Yesterday we had ANOTHER fabulous lunch date with a dear friend!!
My sweet friend Teanne and her husband waited 4+ LONG years to get their precious girly!! And let me tell you, their entire story of it all is nothing short of amazing. God's fingerprints are ALL over this adoption, from beginning to end.
Aren't our girls darling?!
Ok but here's absolutely funniest thing that happened at the restaurant yesterday.
I hope I can convey just how hilarious this was so here goes...
We were ordering our drinks while Teanne was in the restroom.
The girls and I just wanted water so the waiter (he was clearly Chinese) said,
"OK, I'll be right back with shree waters."
Macy looked at me and said,
"SHREE???.....Oh, he must not be from around here."
OK seriously, I nearly fell on the floor laughing.
It ended in a trip to the ER for Ms. Medical Drama.
More on that later.
But first, Macy's friend, James, who has only been in America for about five weeks now, was visiting in our area with his new family. SO, of course we got these two sweet kids together for lunch.
And it looked alarmingly like a date. Mercy.
Snap out of it, you two!
They sat and talked for 2.5 hours! And I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know James' parents. We had a super fun time! They are a wonderful family!! These are two great kids, I'm tellin' ya!
Aren't they cute?
It was such fun and I kid you not, Macy was fast asleep within five minutes after we got into the car to go home. The girl ain't used to talkin' that much!
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Ok, so after our lunch date we headed back to pick Lucy up from my friend Angela's house.
Lucy was worn slick from a ridiculous amount of play time with her guy-pal, Michaiah.
There was some major monkey bar business going on.
I was trying to lure her up off the floor to go home... casually lifting her up as I held onto her hands... *some of you may envision what came next* and within seconds she was howling in pain, saying that I hurt her arm.
Honest to goodness, I was rewinding time in my head trying to figure out what I had just done because there was absolutely no jerking involved, she hadn't resisted me pulling her up or anything. I was baffled. I wondered if she was simply mega tired and was being well, dramatic. She screamed all the way home. I knew something wasn't right. But I also know how this girl is with pain. Which makes it extremely difficult assess any injury or sickness.
VERY long story, short. We spent too much time at our doctor's urgent care center for them to end up sending us to Children's Mercy. Not thrilled about that. But it was truly for the best. Since xrays didn't show anything, the doctor examined her and quick as a flash, twisted her arm... and pop...it was totally back to normal, and so was she (minus a brief blood-curdling scream).
My gracious. For HOURS this precious pumpkin was in horrible pain. Her drama was appropriate, as it turned out. And once the doctor did his thing... she was up and playing and laughing as usual. SO....as many of you have probably know from experience... no more picking her up like that! Now she's really susceptible to this happening again.
Seriously, I really have raised two children almost to adulthood and really do know what I'm doing much of the time. *I think I'm going to get a t-shirt that says that*
All in all, I came to one conclusion after last night.
There's no doubt in my mind that I will only be getting ONE grandbaby out of this child someday.
so very much for your continued support in our current fundraiser.
I really do teeter between whether it's in good taste to ask for adoption money. Not sure if it's a pride thing or what.
But in my heart I feel like as a body of believers (since most of you are Christ-followers), it's important to share our needs and trust that God will lead those who are called to help out to do so.
And if it is really repulsive to you to hear people asking for money, please know that I don't want anyone to give unless you are fully convicted to do so. I hope you will at least continue to follow along our journey and pray for us.
So I thought I needed to share a bit more about our new fella!
I'm rather limited to what I can say about him. This Hague thing has everyone on pins and needles not wanting to rock the boat and mess things up over misplaced information. And my agency reads my blog (Hi, Agency!). So, it's kinda like Mom riding in the back seat on a date.
Our new son, HH (not even sure if I should put his name here) is 11 years old and has been on the list waiting for a family for almost two years. He is from Macy's orphanage. And yes, Macy knows him. She says he is a very nice boy and is very shy. Great. Another shy one. Oh well, Lucy seems to make it her mission to balance all that out.
