Random

I'm sorry we haven't written anything in a while.  Honestly, it is because we have had NO updates.  NONE!  Because of this, we are asking for your prayers...especially this week.  Our little boy's birthday is Saturday.  While we knew we would not have him on his birthday, we were hoping we would be able to have contact with him by now.  B emailed our social worker on Monday to see if we could at least get a "Happy Birthday!" message to him and she said "no." :(  I'm just sad.  Our paper work has been in Hong Kong for almost 14 weeks.  I'm ready for something...anything!  If you will please just lift us up this week, that would be great.  We are planning to celebrate by ourselves Saturday morning and will post pictures of it.   

Next weekend my friends are throwing a shower for me in honor of his birthday.  I can't wait!!!  This will be my only shower.  I have a special gift for all the hostesses and I'm so excited about it!  Don't worry...I will post lots of pictures!

Last week I took a trip to the beach with some wonderful ladies.  We had a great time and some much needed rest for all of us.  While I was there I did a social media fast.  I didn't check Facebook or Twitter all week.  I highly recommend doing this.  I think I might make it a monthly thing.  I did check my email because I didn't want to miss anything from our social worker.  I also continued to read the blogs I keep up with.  I was reading the blog of one of B's friends who just adopted a child and I noticed a link to another blog.  From there, I found another blog.  This kept going and going.  All these blogs were of multicultural, adopted families.  It was extremely encouraging and informative.  I'm so thankful for all the people who open up about their experiences and I hope one day to help others with ours.  I'm going to try to post links to these blogs too and share some things I have learned.  I want to go ahead and share one thing with you.  One of the sites I found (and am now addicted to) is of a lady who has 10 children, 6 of which have been adopted from China.  She should have 11 children but one died in May before she got her.  She died because of a virus and a complex heart defect.  To honor her daughter, that she never got to meet, she designed a t-shirt on a site that sells t-shirt to support adoptions, Wild Olive Tees.  When you buy this shirt (here) 100% of the proceeds go to fund a heart surgery for an orphan in China.  My shirt is on its way here!  I will let you know how it fits.  I wish they made it in the classic style, but oh well.  This is of course close to my heart because of my little boy's heart condition.  Please PLEASE go buy one!!!!  You never know whose child you are helping...it might be yours one day!

Thanks for reading my randomness!  And please remember to pray for us this week.
Katie