Computer is kind of up and running...I'm only up and walking

Well, it's been a couple of weeks since I was able to post. We finally have our computer back. Yeah!!! Only problem is I'm having problems updating our blog and doing some other things on it as well. It locks up in the middle and puts an error message at the bottom of the page. Who knows!!! Someday! I have some pictures to post of Benjamin from the past few weeks--cool snow fort from this past weekend, winning the Pine Car Derby at church, Benjamin's braces, and mountain pictures too. They'll all have to wait.

Some of you might be saying she is only up and walking!?! Well, it seems as if my appendectomy from this past October just won't leave me alone! I was in to see my family doctor in Feb (having another adoption physical so paperwork could be redone) and asked about this bulge at my right side where my incision was. He said I should see my surgeon. Well, I did and then I went to see another one for his opinion and sure enough I had an incisional hernia. Of course it is rare in people of my age and in my health. As the doctor said "it is mysterious how people even get them when there was no infection". Leave up to me! :-) Seems to be my luck this past year! Needless to say last week was a whirlwind. I saw the doctor Monday and had my surgery Wednesday. All went well, the surgery itself took a little longer because things weren't healed from my last surgery. Each day is a better one! Hopefully one day real soon both the computer and I will be up and running! Thanks to our many wonderful friends and family for yummy meals and beautiful flowers! Have a great one!

Computers--Ahhhhhhhh!

Computers are really a great thing when they work! Can't live with them and can't live without them!!! Our wonderful 1 year old computer locked up on Monday night. It is now in the "shop" to try and figure out what's wrong with it. We've heard everything from windows being corrupted or damaged to, it's a security thing with a recent windows update. With all that said we won't be seeing it until sometime next week. I had a couple of things to post, but they'll have to wait. Some of our recent highlights--Playing in the snow, snowmobiling at the mountains, Benjamin getting his braces on (I have before and after pics to post when we get our computer back), and celebrating the Chinese New Year! Well enough of my computer stories! Hope to be posting again real soon!!!

(Oh, you might ask how am I posting with no computer? Brent's work computer. Thanks Brent!)

Adoption Update

Good Morning! We received our monthly update this week concerning our adoption. A lot of people have been asking what's the latest. It's actually the same that's it been for the last year. Still waiting! :-) Just a little recap for those that aren't as familiar with the adoption lingo. Our dossier (paperwork) was sent to China Dec 2005. We were logged into their system Jan 24 2006, so our log in date (LID) is Jan 24,2006. That is the date the clock officially started ticking for us. We are waiting for our referral (picture, name, any info). The current wait time has now gone to 17-18 months and increasing. This means it will be 17-18 months or more from our LID until we could see a referral. Of course, this wasn't the news we were hoping to hear! :-( Due to the overwhelming amount of families wanting to adopt from China (which is awesome!) all over the world, things have significantly slowed down. Please remember all the families out there, whose wait times keep increasing. It's not an easy wait. Please remember our family too. We already redid our fingerprints in December. After talking with our agency yesterday we are starting the process of redoing our home study. This means--physicals again for the whole family, child abuse checks, criminal checks, financial statement updates, and an update to our home study. All of this paperwork that we did already will expire May 4, 2007. We have to keep it current. Next week will be a busy one for us! So there you have it! We get monthly updates from our agency on the status of referrals. We will try and post adoption updates towards the beginning of the month. Thanks to everyone for your prayers for your family! It's been and will continue to be quite an exciting journey! We look forward to that amazing day when we will meet our daugther!!!