This will either bring good luck....or bad luck

I decided to tempt fate today and either bring loads of really bad karma heaped upon us.....or maybe we'll be on the lucky side of the fates and get our TA very soon. I'm trying to think positive, so I bought Anna a cute halloween outfit similar to Natalie's (in hopes that she'll be home long before halloween!) It might be too small to read, but the top says "Mummy's Girl" on it :-) I think I'll REALLY push the envelope and go rip the tags off! That ought to do it (one way or the other!!)

We are now at day 72 awaiting TA. It has become excrutiating for me. If TA doesn't come tomorrow, then it will be a very long 3 day weekend until next week. It sure would be a much better Labor Day weekend if we got the call before 5:00 Friday!

So....I'm off to yank the tags off those halloween clothes (I think I'll even throw the receipt away!).....and let the fates fall where they may!!!!!!!! Wish us luck as tomorrow is another day in TA purgatory.

WANTED!!

One TA...for travel to Nanning, Guangxi and permission to bring our daughter Jin Yan Chang (aka Anna) home to the U.S.

We're on day 62 with no travel approval yet. :-( I still have hopes to get it in the next week, but only time will tell. I'm beginning to get very anxious & SO ready to go. The bags are semi-packed. I could get it all ready very quickly now if I had to.

I can't wait to post the news of our impending travel! So please do a TA-dance (like a rain dance)....thanks!!

Happy birthday to you!

Yummy!

Natalie's birthday

Natalie was 7 years old last week. She's growing up way too fast and I miss all the younger years (although I will be reliving alot of that very soon with Anna!)

We let Natalie have a really big birthday party this year at Pump It Up. As you can see, she & all her friends & classmates had a great time!

Natalie...2nd Grader

Natalie began second grade last week. It is getting easier for me each year as I walk her in on her first day. She has a great teacher and it seems that she has a great class this year. Roger and I met her for lunch on her birthday (the 2nd day of school) and that made for a nice day for all of us.

She only has a few clothes :-)

NOT! We have a ridiculous amount of adorable clothing size 18-24 months as you can see, (I don't even know where I'm going to put it all. But for some reason, I cannot find any of the 3T sizes...I must have gotten rid of them. And thanks to a friend, I have loads of great shoes in size 7. So as long as Anna stays in those size ranges for awhile, we're set!

Ready for baby....

I finally got the crib and room for the girls organized. There is still plenty to do, but if Anna walked in the door today, she would at least have a comfy bed, plenty of toys and enough clothes to clothe an army of toddlers! Natalie has fun playing with the baby toys....for some reason, all the toys she had as a baby are fascinating to her now!