Adoption: Exciting Events Are Happening!

I feel so encouraged!! I hardly can contain my smile.  Things are headed in the right direction and I need to give all credit to Jesus who directs our steps each and every way throughout this process.

The little ones are one of us now.  We are still plugging along with the potty training issues with the 5 year old.  I have really had to step it up and make her more responsible.  I have gotten rid of all the princess pull ups and the choices are Hello Kitty big girl underwear or boy pull ups.  For awhile what was happening is she was in boy pull ups all day.  She said she was dry but in fact when I went to inspect sure enough she had pottied in her pull up.  So I would change her and take away her pants and make her go into the living room so everyone could see her wearing the boy pull ups.  Know one would say anything but she would sit on the couch very embarrassed.  The following day I would put her Hello Kitty underwear making it very clear that if she pottied in her pants she would have to wear the boy pull up.  I would also notice immediately if she had wet her pants.  This has been working really well.  We have night time accidents but those are accidents and I am not worried about those for now.

Tonight was my husbands 52 birthday.  I baked a yummy peach cobbler at his request.  There is nothing like peach cobbler and ice cream! It seems that everything I cook these days my recipies are doubled.  Everyone really liked it and was begging for more. If you would like the recipe --let me know.

  Anyway -- My wonderful hubby was cooling off with the kids in our kiddie pool.  I love this man!!! I was laughing so hard.  Laughing is good for the soul.

 Here my wonderful hubby is sharing the kiddie pool with my bio son, one adopted son and our foster daughter.

 The water is cold and boy was this funny!!!

My wonderful hubby, bio son and adopted son.

So far this week I have gotten 2 phone calls from Miss J.  This girl is so amazing!! I don't know why I get so emotional when ever I talk about her.  I can tell I am starting to love her.  I know there is a reason why the Lord placed her in our home.  If I can make her realize that she means so much to our family and she actually believes it -- it will be a miracle.  She called me today to let me know that she wants to come home for the weekend.  I was smiling so hard I thought I was going to split a lip.  I wish that no siblings be separated (unless it is unhealthy they are together).  I have been worried that this might be a case where they do separate them.  But praise the Lord she will be transitioning into our family.

Please pray for us this weekend.  We are not a perfect family but we are a perfect family for her.  I pray that bonds are formed and fears are put aside.  Thank you in advance!