Vacation Bible School 2007

Well, I can't believe another year of VBS is here and gone! Last night was Charlie's recital for Vacation Bible School and boy was he ever a star! Both, Jeff, Grandy and I sat there and watched him take the stage, and sing and dance his heart out, no fear whatsoever, such a little ham! And then the three of us said, "hmmm who does Charlie take after getting up on that stage and being such a little show off????" And we all had one answer: UNCLE CHRIS!!!!! And now most of you will know why that is so funny!! He's all you Uncle Chris, hee-hee!!!!!!
And once again I have to post, you better be here with us watching your big brother next year at VBS my sweet baby girl.....oh, and I think we have finally found a name that all three of us absolutely agree on.......Sophia Ruth Rogers....and Charlie said he wants to call her baby Sophie.....
We'll see, as you all know me, nothing's set in stone yet!

Adoption poem for our daughter to be

I found another poem, and again no author known, but loved it and wanted to journal it for our little girl! Also, the pic posted is from a wedding we attended last weekend, July 14th 2007. So here's the poem:

Once there were two women, who never knew each other.

One you do not remember

the other you call mother.

Two different lives, shaped to make yours one.

One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.

The first gave you life, the second taught you to live it.

The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it.

One gave you a nationality, the other gave you a name.

One gave you the seed of talent, the other gave you aim.

One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears.

One saw your first sweet smile, the other will dry your tears.

One gave you up......

It was all she could do.

The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you.

And now you ask me through your tears, the age old question through the years-

Heredity or Environment...which are you a product of?

Neither my darling daugther, just two different kinds of love!

We love you so much our baby girl to be!!! Love, Mommy

The July Stork has arrived

Congrats to all the precious waiting families that are seeing their babies faces for the first time this week! The November families that were logged into China through November 14th 2005 have been matched! Although I am a bit sad that they are STILL on Nov 05....at least they are still moving along and matching families. So all those families have waited 20 months....I feel for each and every one of them, we've been waiting 16 months since we were logged into the Chinese Gov. Match Dept.(and actually 20 months since the day we applied to adopt)

So right now, the "rumor" is that this wait will probably reach two or more years...meaning we are not expecting anything until late winter/early spring. Unless, there is a miracle and China starts matching the months quicker(which is not out of the question, it CAN happen so please pray with us), then maybe we will hear something sooner than winter.....

So for now Gods blessings to all those families that can say they are FINALLY done waiting and can now start their journey home with their new babies!!!

And to our sweet girl, we know that stork will be carrying you home to us one day very, very soon....we will wait patiently with open arms, and we know without a doubt this wait is going to be worth every second just to get to you! We love you! Mommy, Daddy and Charlie

Fair on the fourth of July and fireworks with the Ruldolph family!

Charlie went on his very first fair ride at the Orange County fair on the 4th. Of course mommy had to go with him, and boy has my stomach changed over the years, I could barely keep my eyes open from the dizziness!!! Charlie loved it!
We then had dinner with our dear friends, the Rudolph family, and went to see fireworks afterwords! We are so very thankful for the friends and family in our lives and for this wonderful country we were so blessed to be born into! Happy Birthday America 2007!!

Pre-Fourth of July celebrations and Parade!

The night before the fourth we went to a friends for dinner and kicked off the holiday with sparkler fun! Then on the fourth in the morning we went to our town parade and had a blast! Charlie caught so much candy he said it was like halloween! Oh baby girl, you better be here with us next fourth of July celebrating! We love you already more and more each day!
More festive pic's to come!