Who is going to chew on my cheeks first???

Wow!! All I could do is laugh. I had no idea that we were going to get another set of pictures before we go. I am telling ya, she looks like she has put on some LBS. And more hammy downs. It is cute, but I would like to see her in something that I sent her. This is another from her Aunt Bessie.

HOLY CHUNKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I always have said that I LOVE chunky babies and
I think that I am getting one.

DIDN'T EXPECT THESE PICS!!!!!!!!!!

Still in PGN

I got a update Saturday, that we would not be getting an update until the beginning of the week, because Stephanie the Guatemala coordinator(she lives there) had the flu. It is Tuesday now and the update said we are still in PGN. This is a good thing. On Friday we will be in it for four weeks, but I don't think that one week counted because of holy week. The longer we stay in the better. Hopefully at the most only five more weeks to go. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!!!! I have been seeing people get out of PGN in 3 to 8 weeks, with no kickouts. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!!! If she doesn't get kicked out (no previos) we could maybe have her between May and July.

I went to a physcic party in January. The lady told me I would be signing lots of documents. To make sure I dot my I's and cross my T's. She told me I was getting ready to start a family. I said yes, when? She said, looks like 3 to 6 months but I don't feel a flop. She put her hand on her belly, said" I don't feel a flop" she immediately put her hand on my belly said" I don't feel a Flop" she was puzzeled cause she can usually feel it in her belly. I told her I was adopting and she said it all makes sense now. So if she is right that means we will have Avea between March and June. BRING IT ON!!!!!! Let's proove her right!!

Am I Nesting???

Okay, I thought this was something pregnant people do when they're about due. This is what I did all weekend. I put final coat on spare bedroom Friday. Saturday I pulled the carpet and pad, and about a million staples. I wired my lights up in bathroom (I didn't even get electricuted). I put all switch plates and outlet plates back on. Cleaned out two closets. Then I put the dresser together from Ikea. It was in a million pieces, but I did it all in about two hours. Mike nailed the back on in the morning because that made me nervous. Sunday I went to church, cut Beth's, Samantha's, and a little tiny trim on Mackenzie just cuz she jumped up in the chair like a big girl. (watch, her hair will grow fast now). Then I went to Walmart, bought grocery's, bins' so I could organize bathroom, and tried to buy everything for our trip to meet our daughter Avea. Came home hilighted, cut Diana's hair, Calvin's and Laurens. Then I started working on organizing bathroom. Monday got up about 8:30 started in, and finished organizing bathroom, did six loads of laundry, hung it out on line and had it all in folded and put away by 1:00. Started working on Avea's room closet, my closet, my dresser, and a bin of clothes. Gave away five garbage bags of clothes to a church. In the mean time I helped Mike install the new fan light in the bathroom, then went to Lowes to get the linoleum. Whooooooh That's all I did.

So do you call that nesting? Does my body know that she's coming home soon? Or am I just going CRAZY?? (it's probably the later one)

WE ARE IN PGN

I have just finally received an update TODAY. We are in PGN as of March 14th. That means we have been in one week, being Easter week was shut down So here we go it is time to PRAY HARD!!!!! Also I did receive updates yesterday on Avea. In Januarey she weighed8.5 lbs, height was 57 cms. head circ. is 36. On Februarey 28th her wieght was 10.5 lbs, height was 58 cms. and head circumference is 36. I figure her appointments are at the end of the month, so now I need to guess what she weighs so that I can start buying cloths to take. I can't wait to buy really girly clothes.

From the Guatemalan Adoption Forum

This is from the forum that I watch on a very normal occasion. It could be true it may not be. THe person who wrote it has an attorney directly in Guatemala (no Agency middle man). I am hoping it is. This is what she said"My attorney's assistant just called me with this news!!!!!! President Colom has stated that the officials of PGN have acted irresponsibly with the adoptions and are not following the law. My attorney said that President Colom is being very supportive of adoptions and wants all cases EXPEDITED!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!

THis is what she wrote. who knows if is for sure. But we can pray.

She is also the one that put a rumor on the forum from her representives in Guatemala, that they were going to push all of us grandfathered cases through PGN by the end of April. This is so that Guatemalan officials can get the new adoption process going. And now I am seeing people coming through PGN in 3 weeks sometimes.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE!!!!!

My pants might be pulled up real high. And I am sure there flooding on the bottom. But I am cute!!! Don't look at the way she is dressing me. I have two set of ears and I am beautiful. My mom can't wait to kiss my cheeks, and my super pink lips. I can't wait to meet you all. I am sure that I will feel your love so fast. I am going to be lucky to have you all. My mommy and Daddy are going to be the luckiest though. I am going to make them love, live, smile, and realize what they have been missing for so long. I am so glad they finally found me, so that I can be where I belong.

wHO IS HOLDING ME!!! i WANT MY MOM!! i WANT MY dADDY

WHAT IS THAT FACE BESIDES ADORABLE

Oh my gosh!!!! How adorable can she get. My only problem is where, oh where, is the hair going? When we first seen her, it was all the way to her eyebrows and growing out onto her cheeks. Now she is even more receded than her daddy. I was really wanting to trim it. OH MY GOSH isn't she cute!!!!!!

The first Brain Squeezer