Brynn has a pen pal

Brynn has a penpal who is also 3 years old and from China. Her name is Mikaila and she is waiting for her little sister, Annika, just like Brynn. Mikaila sent a package for Brynn and baby sister Delaney--matching hairbows. Aren't they cute? She also got some money for spending money in China. She loves this and talks about Mikaila all the time. Can't you imagine the type of conversation these 2 3 year olds could have?

She also got a CD full of music that we have been dancing and listening to. Brynn is just so much fun right now.

Brynn does Yoga!!

Anyone else notice her clothes are Steelers colors? And she dressed herself! Is Daddy brainwashing her already?

We Are In The Review Room!!!

Yikes. Our dossier is in the review room. This means that China is checking to make sure all of our paperwork is correct. They will also ask us questions through our agency if they have any. This is so awesome. We don't know if our dossier has already been reviewed or is still being reviewed, but it is great to know that we are one step closer to being done. If only it meant referrals were speeding up.

The Demolition Derby

You may be wondering what a demolition derby is, especially if you aren't hicks like we are. This is a competition where people drive old cars into each to see what vehicle is still running in the end. It's bumper cars for big boys. This is what we did last night. We watched the demolition derby at a local fair. Isn't our life exciting?

Brynn and Daddy's bedtime

Brynn and Daddy always have fun at bedtime. This was them last night.

Brynn's First Day of Preschool

Yesterday was Brynn's first day of preschool. She was so excited. I drove her to the school and walked her to her the room. I would love to say that she clung to me and told me never to leave, but that didn't happen. She ran immediately to the toys and only waved to me as I was leaving. We actually are so happy that she didn't mind me leaving. To me that shows that she has attached to us and knows that we will always be with her. That is very comforting.

Her First Day of School Picture


Her new backpack and lunchbag. They are lilac and she picked them out because "purple is my favorite color, Mommy".


Kevin picked her up from school and she fell asleep in the truck and slept for 2 hours. School can be exhausting!!

September Referrals

Well, referrals for the month are in. They only went up to people whose dossiers were logged in to November 25, 2005. Again, this means nothing to us other than they are almost through the month of November. This is a post from Rumor Queen and it pretty much states what everyone is thinking.

And now it is September
September 1st, 2007
How did that happen? Last year just crawled by, but this year is flying. I can’t believe it is September and summer will be over soon.

When we hit September 1st last year they had referred through July 22nd. And as of right now they’ve referred through November 21st with us thinking this next batch may go through November 24th. That’s four months in one year. There is no way to put a positive spin on that. Sure, you could say at least they haven’t brought the program to a complete standstill, but that’s about all I can come up with.

We knew October and November were big, and that November was going to be hard to get through. But, this is really hard.

Yes, you read that correctly. CCAA has only gotten through four months of Logged in Dossiers in one year. That is why we can say with the most certainty--we have no idea when we will get our referral. We only hope it speeds up a little so that we aren't paying for college for Brynn and #2s adoption at the same time!

To say that this is hard is an understatement.