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Wow. A one year old little boy, a 5 month old little girl….all within a few days of each other. It may not seem like much to you, but it is the world to me. It represents progress. I just wanted to stop and thank God for all the little blessings along the way.

Our case worker, S, wants to meet with us next week to get a “better feel for us”. The Adoption Lady told me that before S can go into a “4-way” and fight for us, she needs to meet us. I asked S if we were going to a 4-way soon and she said not that she knows of, but if we were to be selected tomorrow, she’d have to meet with us before she could really go in and fight for us. So, this is a good thing.

And I’m so happy to have family staying with us right now. My sister laughed when I told her this, but I think I’ll feel so lonely when they leave – I like having a house full of people.

Didn’t hear back from S at all yesterday and I’ve already talked with her twice today! Can’t beat that. Even better, she told me that in addition to submitting us on the one year old little boy, she also submitted us on a 5 month old baby girl. Or, she is now in the process of doing that. The little girl has a cleft chin and S told us that a lot of people won’t be submitted on her b/c they won’t want to deal with that. That makes me sad, but also happy because it increases our chances of getting her!

I just woke up a few minutes ago and, pathetically, my first thoughts were about blogging. I don’t know where I was or why I was there, I just remember that as Daddy-O and I were going to bed I looked up and saw geckos crawling on the wall, near the ceiling. These were some of the biggest Geckos I’ve ever seen and had all of their babies with them. Bleh!

How could I possibly sleep in a room full of Geckos? For some reason, Daddy-O the Gecko Slayer was not going to be able to get them all. Again, how could I sleep with Geckos? Evidently, I couldn’t. That’s when I woke up.

Anyway, I called S, our caseworker, yesterday morning and she has not returned my call. That irks me. Little does she know that I will call her back again today…….I am a stalker. And I’m not afraid to admit it. I just want to touch base with her to find out if she has submitted us on any other children. I’ll let you know when I find out.

Things seem to be getting back to normal around here. Gas stations have gas, grocery stores have groceries and most businesses are “back in business”. What an erie feeling to see such a large city simply shut down. While we are incredibly grateful to have missed being beaten up by Rita, we’re very sorry for our family and friends to the east of us.

I’m thrilled about about family that is coming to stay with us for a while until things get back to “normal” in Lake Charles. I’m so excited to get to have them here for a while but sorry it is under these circumstances. And while I’m being selfish, I may as well say out loud that this would be a wonderful time for us to get our child(ren) because I’d have plenty of help around here! ha ha ha. And what a blessing in the midst of the turmoil Rita has left behind.

Anyway, I am hopeful about the little boy I mentioned before. More hopeful with this one than with any before…. maybe I’ll feel that way each time I know we are submitted on a child. But who knows? This could be “the one”. Only God knows.

Hop on over to Stacy’s blog and let her know you’ll say a prayer for her family. They’ve recently been submitted on two girls they have already met and fallen in love with.

Please also continue to pray for those affected by Rita….a few of the people who read this blog regularly are currently waiting to hear if they have a house to go home to. Some already know they do but are waiting simply to be able to go home. Pray for God’s comfort as they wait. And pray that He will bless them immensely in the days to come.

And while you’re at it, please pray for this one year old baby boy who could possibly become our little boy. Happy Birthday baby boy – today he turned one. Pray that he goes to the family God has for him, whoever they may be.

This is my neighbor, so be nice. If you aren’t familiar with Aggies, disregard.

Well, we’ve been submitted on another child. A 1 yr old little boy, this time! Woo-Hoo! I’m fired up. Won’t know anything for a couple of weeks and won’t ever know anything if we aren’t chosen. But we’re excited at the possibility. Another wonderful thing is that this child is already eligible for straight adoption. No foster care! That’s exciting, too! I’ll keep ya posted!

Okay, God. We’re ready now. The storm has passed and we’d like to get our kids. Thanks. ha ha ha

No excitement here overnight, thankfully. Still have power (obviously) and even cable. I talked to family in Lake Charles this morning and they are fine – lots of damage there but they are safe and dry.

The last couple of days have been a roller coaster ride – preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. Now that it looks as though we’ll miss most of the storm, we’ve gotten bored. No one worked today and we were all sitting around, waiting for something to happen. NOw, it looks like we’ll get a tropical storm and not much more on our side of town. That’s good news.

Here is what one of our neighbors was doing to prepare for the storm:

This is what the rest of us were doing:

We were trying to make sure all of our walkie talkies worked and that we were all on the same channel, just in case we lost electricity. From about 4pm until about 8pm, we waited for the winds to come and we got a few impressive gusts, but nothing to convince us to go inside. I’m not complaining.

There’s a really nice breeze here today. Go figure. I bet it will get a lot breezier as the day goes on. We’re not too worried about the storm here, thinking we shouldn’t get more than 70 mph winds at the most and we may lose power, but hopefully not for too long. ?

My biggest concern now is for the family and friends in the Beaumont and Lake Charles areas. All that I know of are accounted for and evacuated, except one family. Please pray for God’ protection over my father, stepmother and their parents. Please also pray for our children – we don’t know where they are and pray they are not in the path of this nasty storm.

It looks like we might miss the worst part of Rita. We’ve decided to hunker down and stay. I must say that it is very strange to see gas stations deserted because they’ve run out of gas and to see grocery aisles empty. You will be happy to know, however, that I did pick up a few extas essentials this morning. Like Pringles. And Snickers. Oh ya, and Milky Ways. Woo-Hoo…we’re all set.

I’m starting to get a bit woosey, after getting only 3 hours of sleep last night. OUr house looks as though a hurricane has already hit – stuff strewn about everywhere as we decided what to take with us, what to wrap in plastic, and what to leave behind. Now, the job of undoing everything – but we’ll wait until the storm passes, just in case.

Please say a special prayer for my friends and family in Lake Charles. They are currently in the path of the “nasty side” of Rita.

"Samuel took a single rock and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer (Rock of Help), saying, This marks the place where GOD helped us."

1 Samuel 7:12 The Message

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