Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to April's Baby Shower for little Eliana! The baby shower runs from 10am to 2pm (I'm on Eastern Time). It is an open chat, so just jump right into the comments and say hello to everyone. If you would like to rsvp and receive April's gift list, just leave that in the comments and I will get her gift list and address over to you. If you want to purchase a particular item, just let me know and I will remove it from the list.
Each 5th RSVP will receive a prize pictured in the post below. If there is a particular prize you would like to claim, leave a comment or shoot me an e-mail at timnkim@gmail.com
1st Prize Winner is Daleea from 'Jewels of My Heart'.
2nd Prize Winner is Shelly from 'That Girl'
*The shower chat room is now closed, but please leave a comment with your e-mail address if you would like to rsvp and receive April's gift list. I will be checking the post throughout the day. Also, you are still able to win prizes. Each 5th rsvp will be listed above, so check back and see if you win!
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Welcome to April's Baby Shower!!
Welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group...
Good Morning Everyone and welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group. We're having a special morning today. The Sat Chat will run from 8am to 10am and then we will move into April's Baby Shower for little Eliana. It's going to be a lot of fun, so I hope that everyone will join in!
Welcome! Our dear friend Kelly is on her way to China to bring home Elizabeth. Please follow her journey on her travel blog 'We've Been Truly Blessed', they will be able to begin posting photos on 6/24/08.
This weekend we are staying close to home and hanging out with friends, what are your plans?
Friday, June 20, 2008
Baby Shower and Saturday Morning Chat....Tomorrow's Schedule...
Tomorrow morning we will be having the Saturday Morning Chat Group from 8am to 10am. Then April's shower will kick in from 10am to 2pm. (I am on Eastern time) So, please drop in and chat for a while and then stay if you can to enjoy the shower!
To recap how my baby showers work, it will be an open chat just like the Sat Chat from 10am-2pm, so drop in and talk with us for a while. Of course....there are prizes! Each 5th rsvp comment will receive a shower prize and I will display the winners on the shower post so that you all can see if you have won! If you cannot make it from 10am to 2pm, no problem, just leave an rsvp comment and I will be checking in from time to time and will get April's gift list out to you!
There will also be a fabulous co-host, Paula from 'The Baby Journals'.
Should be a fun morning tomorrow!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Chinese Moon Festival Lanterns...Aren't These Cute?
I just picked up these Chinese Moon Festival Lanterns at Tuesday Morning. Aren't they cute? They are made of terracotta and were only $5.00 each. I am just thrilled with them!
Quotes for the Week...
These quotes were sent to me by Nikki at 'The Priceless Princess'. Thank you Nikki, your friendship means a lot to me. Thanks for reaching out. " I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. " ~ Unknown "God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them. " ~ Unknown "If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." ~ Nora Roberts
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Thank You...All of You...
I want to say thank you to everyone for your kind words and support over these past few weeks, has it been months? Thank you for sending me e-mails telling me what dates are through the review room. Thank you for sending me uplifting cards, I just received yours Amy and it made my day. I have a card that I use as a bookmark from Nancy at ASENND and I read it over and over. I have kept every greeting I have received on this journey in a special and beautiful box. When I feel overwhelmed, I go to that box and it rejuvenates me. Thank you for recognizing that I'm not myself and praying for me. Thank you for your friendship.
As many of you know, I am really struggling with my adoption agency. I am ten steps ahead of them with information and they are not motivated at all to help me find my way to my girl. I am a doer and a driver. The back seat is not a place where I am comfortable. I want to see movement and change for the better, I want to see dreams come true and I'm willing to work to make it happen. I am with an agency that has no sense of urgency, no need to know more, no desire to be proactive. You can imagine how that's working for me : )
I have made my thoughts and concerns very clear to deaf ears and that seems to be all I can do for now. So, I'm going to get on with the happy parts of my life and know that God is in control.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
I'm Throwing a Baby Shower for April This Saturday!!!