We have lots of pictures of HH but since I can't share them with you...well, I can't share them with you. :(
But he's a cute young lad (oh my gosh, I sound like a grandma). And for whatever reason, he reminds me of a Chinese Beaver Cleaver.
But here's the saddest part.
HH has a big brother. That he will leave behind.
Both boys were on track to be adopted together but because of some sort of mix-up with brother's name, his paperwork wasn't in place in time before he aged-out.
Macy talked to the brother on QQ (Chinese-type Facebook), DIDN'T tell him about us, but did ask a few questions regarding adoption.
Brother said that he realizes that he is too old to be adopted but very much wants HH to have a family.
It's more than my heart can take.
I do ask that you will spare your advice on this. We have done all we can do to figure out a way to bring them both home.
And yes, I'm well aware of Vickie's situation. She and I are friends and have already talked about this.
A few things are in place, just in case. But right now it is completely and fully up to God to work it out, if that is His will.
I've probably shared too much. I'll likely edit this after I hear from my dear friend Patty who always keeps me in line on these matters!
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Don't forget... the drawing for the iPad is on Aug. 9!! Get in while you can!
Share my link on your blog and/or FB and get an entry!
A gift of $25 gets you an entry! A gift of $50 gets you 3 entries! A gift of $100 gets you 6 entries!!
*and of course, any amount in between will get you an entry or two also!
If you've been reading my blog for very long, you know about my great friend Patty that I adore!
She and I have a ton in common, including the fact that our little Chinese girlies are both from the same orphanage. AND, our big girlies are from the same orphanage.
NOW, we are both adopting big boys from the same orphanage.
Cool, isn't it??
Anyway, she's doing a super fun fundraiser today because it's her boy's 13th birthday!! And as a way to celebrate AND raise money for bringing him home, she's asking everyone to prayerfully consider a $13 "gift" to help with his adoption expense.
"...orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes."
Well, I was really hoping to have our super duper great FUNdraiser up and going by this coming Monday night but it looks like it won't happen until Wednesday.
I'm sad.
But trust me, it's worth the wait.
Gasp!
I simply cannot wait to tell you all about it. But I have to wait. I must.
But since I tend to get my cart before the horse quite often, I'm going to go ahead and put a Chipin thingy on my sidebar to get ready.
If, by chance, you want to go ahead and jump into this sweet deal, I'll give you extra credit for your efforts.
I'll also give a good deal to any new followers.
Ok, ok...if you are already a follower leave me a comment and I'll put you on my good list too.
I want everyone to have a chance at this jackpot of a deal!
That's a rather vague post, lacking any detail at all, but you're just going to have to trust me on this.
:)
If you have no idea what this is all about, read the post below!
Remember the boy that I posted about a while back?
Well, after many months of praying
about him (we began praying long before that post),
we feel God leading US to adopt him.
And we are thrilled.
Along with nervous and every other emotion that goes along with the unknowns!
We have PA.
Our homestudy is done.
Working on our dossier now.
But we've got a ton of work to do to raise funds.
Three adoption in about as many years,
isn't easy.
We've got a MAJOR "giveaway"
that we will launch (hopefully) early next week.
Oh my gosh.
It is SO BIG.
And I need your help to spread the word.
Pretty please.
Every time we go to Sam's Club Lucy oogles over this ginormous tub-o-cheese-balls. She begs me to buy them each and every time we are there. I always tell her no.
Well somehow, someway, we ended up with them the other day. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that her daddy was on this particular shopping trip.
I'm thinkin' that's exactly it.
Look how proud she is. It's pretty much a major award.
Mission accomplished.
And notice how her outfit coordinates with her treasured snack.
We went for the most delicious lunch at our friend Claire's house. (reminder: she's the Chinese friend God brought into our path)
She made the most amazing homemade dumplings, vegetable stir-fry, and cold green bean soup.
Seriously, it was all incredibly amazing.
Our visit was equally wonderful. Claire shared more about how she and her husband came here from China (separately). Their stories are pretty remarkable.
And again, she openly shared God's love with us. She prayed the sweetest payer over lunch and for Macy... for her to understand and to KNOW Him personally.
It was a beautiful visit.
I couldn't be more thankful for God's provision in this.
