Sleepy Char and Sad Moots.

Yesterday I took Charlie to get a haircut. He was really tired, because he had played with Gracie, Emily Anne and Reid ALL day!!! So, he just fell asleep getting his haircut. Poor baby just couldn't stay awake. The lady just held his head up and said, "this has never happened before!" I buckled him in the car seat and he stayed asleep for 2 hours!!!

Today, i wasn't sure if Jerri Lynn had an ear infection, so I took her to the doctor that was on call. My sweet baby girl got sooooooooooo upset about her looking in her ear. I tried to hold her down and she was crying and screaming so much that we had to call the nurse and it took both of us to hold her down. She didn't have an ear infection. So, tonight when we got home she was so cute, she was walking around with the flashlight, looking in everybody's ears! She even checked Porter ears!

Tae's package!

Dillon told us we could send Tae a package, because someone from there agency was going to Korea. So, we were so excited and had so much fun picking out what to send. It all had to fit in a gallon size ziploc bag.
So, Daddy stuffed and rearranged and stuffed some more! We could send the foster mom a gift too, but had to enclose a gift bag. We bought him some cute soft shoes with airplanes on them (kinda meaningful as that is how he will get to his forever home!) a book that sings, a monkey lovey and we ordered a card from snapfish that is recordable, because we thought it would be neat if Tae could here our voice. We waited and waited to get the card and it never came, so i called them and they had to resend it, but the problem was we had to have our package to Dillon in OKlahoma, before the 16th or they wouldn't take it. So, since my card didn't come, i went to Wal-greens to see if they had one. I found one and took it to the register- i was so excited! The lady checking me out told me that they had whole books you could record your voice on, so i found those and couldn't believe the title, "Guess how much I miss you." Okay, so now I read the book and start crying as I am telling our story about Tae to her and how I want him to hear our voice. It was truly a God thing that my snapfish card didn't come and I was able to get this book for Tae. It wouldn't fit in this package, but we did record our voice on the card and are planning to send the book for a Christmas package! I overnighted the package and the sweet lady at the post office took my picture. She is from China and knows my story about Tae!

Daddy's Marathon

Jerri Lynn's friends Thomas and Alice!

Daddy and Moots with a shaved ice!

CJ and his running buddy Thomas!

Run Daddy Run!!!

Here he is during and after the race!

Halloween 2010

Pirate Charlie!~

Ladybug Moots!

Charlie leading costume parade at party!

Jerri Lynn posing with pumpkins!

Our Minnie Mouse showing us a spider ring!

Daddy ran a 1/2 marathon in Florence, AL and finished in 1 hour and 34 minutes!!! He was running on jet lag- he just got back from Australia and hasn't had any sleep in days. We are so proud of him. We all got flu shots yesterday, except for Charlie. He got the flu mist and a few hours later was running a 102 fever and so, Jerri Lynn and I went to watch CJ finish the race! Charlie was feeling better this afternoon, so we went trick or treating tonight, because we have church on Sunday night. We went with the Rinna boys and Adelyn. It is was very fun! Charlie had a choice of 3 costumes- Mr. Incredible, Buzz Lightyear or Spiderman. He came downstairs in a homemade pirate suit! It was so funny- so, CJ painted his face like a pirate. Jerri Lynn was the best Minnie Mouse ever. She wore her shoes and ears ALL night long!!

Jerri Lynn's 1st Haircut!

Just got home from Aunt Kristin's and Uncle Josh's house in Columbus, GA. We had so much fun seeing their beautiful home and celebrating Reagan's gotcha day! Ryker, Reagan, Charlie and Jerri Lynn had fun playing together outside in their woods! We all got haircuts- even my baby girl. Jerri Lynn got her 1st haircut!!! She did great and just did whatever Aunt Kristin told her too!

Charlie and Jerri Lynn's 1st Auburn Game!

CJ surprised me and got tickets to Auburn vs. Lousiana-Monroe game! We had soooo much fun! Friday night we ate dinner at Momma Goldberg's and then walked around on campus- there was a band playing with fun activities for the kids- they got their face painted, got balloons and had so much fun! We were walking around and my sweet cousin Amanda saw us- it was so fun! The only rough part was the night in the hotel-Jerri Lynn woke up at 3 am and wouldn't go back to sleep- Charlie woke up at 4 and so everyone was awake and ready for some football!! We were so nervous about waking up the neighbors in the hotel. We had fun at the hotel they gave us Auburn shakers and toilet paper wrapped in tissue paper with Auburn sayings on it (to roll Toomer's Corner!) We went to Tiger Walk, got pictures with cheerleaders, watched the band, played on a bounce house and just had a great pre-game experience! The kids were very excited and we all loved the eagle flying before the game. Jerri Lynn says, "Auburn- eagle fly down!" She also says, "War Eagle-Aubie, Aubie , Aubie!" She fell asleep as soon as the game started and we decided to leave in the 3rd quarter. Auburn was winning big time! Charlie slept all the way home. Thank you , CJ for taking us there!

Birth Certificate!

We received Tae's paperwork on Sept. 3 and filled it all out and sent in our official acceptance on Sept. 8. It had to be sent to Korea and then they mailed his Birth Certificate and other legal paperwork to us. We were so excited when we received it and it was so amazing filling out the paperwork to where he will reside (our home address!) That was on Sept. 23. We filled out an I-600 form which is a petition to classify an orphan as our relative with CIS and we are waiting to be fingerprinted again. We have to wait for an official letter from USCIS. We mailed that form on Sept. 28 and are hoping it won't take too long. The countdown began on Sept. 15th (when Korea received our official acceptance!) we think! So, 8-12 months from then we should have our sweet boy!!