I know, I know…it’s been so long…I’m a horrible blogger! :) But there are reasons why I’ve been out of touch. Things have been crazy around here, to say the least. In February, we went on a family trip to Disney World. Emily had a blast! Actually, we all did! Emily got to meet all of her favorite characters, including her favorite princess of all-time (Cinderella). All three of us had much-needed, quality, uninterrupted family time together…this was great…so great that it was really hard to come back to the real world. February/ March is the craziest time of my working year. I work in the school district (as an occupational therapist). I have to do standardized testing and write a huge annual review report on each of my kids one time per year. Unfortunately, all 30 something of my kids had these due between February 27th and next week, so things have been busy. So, pretty much the real world smacked me over the head with a hammer when we came home from vacation. But on a positive note...from April to June it will be smooth sailing, as all of the paperwork will be done. :) :) YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the homefront, we are in the process of finishing our basement....to turn it into a playroom for Emily and daughter #2 (to be named…for now, we will call her “Mei Mei”, meaning “little sister” in Chinese). Mike, my dad and my brother-in-law, Dru worked for the past several days on finishing the basement and on adding a cupola to our roof, above the garage. My dad built the cupola and it came out beautifully. I know he put in a lot of time on this, and we are so grateful for this. Emily is doing great. :) She's growing up really fast. She really enjoyed Easter, and of course, all of the candy too...yikes! :) She also can't wait for her playroom to be done...she keeps pitching us her decorating ideas. :)
The adoption process is moving along at a snail's pace...we probably will be traveling to China sometime next summer as it is currently about a 16-18 month's wait. Of course, this means we may be traveling there right in the middle of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing!