6 months. But we are thankful that we are in a location that has a great Children's Hospital nearby. We may go there. ;) But there is a complication in that Dave needs to be flying for 36 months to pay the Air Force back for the training he is going to go through and he retires in March of '13, so he can't be in Iraq until May and follow that rule. So we hope that can get him out of it. And there is a special code for people like us who have a secret expected.

I better stop. :) I'll move on to a funny story.

Last night Asher started sneezing uncontrollably. I asked him if he was OK. He said something was stuck up his nose. He kept sticking his finger up there, probably pushing it up further. Dave tried to get it out and said it was red. Then he called for me. I held his arms down and D tried to get it out with a prong of my hair pick. That made me nervous so I suggested a bulb syringe. That didn't work. So off they went to the ER. Four hours later they got it out. I had that wire garland up at Valentines with shiney red hearts on it. The kids kept pulling them off and I have been vacuuming them up. I thought they were gone. Guess I missed one.