Tidbits

Just a few things to update on:
1. As you can see from the picture, Friday was Homecoming. BTW- it was also Hat Day. The girls were able to wear their mums to school, but we had to miss the game that night to take a "quick" trip home for my 16 year Reunion...
2. The quick trip home was actually an 11 hour drive down on Friday and an 11 hour drive back on Sunday to go to my 16 year reunion. Yes, 16 year, because we did not have a very reliable class president to organize a 10 or 15 year reunion- ME. It was fun to see friends that I had not seen in 16 years! And, I have to say we all looked like we had not aged a day. If someone send pics, I will be sure to post.
3. Prayer of thanksgiving for our friends in China adopting Susannah. It looks as if they will be able to travel home sooner than planned and get little Susannah to the doctors ASAP.
4. Prayer of thanksgiving for our friends from here that have a 1 year old son, who just receieved a heart transplant. He seems to be doing really well, sitting up and eating a bit. They will have to stay down there at least 2 months to monitor how things go, but so far things look pretty good.
5. DAY 76 of WAITING FOR OUR RA!!!!! Trying to stay patient, but getting harder each day while waiting on Lilly. BTW- It has pretty much been decided on Lilly Mei for her name. From my little understanding, "Mei" is Chinese for younger sister. It had a nice ring to it and seemed very appropriate.
6. Got a VERY brief update on Lilly. I was hoping for updated measurements, but got this instead.
"... the girl is also from Kunming orphanage, she loves stuffing toys. There is a dog in the foster home, so she loves dogs. She has other children live with her in the foster home. She does not go to school yet, just gets basic pre-school education from her foster mother."
We laughed at the Chinese translation because it sounds like she likes to stuff toys rather than "stuffed toys" and it sounds that she loves dogs just because there is one at the foster home. Still, it was good to hear at least this much!