Giddy with Girly Stuff & Little Boy Birthdays!

I am getting so excited as our guest room turns into a little girl's room! Pink, turquoise and all kinds ruffles and frills is what is filling the room. About all we have left is to install the new crown molding, baseboards and finish some little decorations. This is so much fun. Karter even helped pick some of the pink paint and stuffed animals for the room. Every night before bed he prays for his little sister and that God will bring her home quickly.

Karter helping paint his sister's room - The turquoise paint in the room is much brighter and prettier than any of the pictures show. I guess that's what I get for taking the pictures with my phone instead of a real camera!

The bed and curtains in the new room


Quote that we thought was fitting: We've always called Karter our "little miracle" since he was adopted through Little Miracles International. Kayman will be our second little miracle. And yes, both of the miracles has taken some time!

We are getting closer and closer to our fundraising goal! We have a possible grant that may come through quickly as well as my 2011 bonus that will get us close to the total amount needed for this adoption! Woohoo!! Thanks God for making this happen. When we started we had no idea how we would come up with this much money a second time, but God did it again! If everything comes through like we expect we should be only about $2,000 short of our goal.

We also had some great news this week from our agency. There are only 2 or 3 families in front of us waiting for a referral. The next set of available children should come out in about 5 weeks and we hope our little girl will be in the group. We are very anxious to see her picture.

This has been a BIG month for Karter too! He turned 6 on January 10th and then lost his first tooth this past Tuesday. Well, I guess it wasn't his first tooth to lose but it was the first tooth lost the correct way rather than knocking one out! The funny thing is that it is on the same side that the other two he knocked out is on. He has a large opening on one side. He was so upset when the tooth was loose but he pulled it himself and was very excited to see what the tooth fairy brought!

Karter just after he pulled his 1st tooth!

We took Karter to eat Mexican food and he couldn't wait to tell them he was celebrating his birthday so he could wear a hat, have them sing to him and give him dessert!

Karter with his biggest birthday gift - Yes, I think we had a moment of insanity when we bought them, but Karter LOVES them!

Karter on his birthday morning - He woke up to a room with balloons!