Cute baby doll

Is she not THE cutest doll you've ever seen?? Well, maybe not to you, but she is to me! AG will definitely have to have her! You can get them on Ebay

Retro Saturday (stolen from Kim)

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Kim is on my online adoption book club group and she has been doing this cool thing for a few weeks, so since I so love 80's music, I felt the need to join in. So, here is my first Retro Saturday.

Don't you just love the GoGo's?

The Big D trip...

I went to Dallas in July to meet up with some other adopting moms using our agency. There were three of us and we had the best time! Stephanie picked me up from the airport on Friday, waited for Lori to arrive, then we went to dinner at this wonderful little Italian restaurant. We stayed up until midnight talking, talking, talking. On Saturday, we went to the IKEA store. I had never been there, but man I am addicted! That was the coolest places I've ever shopped! It's probably a good thing that the closest one is 7 hours away from me! I got AG some cute little tumbler cups and just her size bowls, all in different bright colors. I would have bought more, but I was flying back and didn't have that much room in my suitcase! Next, we went to eat lunch at this hip little Mexican joint. It was absolutely wonderful. Then we went shopping at this cute little baby boutique. Then on to the mall for more shopping. THEN, we went to this cupcake store called Sprinkles. I got a black and white cupcake, which was white cake with chocolate icing. The icing was absolutely wonderful, and I'm not much on icing! We went to the movie Evenings. It was a good movie, but it didn't end the way I thought it would. But, it was a good girl movie to go see. Then we had a late dinner after listening to a street performer-who was really good! I think we scared our little waiter at dinner. He kept asking questions, so we told him that we met up in Dallas, without knowing each other b/c we're all adopting from China and using the same agency. He didn't know what to say after that! But, he did come back around and ask questions about adoption. We educated him a little bit and had some fun!
Here are some pics from my trip!! The first one is me and Lori with our cupcakes, the next is me and Stephanie, and then all three of us.

Overall, I have to say I had a great time! The girls were wonderful and we're going to plan another trip either before referrals (depending on how long this takes) or after we are all back with our little girls! And, the hubby's are going to come next time!

AHH, Referrals are here!

Our agency just reported that referrals are here and they went through November 21st! That brings us to 6 weeks from our Log In Date! I can feel the excitement starting to return.....

Tag you're it!

I have this on other blogs and even though I wasn't tagged to participate, I thought I would do it anyway.

FIVE THINGS I WAS DOING TEN YEARS AGO
1) Working at my first job out of college
2) living alone for the first time in my life
3) missing Rebekah, who had just moved to another town
4) picked out and bought my first car
5) I can't think of anything else

FAVORITE SNACK FOOD
1) goldfish
2) cheese dip
3) strawberries
4) I don't snack much, so I can't think of anything else


FIVE SONGS I KNOW ALL THE LYRICS TO
1) Your the one that I want from the movie Grease
2) I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
3) Tyrone by Erika Badu
4) Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield
5) Heart of Glass by Blondie
Really, there are too many to list, but these are some of my favorite

FIVE THINGS I WOULD DO IF I WERE A MILLIONAIRE
1) Pay off the house and buy a new car
2) add on to the house and get a pool in the backyard
3) help out family
4) travel the world
5) donate to a charity

FIVE BAD HABITS
1) sleeping alot
2) not exercising as much as I should (but we recently got bikes and I think that will pick up)
3) worrying
4) shutting down
5) not putting the dishes and clean clothes away soon enough

FIVE THINGS I LIKE TO DO
1) hang out with my friends
2) surf the web
3) shop for baby things
4) lay on the beach
5) listen to music


FIVE THINGS I WILL NEVER WEAR AGAIN
1) Leg warmers
2) I will never ever get a perm again
3) blue eye shadow
4) shoulder pads
5) my size 4 leather pants

FIVE PEOPLE I TAG FOR THIS MEME:
1) Angela-since I'm pretty sure she is the only one who reads this blog!

Happy 4th and Happy Anniversary!!!!

Happy Independence Day America! I'm listening to fireworks, as I type.

And, I almost forgot that today marks our 18 month Log In Date with China. Can you believe they've had our paperwork that long?? I can, I feel it everyday...My friend, Angela compared it to an elephant's gestation period, which is 22 months. HA, I think we'll beat that, so take that elephants! It's good to know that I can still have a sense of humor after 18 months, even if it is a little warped-lol. I couldn't think of better company to spend our wait time with than Angela & Bryan! Kudos to us for hanging in there this long, girl!

Sales, Sales, Sales

These are all consignment or yard sale finds! I have become addicted to yard sales and consignment sales. It's the only time I will get up at 6am to go anywhere....if I can get a deal, I'm there!! I love the little ladybug backpack and the ladybug nap mat. I got the Little Tykes table and chairs for $5-what a bargain. Oh, I forgot to take a picture of the Little Tykes slide that I got for $3. I'll try to remember to post that later...Saturday is coming up again, wonder what kinds of bargains I can find this time???