Don't hold your breath in anticipation...

This is as boring as it gets, I call it ways for Stacey to try and keep her sanity........ Door painting



Our back garage door before, (in my defence I hardly ever drive where I can see this door, so it was easily forgotten)

And after..... Much better huh??

And front door before (yea there is really no excuse for this one)

And after.... wow white!!

I honestly think white paint is the greatest thing ever. If you put enough coats on it will hide anything. Cracks, holes, dirt (that I tried to scrub off) whatever. So maybe a gallon of paint should have lasted farther then two doors but please see above comment.

So there you have it, I told you boring, but stay tuned for more such posts as I try to save whats left of my sanity.

Family Time

I'm so excited.... My Aunt and Uncle who live three and a half hours north of us bought a vacation home 45 minutes south of us. So we will get to see a lot more of my family. We went down on Sat to check out their the place. My brother and cousin came down with them So we got to visit with everyone. Their home is beautiful with a pool and sport court in the back yard. It will be so much fun for the boys. Luke loved playing basketball with Dewey. We played board games and I should not fail to to mention girls team won, yea us!!

FFF = Favorite Friday Foto

My boys riding their bikes. We have a little brick border between our grass and future shrubs. (shrubs are on the list along with the hundred other things we should do to our yard, pay no attention to the dirt on the other side of the fence) It was put there in our hopes of being a little decorative in our landscaping. We had no idea that its real purpose would be a bike path for Luke.

Another week has gone by........

Kolby's DNA has not been done. We don't know when it will be done. We heard back from Labcorp that Thrush would not make a difference on the DNA test. Maybe something will happen next week?????

Beautiful Couple

Look at my cute cousin Rachel and her brand new hubby Abraham. They were married last weekend in Veracruz Mexico. I'm so happy to hear that it was the perfect fairy tale wedding. Rachel is an amazing woman who has spent the last few years living all over the world teaching children English. She has lived in Mexico about a year, it was there she met the man of her dreams. They have a home there and plan to continue living in Mexico city. I was very upset to miss her wedding. I had planned to go but had thought we would be picking up Kolby so I canceled my plans to attend. I will just have to go down and visit once we get Kolby home and settled in. I just love the wedding photos on the beach. Does it get better then that?

Well..............

We received a call from CCI today. They said that the reason Kolby has not had his DNA taken is because he has Monilia. Angela (CCI) said that she looked it up before she called and Monilia seems to be the same thing as thrush or a yeast infection. Our attorney said that Kolby has this in his mouth so they have been unable to get a good sample for the DNA test. Maybe some of you out there that are around children or have experienced this can share any info you have about Monilia. From what I can find on the net it could be caused by a number of reasons not the least of which is hygiene. (thank you Ellie, who is an expert at finding answers to my questions faster then anyone I know) CCI said they are trying to find out what is being done to help Kolby and how long they expect it to last. Hopefully we get that information tomorrow. We are VERY concerned about Kolby and how he is being cared for. We have A LOT of questions..........
Please hold him in your prayers

Kolby Update??? Nope sorry.......

Nine weeks out of PGN and as far as we know our Second DNA has not been taken yet. We were told it was scheduled to be done last Tues the 25th. Labcorp has yet to receive the DNA test so we are pretty confident that it has not been done. Let me again say that the average time from PGN out to having your child home is 6-8 weeks. There are some delays with certain cities in obtaining birth certificates that can make the wait much longer. But that is not the case with ours, our birth certificate should have been done in 1-3 days. There is simply no excuse for us to be nine weeks out and still at this point in the process. We are confused and frustrated that nobody is watching our case or making sure that these things get done. We hope that his DNA is taken this week. Best case scenario is that once its taken we travel in 3-4 weeks. Kolby is now 14 months old. The last medical report we received was last Nov. (you are supposed to receive them every month, we have received two total) The last pictures we received were from last December. Once his DNA is taken everything is in the hands of the US embassy. We are hoping that happens very soon.....