We are OFFICIALLY OUT OF REVIEW!

Well I'm sitting here shaking and crying and my heart is racing. Tonight, November 3rd, 2006 the CCAA just updated their websight that January is officially out of the review room. So the way it looks we are approved. Everything is fine and we should expect our referral somtimes in the March-July time frame. I woke John up. I think I scared him to pieces. He hugged me and went back to sleep. I called and woke mama up and she was excited. I'm just shaking, I can't stand it. I want my baby girl home!

John-Cole is going to the Ohio State game at Illinois this weekend and he is so excited. He is going with Nathan Steritz. We took them, Matt McClelan, Kat, Nathan and John-Allen to a Haunted Corn Maze last Saturday and had a blast. On a sad note Kris Kelly passed away on John's birthday. It was such a long and sad fight for her. Mark is so stong. His faith is awesome!

Anyway Ariel we are one step closer to you! We love you so much and think about you constantly! We can't wait to hold you and love you. Referrals arrived today and were good through August 25th so we have less than 5 months until our referral. The sad thing is it is taking about 2 months to get through 1 month so 5 months could turn into 10 but we hope and pray it doesn't. If it is 10 more months that will be August. I hope it isn't that long but we know that this is God's timing and his Grace that is bringing us closer everyday to our daughter. I pray that God will take care of her and love her and hold her in his arms and just whisper in her ear that everything is okay! That we will be there soon to give her big bear hugs and butterfly kisses and love her and hold her. Until that time we put our trust in our Lord to take care of our daughter. Mommy, Daddy, Granny and Brother love you Ariel Grace!