Married and Blessed

I havent posted in so long. We have had a wonderful summer. On August 21st I married the love of my life. We eloped in Florida got married on the beach. We brought the kids and took them to Disney afterwards. It was a great trip. All is well here. This picture is of the kids on wedding day.

One Year Old

What an amazing past 3 months it has been. We are having so much fun and I am feeling really blessed. Tai turned 1 this past thursday. What an extraordinary guy he is. He has added so much to our family. The girls love him up every day. He is walking like a mad man now. He went from taking a few steps end of May to running across the living room now. Here are some pictures.

New Post

I have been absolutely terrible about keeping my blog up to date since getting home with Tai so I figured it was time for a post. Everyone is doing really well. Tai is doing great! He took his first steps 2 days ago. He is such a happy guy and I swear he has the best sense of humor I have ever seen. He loves his big sisters so much and they are really good with him. I am so thankful to have him.

We're Home

What an amazing trip. We got home on Thursday morning. The trip ended up being 8 days which was wonderful. I am so glad to finally have Tai home. He is great and I am loving him so much. I will post more about the trip later, but we stayed at the Hong Ngic which I would highly recommend.The staff is beyond amazing and they became like family real fast. Tai adored them. Staying in the heart of the Old Quarter was perfect. The flight home was really tough. I definintely think traveling alone made the trip more difficult than it needed to be.
Tai is adjusting beautifully and he is a happy little guy. The girls are eating him up and he thinks they are the greatest. I'll post more pics later.

Having a great ime in Hanoi. Tai is doing really well. He smiled at me when he woke up this morning and he is laughing a lot today. I am exhauseted, I forgot what having a 9 month old is like. But I am blissfully exhauted :) Today we went and applied for Tai's passport. Things are moving along. Here are some pictures from today.

Amazing !

I will post more later, but wanted to say that I had my G&R today and Tai is oficially mine. He is amazing, such a good baby. He is gorgeous and tinier than I thought. I am totally in love.
I will try to post pics tomorrow.

Leaving Monday !

I am leaving Monday morning for Hanoi. I can't believe it is finally happening. I have lots to do in the next few days and I am going to miss my girls so much. But I cant wait to have Tai in my arms. And next Friday is my birthday. This is the best birthday present ever!!!

APPROVAL !!!!!

Well, after 92 days it finally happened! I checked my email around 5:00 and no email. Then I checked again at 6:00 and there it was..my I600 Approval.
I am so happy that I am almost there to hold Tai and bring him home.
It is bittersweet though, as I have many friends still waiting. I hope they receive approval soon and we cna all be home with our babies.

Blew A Gasket

Well I have been saying for months now that this adoption is making me crazy and I was gonna blow. So it happened. I blew a gasket. LITERALLY. Brought my car to the shop the other day thinking I needed a new thermostat and the shop called me to tell me I blew a head gasket. I love that car too. Has way too many miles on it to pay the 2300$ for a new head gasket so I guess I will be car shopping this weekend.
On the adoption homefront, no approval yet. I am hoping to hear something next week.I better, I hit day 90 tomorrow. Ugh.

Still waiting...

Well, I am now at 84 Days and still waiting for approval. I'm not sure how much more of this I can take. My case is still under review and I have no idea when I will hear anything. Any prayers for us would be appreciated.