Homestudy Update

So we are approaching our renewal date for the Homestudy so we've begun the paperwork process again. We did up our age to 3.5. It seemed the natural thing to do with he referral process taking so long. Not to mention Mia will be 3.5 in November so she will still be older than Samuel. We debated adopting out of birth order but after consideration and advice from other sources we decided against it, as far as the USCIS goes. If we see a child older than approved we can always do an addendum later.

The girls have had a great time in school this year. Halloween is coming up so the costume thing has been exhausted to the max already. Lily has a clown parade Friday so mommy is less than enthused about being within 2 feet of clowns!! I hate clowns!

So, I wrote the above back in Oct and it is Dec 1st today! Wow time flies.

We finished our update. Check.

We had Thanksgiving with my family down in Mississippi. Check.

Now we are back in school and counting down the days until Christmas. (The girls - to get gifts, Me - so they stop asking when Christmas is)

We put the Christmas tree up this past weekend and a few other decorations. We don't put many up. We're not the Griswalds but we're not the Grinch either. Just think if it takes 4 hours to hang lights on a house then it will take that long to take them down. :)

Christmas is coming up...It breaks my heart to know that Samuel will spend another Christmas in an orphanage. I try not to think about it but, hey, who am I kidding?

Just praying this will be the last Christmas he spends in a orphanage. I am very thankful for all the families that will be bringing kids home before Christmas and shortly after, the sooner, the better.