She's Here!

Juline is finally here with us! Her other host parents, John and Kim, and brother, Lubens, brought her over this morning. Lubens is in the photo with us.

Juline seems to be a very content little girl! Hopefully she'll stay that way!

I'm certainly not thinking everything will be super easy. Please be in prayer for us over the next few months, as our life will be a bit different for awhile. And please pray for Juline, that she'll be happy with us, that the surgery will work, and that she'll grow up to love the Lord!

Unprompted

"Mom, its ok that your hair looks bad."

How fun is it to be a kid?

photo compliments of Lynne

Post Script

For all of you moms who were concerned that I said in a recent post that we let our kids watch The Little Mermaid, I just wanted to say that we fastforwarded through much of the movie! Including when the chef was trying to catch Sabastian, the little crab. That was "too scary". I think Alyssa took to saying a scene was too scary when she got bored with it, so we'd get to the next part. :)

Toes

Yesterday morning, Caden said to me, "I love you mom, you're the best mom in the whole wide world." I thought this was so sweet. So when he cuddled up to me yesterday afternoon, I figured this might be coming again...he said "I love you mom, you're the best....OH MY! Why do you have the biggest toe in the world?"
He was looking at my big toe from the bottom as my feet were curled under me. And apparently he thought it looked giant.
Well isn't that nice. I feel so beloved. :)

Family

Last weekend, we went home to my parent's house in Cleveland to celebrate my Dad's 70th birthday with a surprise party! My sister, Lynne, surprised us all by flying home from China for the weekend! Here are my parents, my brother Mark, and my sister Lynne.

Thanks, Lynne, I lifted this picture off of your blog! :)

SuperCaden

We awoke this morning to Caden dressed in this recent yard sale find.
He is super pleased about it, you can tell.