This Saturday is the baby shower for April and Eliana from 'The Road to Siji'. I throw my showers like open houses, so please come by any time and leave a comment to rsvp for her gift list. There will be shower prizes and fun! If you cannot attend, please feel free to leave a comment on this post and I will get her gift list and address out to you. If you would like to promote the shower by displaying this gorgeous graphic by Daleea on your blog, let me know and I will get it to you.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group...
Good Morning Everyone and welcome to the Saturday Morning Chat Group! Please continue to support Daleea's auction for the Starfish Foster Home. If you would like an auction link graphic, please let me know and I will get one over to you.
Also, remember that Margaret from Journey to Baby Miracle is still in China to bring home Graeme. He is just darling!
If you would like to support Kelly/Truly Blessed's 100 Wishes Quilt Shower, let me know and I will get her address and graphic over to you.
NEXT SATURDAY IS APRIL'S SHOWER FOR BABY ELIANA HERE AT THE SEVENTH DIAMOND. Her graphic is also available.
Today is the shower for Crystal and Savannah-Hope. IT IS NOT ON THIS BLOG, IT IS ON 'NIPPER FAMILY OF 4'. Please go there and support the shower. It's going to be a lot of fun. I can't wait!
The chat room is now closed so that everyone can attend Savannah-Hope's shower!
Friday, June 13, 2008
Father's Day Weekend...
We don't have any big weekend plans. The hubs is a homebody and likes to stick around here. I'm sure that there will be some grilling and boating and fun. He chose and ordered his own Father's Day gift, he is very techy and likes to buy his own gadgets.
So, what are your weekend plans?
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Please Continue to Support The Auction...
Daleea's auction site for The Starfish Foster Home in China has been an amazing success. Enough money has been raised to nearly pay for an entire surgery. The support from this community has been absolutely amazing.
Amanda from Starfish has let me know that she is working to add 3 more spina bifida babies to the home and is working to coordinate surgeries for 4 heart babies in one of her area orphanages. She has just returned from a successful heart surgery for baby Breanna and just left again early today for Shanghai with baby Viola to treat her hemangioma.
Amanda is one of the most driven and committed people I have ever met. She is determined to heal every baby she can. We are in an amazing position to be able to help.
Please search your homes to see if there is anything that you could donate to the auction and bid on what you can.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Still Waiting...
A little blue today. It's starting to seem like a long time now. 16 months waiting after 9 months of paperwork. So many babes are coming home, but not one for us. My girlfriend who gave me all of her little girl clothes found out she has a new little princess on the way. I am happy for her truly, but it will be sad for me to fold up all of those clothes and give them back. My agency is an utter source of frustration. 16 months just to see the SN list when if we would have gone with any other, we would have been home with our child a year ago. Yes I have faith, it's just a hard day today. So I'm putting out my waiting picture....again...it was out a year ago as well.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Strange Storms, Backwards Underwear and Fighting over Pull-ups.
My title seems to be the theme of my week. We are having a lot of rainy and windy weather here in Michigan. Just when it looks like it's going to clear up, we get hit again. Things are becoming soggy outside. I guess it will be ok this week as long as it clears up by the weekend.
Eli is now ALWAYS wearing his underwear backwards. I buy him the little boy Hanes underwear with cartoon characters on the rear and he wants to see the characters. When I dress him, I put them on correctly, but each day when he comes home from daycare they are backwards. Then,this morning he told me he wanted them backwards, so I gave up on that small battle and backwards it is!
The big challenge is giving up his night time pull-ups. He no longer wears them at nap time and is usually dry in the morning when he wakes up. I'd rather not be buying them if I don't need to and I'm tired of pull-ups to be frank. But Eli's not going for it. Huge tears and carrying on last night. This is a storm I'm willing to weather though. I'll give in on backwards briefs, but the Pull Ups are going!
Monday, June 09, 2008
It's Monday!
Enjoy your Monday everone! We had some pretty severe storms come through over the weekend that took out our cable, so I haven't been able to blog.
If anyone hears anything about LID dates being through the review room, please let me know.
