Costa Maya

Oh,
I meant to add that Costa Maya, the place where John and I went on our cruise and also Mama and John-Cole and us in May was destroyed by a hurricane. It's really sad as you can see in the pictures in my other posts below it was a gorgeous place! The sad part was that the entire port of Costa Maya and the little fishing village of Majahual were dependent on cruise ship trade so when the hurricane came it wiped out almost everything. Thankfully it was more wind damage and not the absolute ahnialation that the Mississippi Coast got from Katrina which was from storm surge.

John said we went to New Orleans and the Mississippi Coast (Biloxi and Gulfport) a few months before Katrina hit and then we went to Coasta Maya and Majahaul a few months before a hurricane hit. So it looks like when we go on vacation the place gets destroyed a few months later.........well we went to Branson in August so lets hope that nothing happens there!!!!

Update

Wow, it's been such a long time since I posted. The sad thing is there really isn't anything to update. As of today China has referred through November 25th. That's right, it has taken 5 months and they aren't through November yet! There are times when it gets so hard that I want to scream but then I remember God is in charge of this, not me or John. I'm just so ready for our baby girl to get here. John-Cole turns 16 today! We started this journey when he was 13. I feel like he's not going to get to spend much time with her because he is growing up so fast. I can't believe my baby is 16. He has grown into such a wonderful young man. I'm so proud of him. He's just so all around good. He doesn't give us any problems and everything to him is funny. I'm so so proud of the person he is!

We did have a ladybug sighting yesterday. We were getting ready to go to Wal-Mart and John was standing in the door to the van and I was going to drive and a ladybug landed on John's shirt right in front of me. I watched John in the rear view mirror and the lady bug stayed on his shirt until he opened the back door of the van and then she flew off. Maybe that means good things are to come. I'm hoping that December referrals will go much quicker than November. According to everything I have read online December is much much smaller than November. So if they hurry with December there is a small possibility we could have our baby girl's picture by Christmas. That would be so awesome!

We are still up in the air about her name. Right now we are flip flopping between Ariel-Grace, Ariel-Beth and Keira-Beth. Her middle name is Barbara, that isn't changing it's just the first name. So we shall see.

Oh, John-Cole won President of his 10th grade class. After getting all the awards he got in 9th grade (Mr. Junior High GCS, Funniest Freshman, and Nicest) I'm just so proud of him. I think I've said that before, ha ha! I just love him so much!

I'll end as I have in the past just with a small prayer asking God to hold our baby girl in His arms until we can get there for her. God please shower her with the kisses and hugs that we can't give her yet and whisper in her ear that her mommy, daddy, big brother and granny will be there soon and we love her and miss her!