The birthday celebration for me started out early this year. Although my birthday wasn't till Saturday, I got my first present on Friday morning when we receive an email from our adoption case manager that our documents for Katie's adoption were on their way to China! (Yes - we have decided on a name - Katherine..to be called Katie). The process of getting the required paperwork to China involved 13 documents - including the official approval from the US Government. Every document needed to be notarized - every notary signature needed to be certified by the County Recorder, every county seal needed to be authenticated by the Secretary of State of California and every state seal needed to be authenticate by the Chinese Consulate! It is an arduous process - but one designed to protect these children form being trafficked. It is a relief to have it out of my hands and into someone else's - all the while trying to remember that it truly is in His hands - hte one that holds Katie close to Him while she waits for us.
After that great beginning, it was off to the beach with some Lucky Mommy's for some fun! Gracie and Ryan met us there (we missed Kailee & Mia!) - and Destiney and the kids joined us too. A highlight of the day was that Matt was here too (we haven;t seen that much of him this summer - now that's he a full fledge high schooler - he's got a pretty full social schedule!). Becky simply adores her big brother - and she loved having him there with us!
Gracie got a hold of Paloma's goggles & thought she was the bomb (which she was!)
Vincent was innocent & listened to the big kids....
Then everybody got into the act with Paloma as the "victim"!
Evidence that a good time was had by all!
There was so much cool stuff for my birthday that I've had to split it into several posts....more to follow!
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