Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. Here is the latest picture of Chrislande that we just got. What a great present, although finding out that we are out of IBESR would be an even greater present. We are praying that this will still hold true. Everything is very hectic, as I work in retail and this is the our busiest time of the year. This last week is especially stressful. You would think after doing this for the last 30 years that I would be use to it, but it is something that you never get use to it. I only have to find time to wrap, which I am praying will happen this weekend when Bruce takes the kids to a movie on Sunday afternoon during the afternoon.

Wishing all a blessed holiday season and a happy new year.

October Picture

Here is an updated photo of our Chrislande. She is really starting to smile more in the pictures. We are still working on a middle name for her. We can't figure anything out that flows well with Chislande. I think Marie, but the others don't feel that is her. Went shopping again and found some more skirts and shirts on clearance for her. We recieved a picture this week of her with her father and aunt. I sure hope that when I go to pick her up I am able to meet them both. I like that they are still in her life, but hope that she doesn't become confused with it. We have been trying to gauge how big she is in the photo, as she is standing between the 2 of them. We are not sure of their height's to determine her height.

We have been in IBSER for almost 3 months now. Am hoping that we hear something soon, as it seems some people have only been in IBSER for 4-5 months max before going onto the next big wait.

Just starting

I am creating this as we begin our adventure to bring Chrislande home from Haiti. We have sent our paperwork down, been there since June 2007 after getting our paperwork all in line as fast as could be. We got our official referral on May 2007 for Chrislande, after seeing her on the COTP website in February. She will be joining a big brother Tyler and a big sister Kaylee. Tyler is our homegrown and Kaylee comes to us from South Korea. We know that we are in for a wait, just as we had a wait for Kaylee (18 months) so we are prepared for this. Right now they are getting Chrislandes paperwork matched up with ours and going thru first legal. I am hoping that we can get into IBSER sometime in August. We will see how that goes.