Happy Birthday

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our nephew, Payne Dixon and to Keith's grandmother, Katie Ruis!

 

 

 

This was our attempt at a basketball themed cake for Race's 13th birthday. Race and I had fun making it and trying to get the letters to come out recognizable. My finger is sore from pressing the icing tube, those things are not easy to work with. I can't believe my baby will be 13 on the 1st. He starts 8th grade tomorrow. What will Van and I do without him, it will take me a while to adjust to not having him around all day.

 

 

Van cooking up supper.

We have been super busy with school starting and the adoption process. Race starts school tomorrow and Van and I started last week. Van was very gung-ho the first two days and then he realized that school is hard work.

Adoption Update- We received our favorable determination letter from Immigration, which means they approved us. So now our agency will put that letter with our dossier and send it to Ethiopia. Not sure of a timeline right now, but will keep you posted.

 

 

 

 

 

Van learned to ride his bike without training wheels while I was out running errands. Race is dunking, his favorite thing to do.

Adoption Update: We received all of the extra paperwork we need for Immigration, so tomorrow I will mail it all off and hopefully we can move forward. We received a new photo of Josie (I think that's what we're going to call her) and a short video clip of her. We have heard that she is polite, quiet and shy from families that have met her in person.