Merry Christmas Everyone!

Hello everyone. I would love to post some pictures of our Christmas morning, but we need a new cord to attach the camera to my new LAPTOP!!! Merrry Christmas to me! The other big hits from Santa were a Guitar Hero for Jacob and a Spongebob Lego set for Logan, among other presents! I will post pitctures this weekend. And as for the reason for the blog in the first place, we are still waiting patiently for our daughter and Mei Mei (sister in chinese). Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Sorry that we have been unavailable for so long!

Hello everyone. We lost our computer. It died a slow and painful death, but thanks to Best Buy we are back on the net! It was so depressing being disconnected for so long. Anyway, Thanksgiving was nice and we are all gearing up for Christmas. Things in China are still slow. I'll still keep everyone updated. Take care. Matt, Mary, and boys

Happy Halloween!

Jacob is Jack Sparrow, again and Logan is Spiderman. They got to go trick or treating 2 times, so we have tons of candy. I'm not complianing. I also volunteered at both boy's school parties. That was quite an adeventure to say the least. Well, for all who want to know about Mia, we are still patiently waiting. Take care and we will post again soon.

Quick Update!

I'm sorry I haven't posted anything for a while. We celebrated Jacob's birthday for a weel and his best friend selpt over last night. That was intersting and the kids were CRAZY. The bowling party was a hit and all the kids had a great time. Still waiting on China and we will be waiting for a while yet. I was trying to figure out how to add a youtube video to this, but I am unfortunately not that savy. For any mom's who are checking in youtube the "William Tell" mom, it is hysterical! Take care everyone, I'll post again soon!!

Eight is Great!!

Look who's 8! It's hard to believe that he is 8 years old, and he's really starting to become very independent these days. His party will be Saturday and I'll share all about the fun day then. For now, he got a Nintendo DS from us and he was very happy about this. He also go an early gift from his Grandparents and Nana, in the form of $130 shoppping spree at Toys R Us. Mostly spent on Legos. He's been having a great week. I'll let everyone know how the party goes this Saturday!

Update about China

Well, China again referred a very samll log in date and batch of babies to those waiting in line ahead of us. As always noone knows what they are thinking. From the home fornt last night was the boys open house. They were both so excited to show us their artwork and classrooms. They are both doing so well. Jacob will be 8 soon. It's so hard to believe that he is growing so fast and right before our eyes. I cherish this time with him, beacuse I know soon he'll not want to be with his parents anymore. Which is apporpriate, but will be sad just the same. I'll keep everyone updated.

Happy Birthday

I wanted to do a small post in honor of our son Killian Scott. Today is his birthday and he would be 4 if he was still with us. As odd as it sounds I believe that he is with us in spirit, but I miss being able to hold him and that alone, is unbearable. For those of you who have endured this tragedy with us, I find it to be amazing the resiliency that we have as human beings, and that the old saying is true... time does ease all wounds, notice I did not say heal! There will always be a part of our family that is missing and an ache in my heart for our Killian, until the day I finally leave this earth. So it is with a heavy and sad heart that I say Happy birthday to our son.

"This was not at all, how we thought it was supposed to be- we had so many plans for you, we had so many dreams. And now you've gone away and left us with the memory of your smile. And nothing we can say, and nothing we can do, can take away the pain- the pain of loosing you. But we can cry with hope, we can say goodbye with hope, 'cause we know our goodbye is not the end. And we believe with hope, there's a place that we'll see your face again."

GO Steelers!!!

Yesterday we had our annual Steelers game withe our family. Lots of fun and we had a great time. The Steelers also beat the 49ers so that was great too! Enjoy some of the pictures!

About our journey

We are actually neophites in our journey to our daughter. Our log in date is November 2006, so unfortunately we have a long wait ahead of us. How we got to this point is a long story, but I'll try to shorten it. My husband Matt and I have 3 beautiful children, but unfortunately we are only raising 2 of them. Jacob will be 8 in October. He is sweet, loving, a great helper and so excited about his baby sister. I think at this point he does not believe that she will ever come. Logan is also sweet and loving, but can be very stubborn and persistent in getting what he wants. A great quality to have, but makes raising him a little difficult. He is five now and in Kindergarten, and gives his teacher a run for her money. Our son Killian would have been 4 next week. We were blessed with his presence for 10 weeks, until SIDS grabbed him and took him away from us. There are no words to express out grief. But 4 years later, I can accept his presence with us in spirit and memory, though the grief still hit us in waives. Now how we got to China. When Killian was conceived, Logan was 6 months old. He was our wonderful surprise!! My husband and I decided that 3 children was all we could handle and 2 weeks before he passed my husband had a vasectomy. In the Spring of 2006, my husband and I decided that we had room for another child in our life, before this time it was unthinkable. It was too late to complete any fertility treatments to have another child of our own. We decided to look into adopting, because we also wanted daughter. In June the paper chase began.