After Thanksgiving!

Hummm lets see, not much to talk about. We've all been feeling bad lately but thankfully today everyone feels better. Today was Dootsie's B'day and we had cake and ice cream. John-Cole has a huge basketball game tomorrow against their rivals. Its the most looked forward to game of the year. I hope they can pull it off!

Nothing new on the adoption front. I do need to get off my butt and get the letters typed up and notarized. I also still need to go to Indianola and get the physicals notarized. We also need to start on the Hepatitus Shots. I need to make that phone call this week!!!!

I still find my self running to the mail box looking for the 171 which I know still has probably a month. I'm just ready for this milestone to be over and get closer to our daughter.

Our pastor preached on being adopted yesterday and it made me cry. I know God has this precious daughter waiting on us and I pray that he holds her in his arms and loves her and lets her know in HIS way that we are on our way just as fast as we can!

Humm well I guess thats it for now.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Today has been a pretty slow day. We had Turkey, Ham, Stuffing, Corn, Beans, and Rolls. For dessert we had German Chocolate Cake and Carrot Cake.

Tomorrow is the all famous Black Friday. I think we are going to leave around 4 and drive to Jackson. Going to look for a sewing machine for Ariel's quilts. Also going to get John-Cole a Ping Pong table and go to Michaels and Hobby Lobby.

We may end up spending the night but haven't made up our minds yet.

Hopefully by this time next year we will have our baby girl home with us.

We love you Ariel, our China Princess, and are thankful for you already wherever you may be.

Here is Dootsie in New Orleans before Katrina. What an amazing city with such charm and such history! I hope they rebuild bigger and better than ever!

Above is my silly goober boy. He turned 14 and was way too old for the cupcake and hat but being the clown that he is he hammed it up quite well!!!!


This is one of my favorite pictures. My two men together at Disney! I just love this picture!!!!

Here is "us" in Disney World in September of 2005. John, me, John-Cole and Dootsie! As I said we love Disney and try to go at least once a year. I can't wait to have my Princess here to go with us!

Not much new Today

Not much new today. Got an email from our social worker just reminding us to copy the backs of all the papers for the Dossier. I also got the name and number of the lady who does the official state seals in Jackson so once the 171 gets here we are going to call her and go the next day if possible.

John-Cole has basketball games all weekend. We play a really hard team tomorrow and then go out of town Saturday to play.

Next week is Thanksgiving so I guess I need to go look up some receipes!

Oh John lost his keys and hes spazzing about it which is funny. Wonder if hes found them yet. I do love that husband of mine!!!! Hes so funny!

Post number one!

This is my first post so I guess I'll say a bit about us and our family and our adoption process so far.

My name is Beth and I'm 33 years old. I'm married to John who is also 33. We have been married for 15 years and together for 18. We have one son named John-Cole who is 14. My mom Dootsie also lives with us. We live in Mississippi. I'm a stay at home mom. John is manager at our local cable system and John-Cole attends a small private school.

Lets see a little bit about me. As I said I'm a stay at home mom. I enjoy, no I am a bit obsessed with Walt Disney World! I love planning trips and saving money on Disney vacations. I always challenge myself to find a cheaper way to go and I've been very successful in the past. I just started scrapbooking and rubber stamping and I am going to "try" to learn to quilt. I'm very talkative and outgoing and also very truthful to a fault at times. I also enjoy working with out youth group at church.

John enjoys watching T.V. LOL! He loves CSI or NCIS any type crime drama. He usually enjoys hunting although he says the "bug" hasn't bitten him this year. He also enjoys working with the youth at church and enjoys working with lighting and sound for one of our church bands. He also loves working with electronics.

John-Cole is 14 and in the 8th grade. He plays Football, Basketball and baseball and also weight lifts. His major love, though, is basketball. Hes lucky enough to be on the 2nd string in the 8th grade and is first in if one of the starters can't play. We are so proud of him. Hes very involved in everything to do with church and school. Hes in the Beta Club, Student Council, SADD and other clubs. Hes a great kid and we are so proud of him. Hes also the class clown.

My mom is a very active grandmom. She works at a loan company and is church pianoist at a local church. She loves shopping!! Her hobbies are.....shopping! She is much more active than I am and enjoys roller-coasters and thrill rides which amazes me! John-Cole would also much rather have her help him with school work than anyone else.

ADOPTION!!!!!!!

In January of 2005 John and I started our adoption journey. Today is November the 15th and we have finally finished all of our paperwork. It has been a long and hard journey with home visits, counselors and page after page of paperwork. We've also had to deal with the Government which is always a pain. It will be well worth it in the end though!

On October 14th, John, Mom and myself went to the USCIS office in Memphis and were fingerprinted. We are currently waiting for our 171 to come in. After that comes in and we get everything state sealed our Dossier will finally be on its way to China. We have waited so long for our Dossier to get its wings! After that we should recieve a Log In Date and then we will simply wait on a refferel.

ABOUT OUR DAUGHTER TO BE!

After much talking and considering we have chosen the name Ariel-Jadeyn Barbara for our daughter. Since I love the name Ariel and John loves Jadeyn we decided we just wouldn't know who our daughter was until we saw her for the frist time. The only compromise was a double name. Her middle name, Barbara, is for my mother Dootsie. Barbara is her real name. When we see our baby for the first time we will know if she is Ariel or Jadeyn or perhaps both. John-Cole likes A.J. but we don't! He also liked Eloise (Eloise at the Plaza) which was VETOED quickly.

So as of right now we are waiting on our 171-H. We have started the nursery and I am gathering materiels for Ariel's 100 Good Wishes Quilt. I'll try to keep this updated as time goes on.