Weekend Showers

This past Saturday, my wonderful friend Tracy hosted a lovely baby shower for me - she did an amazing job and the day was filled with fellowship & celebration (and some wonderful and thoughtful gifts for Becky!)

My very cute friend Tracy; she & her husband Jeff are very special friends of ours & we love them so much!

Just a sampling of the lovely friends I have

Generations - my grandma, me, Ashlee and my mom...just missing one of the girls!


On Sunday, Lisa and I hosted a baby shower at my house for Tami - who is expecting her second baby the beginning of June - although we think she will have the baby much earlier!

"Play Ball"!!!!

Well, it's our family's favorite time of year - baseball season begins in 8 days!! Anyone who knows Doug realizes that from the last out of the World Series until the pitchers report for spring training are a dark time in his life - and the rest of ours as well because of that!

For the past couple of years, we have ventured to Arizona to see a few spring training games. This year, we took Matt and our friend Kris and saw two games. Easter Sunday, we got to go to Living Streams church with a neighbor of my mom's - it was an amazing service full of the Glory of the resurrected Lord. Then - it was off the see the Cubs clobber the Padres...too bad for us San Diego fans, but Kris - our favorite Cubs fan - was very happy!

On Monday - we started out at Hohokum Field - the Cubs were playing, and we weren't going to that game, but Kris wanted to get some Cubbie souvenirs. On the way back to the car from the store, we got to see the awesome Clysedale team! The were at the stadium - and we were close enough to practically reach out & pet them. It was very cool.

We then ventured over to Diablo Field in Tempe and watched the Anaheim Angels battle the Padres. Cheering on the Angels - they came back to tie it up in the bottom of the 9th inning. We also found out that during spring training, the maximum number of innings played is 10!

The horses came with two feet of us - weliterally had front row seats!

They are so majestic....

Kris would make a great "Vanna White" for the Clydesdale team

no words for this one - it speaks for itself!

Super Superbowl!

Matt & Doug had the most awesome opportunity over the weekend to attend the Super Bowl in Phonenix! They were guests of Coors, and their day began at the NFL Official Tailgate Party. Here's Matt, with Willie Nelson & Sarah Evans on the big stage in the background (take our word for it!)

These pictures were taken from their seats - they had a great view down the Patriots sideline; Doug was pretty convienced that Brady was throwing right to him a couple of times

Game On!!

Matt's favorite part of the day - the halftime show with Tom Petty! It was a pretty amazing show; the highlight for Doug was the real life rockets and the tie die light show in the center of the field to "Free Falling".

The best part of the entire day was Doug & Matt getting to spend the day together having a once in a lifetime experience!

What we are doing while we wait

The CCAA (Chinese Council on Adoption Affairs) updated yesterday and we are now hopefully expecting a referral in March, but more likely it will be the beginning of April. We are excited that the end of this wait is getting closer, and we are praying every day for our baby girl somewhere in China.

So, while we are waiting for Baby Rebecca, I thought I would share what we are doing:

Ashlee moved into her new apartment....

Karen went to North Carolina to visit some of her CWA (our adoption agency) moms and their darling daughters. I am so blessed to know these women & have them in my life. They have truly been a lifeline during the long wait - and one of God's gift to me!

Matt continues to "rock out" on his guitar - getting better every day! We are heavily invested in earplugs at the house!

And Doug & Sailor are just hanging out!

Welcome

We are a new family - just a little over 4 years old...and growing! In mid 2004, we felt God calling us to expand our family through the marvelous journey of adoption. After much prayer and seeking of His will in our lives, we began the laborious paper work process. We have been officially "paper pregnant" since January 9, 2006 when our documents were logged into the Chinese Council of Adoptions Affairs (CCAA). At the time our documents were logged in, the wait time to be matched with a waiting child was 8 months. It has sinced stretched out to 16-17 months. We now anticipate being matched sometime over the summer; then we wait 6-8 weeks and travel to China to pick up our baby girl.

The wait has been long, but the good thing about being as old as we are is that time seems to pass by more quickly. We are busy with Ashlee's high school graduation plans right now and that is filling the time. We are also trying to agree on a name for our new addition, as well as get her room ready.

We know that the Lord is in control of our adoption and is watching over our baby even at this very moment; He has so blessed our lives with the family we have and we are excited to see how He will continue to work in our family.