Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
I will bring your children from the east
and gather you from the west.
Isaiah 43:5
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Carlie is TWO!!
Today was Carlie's 2nd birthday! She had quite a fun day. She and I went to Toys R Us to spend her birthday $$ that her GaGa and Great-Grandma's gave her. She wanted a baby! She saw one baby and carried it around, then she'd see another one and yell, "BABY!" drop the one in her hand and go get the other one. We had babies all over the aisles. And she can't ever get a baby without buying a bottle for that baby. All her babies need their own 'bo-ulls.' Then she and I went to Gymboree to get some cute clothes. She actually likes clothes shopping! Two of her favorite foods are fries and pizza. We had fries at lunch and pizza for dinner at Mazzios. Ethan asked if we were going to eat IN the restaurant, I said that we were and he goes, "YES! I LOVE eating IN restaurants!" (Guess what we usually do when I don't cook? Yep, have it delivered or go get it at the drive-thru.) And if you could've seen Ethan at the restaurant you would know why we don't eat IN the restaurant very often! He was a little wild. Good thing there weren't very many people there. We got back home, ate cookie cake, played outside for a while, then opened some presents. It was a great birthday!
I am a wife to a wonderful man, and a mother of five beautiful, healthy children. If I had time, I would get organized, read, research stuff, exercise (pressing on!), and take more naps. We live in the great state of Oklahoma. Life is good. God is great!
A List of Common Adoption World Abbreviations and Terms
SWI - Social Welfare Institution, the orphanage, but also sometimes an orphanage and a home for the elderly
SN - Special Need, some of the families request a child with a special need, we have chosen not to
LID - Log In Date, the date your dossier is officially logged in in China
Travel Group - All the other families who have the same DTC/LID date as we do and we will all travel together unless one of them chooses a child with a special need. Usually all the referrals in a group come from the same orphanage, which will be another thing we will have in common with our travel group.
I-171h - a PPP that we waited 6 weeks on so we could finish our dossier
USCIS - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Bethany - Our adoption case worker at Dillon who is very patient and has a great sense of humor
Dillon - Our adoption agency, which we love, is based in Tulsa, but serves many parts of the country, and it's Christian based
PPP - Pretty Peace of Paper, once you have received the pesky one it becomes the pretty one ;)
PPP - Pesky Piece of Paper, which is any piece of important paper you are waiting on
Referral - The first picture you see of the child you have been matched with and a brief medical history
3 comments:
Happy Birthday Carlie!!!!
Blessings,
Robin
I am glad she had a great birthday!! Give her love from Aunt Gigi
Happy Birthday, Carlie! Sounds like you had an awesome day!
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