REJOICING!!!

You guys must REALLY be praying for us or something!

The big boys and I were out doing some back-to-school shopping this afternoon when I got a call from our case manager.  She said the magic words we love to hear . . . “Well, I have some good news for you . . . ” and proceeded to tell me that we have an Embassy appointment on Tuesday, September 7th!!!  She told us to go ahead and start looking into flights for September 4th – 10th.  These are tentative travel dates at this point, and there are still a number of things that could slow the process and cause a delay.  Please continue to pray that everything goes smoothly and that we indeed get to bring our little boy home very SOON!  I just about broke into a dance in the middle of Target, and I’m completely overwhelmed with thankfulness this afternoon.  Thanks so much for all of your prayers and support!  To commemorate the occasion, we decided to buy him these! . . .

In other news, Riley and Cole started back to school today!  Riley is a FOURTH grader now & Cole is in SECOND grade . . . yikes!  They only went for half of the day, and their first full day is on Monday.  They both came home in good spirits and enjoyed their teachers and their classmates.  Riley’s excited because they have a hamster, some fish, a frog, a guinea pig, etc. in their classroom.  They get to be on “pet patrol” and even take one of the little critters home for the weekend every now and then – whoo hoo!  Cole said his teacher is cool because “she has good Legos and good books in her classroom.”  I’m praying that it’s a good year for both of them – especially with all of the changes going on at home with little man coming into the family.  I’m really proud of Riley and Cole, and they are going to be such great big brothers!

Well, I have to go get ready for 2.5 hours of “Parent Night” at the school.  Our sweet friend, Jessie, is coming to hang out with the guys last minute so we can both go . . . thanks, Jessie!!!  I just had to share our good news and a school update while I had a minute.  I am a lousy mom and didn’t even take pictures today (mostly because Riley would be mortified and completely embarrassed!), but I’ll try to sneak some in on Monday and post them (especially for the grandparents!).  Until then . . .