Happy Anniversary

18 years ago today I married my best friend! I wouldn't trade a single moment of our life together and look forward to all of the moments ahead of us!! Happy Anniversary David...I Love You!

Play Ball!

Oh, I just love this time of year...Spring is here and Summer is just around the corner; I love that the days are longer! I love the smell of a leather glove and the sound of a ball being hit by the bat! Best of all, I love watching my son play the game that he loves...BASEBALL!!

Tonight was our first game and this year Nicholas is playing 7U coach pitch for the Bulls. It's amazing to watch how much the boys have grown and changed from one year to the next. Nicholas got on base each time at bat and made a fabulous out at second base! Way to go Nicholas - We are so Proud of You!!

Nicholas & Daddy ready for the Big Game!

Waiting for the Pitch!!

Great "Baseball Ready" Position!

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While we spend our evenings at the baseball field, we wait daily for word on Eva. The agency tells us that they expect to hear something any day and that day can't come soon enough for us!!

Waiting is SO Hard

Today, it has been 65 days since we first saw our daughter's beautiful face! Everyday I look at her picture and I long to kiss her sweet lips, to pinch her chubby little cheeks, and to whisper in her ear "I love you"! In all of her pictures she looks so sad, and I just want to see her first smile and hear her laugh. I ache to hold her, smell her and feel her hand in mine. Waiting is SO hard!!

I check my email no less than 100 times a day waiting for any word. I walk in and out of her room and she's not there. I can't shop without wanting to buy for her but I don't know her size. I check my watch to quickly figure the time in China and wonder what she is doing. I go to bed each night hearing the boys pray for their baby sister as I offer up my own petitions. Waiting is SO hard!!

I am so thankful that God waits with me! Even though I don't understand why it is taking so long, I am blessed to know that His timing is perfect. I take great comfort in this scripture that has hung on our fridge for the past three years:

"But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, be patient! For it will surely take place. It will not be late by a single day." Habakkuk 2:3

Waiting is SO hard, but to not wait is unthinkable!
Eva, we love you...therefore, we wait!!!