Our Son BJ!

We have finally had the opportunity to show all our family and church family his picture. So now, we are posting it! We are so excited, we can hardly stand it and we want everyone to see. Isn't he DARLING?! We can't help but wonder how much he'll change by the time we see him again.

B.J. at 15 months

We still have not heard anything about travel dates, but wasn't really planning to until mid to late July, which is still very early compared to how long it's been taking. In the mean time we are getting his room and play room together and today we went to register for a shower. We had so much fun! Registering for a toddler is quite a bit different then registering for an infant! We found so many interactive little "doodads" to add to our list! We had a blast! James found all kinds of things "he" wanted. Including a soccer ball shaped potty chair that "cheers" when flushed! It was adorable and you guessed it, we put it on our registry!

We also found some great Little Einstein DVDs that teach the sounds and also some Elmo DVDs that introduce first words and one for pets. We of course do not intend for the DVDs to teach him how to talk (for Melanie will surely be talking his little ears off!), but we did think it would be a good supplemental tool (the K teacher in her coming out). Do any of you have any ideas that you would recommend to help toddlers pick-up the English sounds/language? I've heard he won't have many problems, but we want to help in any way we can!

That's all for now! Thanks for all your encouraging words! We feel so blessed!

God Bless You!

Faster Than Expected!

Thank you so much for all of your encouraging comments and support! We are so very excited and found out a few days ago that things might move along faster than we first thought. Due to our son being from Warsaw, our agency suspects that we will travel this summer! We were also told that we only need to make one trip. So the date we are waiting for, will be the date of our "one and only" trip! This was great news, but at the same time took us by surprise. We are now in full "mommy and daddy"mode trying to get everything together before the due date arrives. When the 3-5 months turns into 1-2 months it can make you a little crazy. It is a good crazy though and we certainly aren't complaining! We are keeping busy with updating fingerprints, getting together that last (big) payment, and are even starting to pack. The thought of having a son is finally sinking in and simple things like putting his clothes in his dresser gives us a shot of pure joy and adrenaline. It's hard to explain, but those of you who have been there know exactly what we mean! Thanks again for all your love and support! It is so great being able to share all of this with you! We will keep you posted on our updates and plan to post his picture real soon. It's so hard to believe that it might be this summer! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!