Vacationing

I'm really enjoying my summer. My daughter and I have taken a lot of little trips and now we are staying in a cabin at Bass Lake for the week. As a child my family came her each year so it has been great getting to share the memories with my daughter. Watching her play in the lake and building sand castles were the highlights of my day. This is something that I hope to be able to share with my future son or daughter as well.

Happy Father's Day

I love being both mother and father to my daughter. Not only do I get great hand made gifts and cards, I get to watch her grow into a wonderful young lady. She is so patient waiting for "our baby" to come home. She has been talking about having a baby brother or sister for over 2 years now. It will be a dream come true for both of us when we do finally get to bring home a new little one. So on this Father's Day, I feel very lucky to have one beautiful child to raise, and I hope that next year we will have an addition to our family. I pray for all of the birthparents this Father's Day that are having to make decisions about the future of their unborn child. May they feel peace beyond understanding.

Love

This morning on the way to summer school my daughter was telling me that she loved me. She said, "I love you mommy," to which I of course replied, "I love you too." Then she said, "And I love me also, and I love you, and God loves us too. We all love each other and we can also love ourselves." - Wow that is pretty incredible considering she isn't even 5 years old yet. I'm always amazed at how much she can learn. I'm so glad that she knows that she can love herself. She saw her Pre-K teacher this afternoon and gave her a big hug. The teacher said, "I'm really going to miss her." We still have 4 weeks of summer school left and the teacher is already thinking about how she is going to miss my daughter. I think that is a testament of her wonderful ability to love. I pray that I will always be able to teach my daughter (and future daughter or son) the gift of love.

Home Visits Complete

Saturday we completed our home visits with our social worker. I've also taken my CPR, infant and child first aid course. I'm just waiting to read my final report which my social worker said should be complete in about 2 weeks. Now we just wait to be matched with birthparents.

My daughter and I bought a bassinet just in case we are chosen quickly and don't have much time to prepare. This bassinet has music, a night light, it massages, and you can record a message. Ami has already recorded messages for the baby. She will say things like, "I love you baby." or "Mommy and I love you - so go to sleep." It is so much fun to watch how much faith Ami has that this baby will become part of our family.

This weekend we had my 6 week old niece in the car. She was crying and I told Ami that babies do a lot of crying. She said she knew. I asked her how she will feel when she has a baby brother or sister that cries. She said, "It will be ok because I will just sing to her." So she started singing to my niece and sure enough . . . the baby stopped crying. Ami is going to be an awesome big sister. This is a picture of Ami and our friend's baby.