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EJ, fighting the bright sun

The boys Braves team is now in the play-offs! They finished the season in 2nd place. Today, they played the Cardinals and won 11-5!! Next game is Wednesday night…if they win that one, they’ll be in the Championship game. Given our last few seasons of baseball have been…uh..less than successful, this year has been a blast!

Randy’s Dad and Memaw are here visiting us this weekend…scroll down to see the pictures!

Payton, at the plate (he got 2 hits today!)

EJ earned a walk to 1st base…because the ball clunked him on the helmet. He thought that was funny!

Payton, on his way to 3rd!

Memaw and the kids (Payton is holding the game ball he earned for 2 RBIs)

Randy, Paw Paw (R’s dad), and the boys

We hope so! I found this lamp at our local thrift store, $1. (Incidently, found the exact same lamp days later at Target for $15…I love a good deal). I bought a shade for it, and hot glued these cute pink and green flowers around the edges. So, NOW her room is ready. Phone would you please ring?

Our adoption agency updated their website today to say this…

“CCAI is delighted to announce that we have received a new list of Waiting Children! We are working hard to translate and verify our Waiting Children s information and contact families. We will consider each child s case individually, so we appreciate your patience as we work carefully through our files. If CCAI has a potential match for your family, we will contact you!”

Could Lainey be in those files?? We are praying she is!! Stay tuned…

1 Ipod (Dad’s); 1 set of headphones ; no problem between brothers.

So, all you moms out there…Do you stress out when it’s family picture time? You’ve made the appointment. You’ve chosen the clothes (which, that alone is a big pile of craziness, trying to get clothes that are the same style AND color coordinate). Everyone gets showered, and hair fixed and then you hold your breath until you’re AT the studio (whew, no skinned knees or hair disasters). The pictures are taken, turn out fairly decently, and you high-five yourself that you survived it! lol…

Tonight, we had our family picture taken at our church, for the directory. It’s the first family portrait we’ve had taken in years. When it was time for their “so, here are all our wonderful package deals…” we had to explain that in the (very?) near future, these pictures would be a tad outdated because we’d have a new family member. We did order a few, though, because they turned out well. And, like the nice sales lady said, we can remember this time, before sweet Lainey joins us.

I made the kids pose at home, still in their color-coordinating photo duds. I have to take advantage of it when they’re clean AND match, right?

Abbey, Sharpay from High School Musical…Marley the lady pirate…Ethan the hologram skeleton…and Payton, the grumpy old man. Abbey had a costume party with the Jr. High at church tonight, then we all went around the neighborhood together. They loved every minute of it.

Here is my “boo bag” of goodies, from Lisa! A few of us on my Ladybug Believers online group (we’re all in the process of adopting from China) decided to swap names and treat each other. She had bags for each of the kids and chocolate, ladybugs, and a great magazine for me! Perfect. Thank you, Lisa!

Fall in Florida…lizards on pumpkins!

Today marks 1 year since we turned in our Medical Conditions Checklist, to be matched with a waiting child. Our agency is due for another list of children ANY DAY now, so we are praying that November 2008 is our time to finally see Lainey. As soon as they announce the new list, I’m back to the craziness of mentally adjusting the time to CO time (“well, it’s 5:30 here, but it’s only 3:30 there, so they could STILL call…) and back to jumping everytime the phone rings. So, if you call me and I sound a tad bit disapointed? Don’t take it personally :)