Hello everyone! Sorry that I haven't written in a few weeks, but the snow days get me in a daze! Fortunately, today was nice and sunny. It almost felt like a spring day! I walked around to Mom and Dad's house and saw that the Easter lilies (flags) were already coming up. I can't wait to see those nice yellow flowers in bloom. Hopefully they won't be covered up in snow.
We have missed so many snow days this year in the Breathitt County school system. If I am not mistaken, it is right at 26 days. That is a lot! We work hard in the school system to get the students ready for the world and testing. We will just have to be more vigilant in the coming weeks. Hopefully they will move the testing window back a few weeks as well.
One good thing about the snowy days is that it forced me to stay inside and work on my writing. I finished up my next book. It is called Dark and Bloody and is a collection of horror/suspense stories that are set in Kentucky. Most of them are set right here in Eastern Kentucky! I got the title from the nickname that Kentucky had when settlers arrived....a dark and bloody ground. It should be out in the next month or so. I will debut it at the Harrodsburg Book Festival.
In case you have been wondering, YES, Lisa and I are still adopting. We have been working on this adoption for over 2 years now. At first, we were planning on adopting from Vietnam. Unfortunately, Vietnam shut down all of their adoptions. We were going to stick it out, but after 1 year on the list, it didn't look like we were going anywhere.
Finally, a few months ago, we decided to switch to the Russian program. It was meant to be. I got on the website of our adoption agency, Children's Hope International, and saw that they were desperate for people in the Russian adoption program. We talked it over and decided that we just couldn't wait on Vietnam anymore.
So now, we are officially in the Russian program. We have all of our paperwork together. We just have to get it notarized and then we are all set to send it off to our adoption agency. They will have it transferred to Russian and sent to Russia. After that, we wait to be matched with a child. We requested a little boy as young as possible. We still have his name on the nursery door, Jacob. We still have all the stuff...two cribs, clothes, toys, changing table, high chair, stroller, bibs, rattles, etc! We just need the baby.
From the looks of things, we should be expecting a match sometime around August or September of this year. After that, we will take our first trip to Russia to meet the child and approve the adoption. Then, we come back to the United States for a couple of months. We then return to Russia for two or three weeks to finalize the adoption. I can't wait to get him home! The hardest part will be meeting him and then having to come back home for those two months!
I will keep everyone updated on the process of our adoption. Hopefully we will have him home in time for Halloween. I want to take him trick or treating!
I'm not sure how our little dog Sassy will take the adoption. She is our baby right now and is spoiled rotten. I'm sure that she won't like having to share lap time with a baby. She will have a panic attack! But she is really good with kids once she gets used to them. I am sure that she will come to love Jacob as well. I don't worry about our other dog Sadie. She loves all kids!
I guess that I will close for now. I will post a picture of my current baby....Sassy.
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