GREAT News!!!

I received a call today from the genetic counselor at UCSF regarding Lily's chromosomal array test. . .

Everything is normal!!!

Praise the Lord! Can I get an amen?

You all know how this has been in the back of my mind lately. I am so so thankful that Lily is all right!

I am so elated :-).

Another exciting thing happened yesterday - we received THIS in the mail. . .





Lily's U.S. citizenship papers! I told you that she became a U.S. citizen when she landed on American soil. This is the piece of paper that makes it official. It was a long day for everyone yesterday. The kids and I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the free homeschooling day (and it is about a 90 minute drive from home). Dave was down in Los Angeles yesterday for one of his day trips to work at USC. Anyway, we met at a restaurant for dinner. Dave had zipped home first and saw Lily's citizenship envelope in the mail and brought it to dinner to show us all and celebrate together. We were all so happy to see it! The bad thing was that we nearly left it at the restaurant. Oops. Dave even had to go back in to get it - we nearly drove off without it. That would have been so bad. Thankfully, though, Dave remembered and got it. Phew!

And I finished a sweater a week ago for Lily. It is the Seven Hour Toddler Sweater. It barely fits her and the yarn is already pilly, but I think that now that I have made it once I can knit a version 2.0 that will suit Lily's needs better. It is on the needles already!





I am not much of a knitter, and it is rather exciting that I finished a project. It took me 7 days - about an hour a day.

Lastly, we had our 1 month postplacement visit today. It went well. It was nice to talk to our social worker, Patricia, about how things are going and to fill her in on our trip to China and LIly's development.

Ok - really lastly, a cute story about the boys. They are even now still trying to fall asleep. They are in their pajamas and brushed and tucked in. We have read our books, said our prayers and turned out the lights. Matthew (very typical for him) started worrying about stuff and his mind started wandering all over the place about things that scare him and make him anxious. I told him, "Think about something fun. Think about playing with Peter (his best friend)."


Dubious silence ensued from the direction of Matthew's loft bed. All of a sudden, Nathan replied, "I am thinking about names for new stuffed animals."

:-)

Love it! When I was a girl I would think about names for my future children. I love it that my rough and tumble boy is such a tenderheart bear. Thinking of names for new stuffed animals :-). Sounds like a relaxing way to fall asleep to me :-).