Waiting Wednesday #11

Riley playing with the hermit crab and his cars

One of the 3 hermit crabs

Ressurection Eggs!!

Our egg hunt

I will start off my post by telling you all that I got a call this morning from our agency. The program manager said that she received a fax this morning from Eastern saying that they were requesting a couple of our forms to be renotarized and sent back to them ASAP. Apparently our notary's stamp expired because our paperwork has been there so long. The fax also said that Bee is thriving in the care of her foster family. :) So what does this mean? It means that they are getting ready to submit for her EP!!!!!!!!! It will probably be at the end of the month, but who knows? Could it be sooner. We are getting so close!! I am SO EXCITED!!!! I can barely contain myself!! It is a good day and God IS AWESOME!!!
We had an awesome Easter. Riley got 3 hermit crabs for Easter and they have become Riley's best friends. They are very active and are usually walking around the floor while I am cooking. I also bought something new this year. I wanted to focus more on the true meaning of Easter instead of doing the whole Easter bunny thing. I bought Resurrection Eggs from the Christian Book Store. They were AWESOME!! If you want to have a fun way of teaching your children about Easter, this is it. We hid the eggs outside after we got back from church and after he hunted for them we sat down on the swing and opened them. Each egg has something that is part of the Easter story. They have to be opened in order and when you open them you tell a part of the story and the scripture that goes along with it. Inside the eggs were things like a cup, piece of linen cloth, a leather whip, nails in the shape of the cross, a crown of thorns, etc. I really enjoyed sitting with him and reading him all of the stories.

For my list today I am putting my favorite blogs. These blogs have been inspirational for me and I read them all the time.

1. Soule Mama
I learned of this blog through a book I bought. The author has a blog and she is a stay at home mom to 4 and an unschooler and she bakes, quilts, knits, and is the mother of all natural crafts. I love this blog!!!!

2.I Love Olive
I love Elizabeth's blog because of many things. Of course her daughter is the cutest thing!Her daughter was adopted from Korea and they are adopting a second child as well. She started a not for profit organization that saves cats. Her and her husband fought to get their daughter insurance coverage and are fighting now for other families. She has a HUGE heart and I just love her.

3.Jon and Kelly Plus One
I love Kelly's blog! They are also waiting for their son to come home from Korea. I love her blog because I love looking at the pictures she posts. They live in the pacific northwest and I am so jealous. They travel a lot and her husabnd cooks these amazing meals. I drool when I see what Jon cooks, Kelly!!! I'm coming over for dinner!!

4.A Cupcake Blog
I don't think I need to explain this one.

5.Vegan Yum Yum
A Vegan cooking blog

6.Vive Le Vegan
A blog from the author of the cookbook " Vive Le Vegan"

7.Delicious Wisdom
A healthy cooking blog. Some of the best recipes are on her blog!

8.Gluten Free Girl
A gluten free blog with yummy recipes

9.Harlow Monkey
A Korean Adoptee's blog. Lots of information!!

10. My Blog!! I love my blog!  My hope is that it is an inspiration to others, especially those who are also waiting to bring home babies. I hope that my attitude and faith inspire some of you readers to trust in GOD's plan for you. The path he chooses for us is sometimes hard and painful, but HE always knows what is best for us. Sometimes he permits storms in our lives so that he can use them to lift us up. I am grateful for our journey, even though it was excrutiating at times. I am at peace now because of it. I have no worries or anxiety about my future or what is to come for us. I know that HE is always with me and that I can walk through anything because of that. Thank you for reading my blog!!!!