days 11 and 12 in EE

Can you believe these are pics of my little stinkers...hehehehe...I am so excited to get them! I can not wait to hold them!





I am so very thankful for these pictures...

Baskets for Babies Fundraiser

We are in the final stages of our adoption process. Wow! What an experience this has been! I am so thankful for everything...the pictures and information everyone has sent...it has made the wait bearable...

So now...I have baskets for babies...

You can have a chance to win the "basket" of your choice...every $5 donation gets you an entry in the chance to win! Every $10...gets 2 chances...Every $20...gets 5 chances! You choose which one you would like...or chose all 3!

1st Basket:


This is a basket of "IT WORKS" products! You will get the Ultimate applicator (4 applications), Body Gel (to use between wraps), and a bottle of "Fat Fighter with Carb inhibitors). This gift is worth approximately $50 worth of product.

2nd:

Now, we have a wonderful basket of Mary Kay Products! Besides the samples...there is a 3 in 1 cleanser (Timewise), Essential eye set with eye cream, makeup remover, and eyelash curler, Tribute Perfume, Signature eyeliner, and Medium Coverage foundation...Wow, what a set! This also has a value of approximately $50!

Last...for now...


Last is a Creative Memories PicFolio Max Album...This is brand new in the wrapper...I did take it out to take a picture of it...It is brown in color...Price on package is $44...












So, now for the donation options...You can donate directly to me, you can donate to the Reece's Rainbow link...www.reecesrainbow.org/sponsorvandyck.html
or you can donate to our Chip In...


If you have any questions, please ask! If you donate directly to Reece's Rainbow...let me know...It takes a bit for the donation to show up.

I will announce the winners July 16th! Hopefully, first thing in the morning! So, tell all your friends...relatives...enemies...strangers...people walking down the street...well, you get the idea! We need you all to help bring our babies home...

Thank you so very much!

My heart aches...

As I am sitting here, without my husband...I am missing the girls we have never even met. We have just about all our paperwork complete, fingerprints done, clothes purchased for the kids...varying sizes of course...about a week from now, we are painting their room and getting their beds ready...our kids are so excited! Our youngest son is ready to move rooms and leave the "baby" beds in the little girls room. We have a couple fundraisers, and my husband is working his behind off!

I am also working on collecting items to take with us to the orphanage. ThorLo (socks) donated several socks to go to the kids...I am really excited about those! I am hoping to take a bag full of donations, so the kids will actually have some new things and they are also able to "keep" some of the things given to them. I want to be able to take enough blankets for every child in both the groups the girls are in. I am also hoping to take some smaller things for all the kids...I am so very excited!

If anyone wants to donate, please contact me! I would love to be able to take something from you as well...

Peace to you as you sleep tonight...

Our Girls

Lately, I have been thinking of our girls. I have been thinking about their skin, their smell, what their favorite things are...just everything. As I was sitting and thinking...and smiling...our middle child came in and said "your thinking about them again aren't you?" I said yes...he said...I have something import to talk to you about...coming from a 6 year old...one is never sure where this will lead. He said...Mom, you are doing all this thinking about clothes and toys and such, but who is going to be their God Parents. When will they be baptized? How will Stacey know what's going on. Well, I hadn't even thought of that yet. I am so concerned about getting them here...I totally forgot about their religious information. I told him, I would check everything out...and we would have to figure it out! So, now that is on my mind...there is so much to think about...rooms to set up...clothes to buy...and lots of love to give!

Getting excited...and nervous...

Hi all...We are waiting on USCIS approval now...tying loose ends so all our paperwork is absolutely ready when it comes in. I wish our fundraisers would have done a little better...I wouldn't be quite so nervous...all in good time...this is God's way of making sure I have patience for all 5 kids! Please pray for the folks buying our house...that everything goes well for them. They were hoping to purchase in the next 30-60 days...When that happens...there will be little to no stress, or at least about the money. I bought new sippy cups today...you know it's funny how just the little things make it seem real. My girl asked me today what I wanted for Christmas...then before I could answer she says...you want all 5 of us under the tree don't you? Of course, I do! Which got me to thinking...I need to make stockings! I sorted through some clothes someone gave to us...there were several tops that looked brand new...so I thought I would take them with us. I am so ready...I think I am going to make assorted sized slippers for the kids in the girls groupa...I am also going to take puffy paint so they can write their names on the bottom of the slippers to make them nonskid...I am trying to get things little bits at a time, so it doesn't cave in on us all at once...I mean...I found toothpaste for a $1 for the big tube...I picked up 2 packed one...don't know why...we have plenty of time...but this makes it feel so real now...

Fingers crossed...house sells...paperwork back in timely fashion...family at least accepts...

God is on our side...He would not have led us this far without a plan...
Til next time...

Good Sunday morning to you all...

Good morning, all! Well, not much to talk about now...I have just about everything complete for Dossier...I am soooo excited to have that behind me. The kids have been sorting through clothes and making things for the girls...that way they will have lots of stuff to show them they have lots of love...that's what the kids say anyway. We have been learning sign language...everybody likes the Hey, what's up? They will go around dancing that one! This week, I did pretty good at the office...massages, spray tans, and ear candling. I also did several body wraps...That has been a great fundraiser this week. So this week, I have got to come up with a different fundraiser...something no one has done here...because our fundraising efforts have been awlful here. I will keep you posted as to what happens next. We also found out...the house should hopefully sell in the next 30-60 days...if so, no money issues for adoption. If not, tons of issues. Oh well, praying hard for my girls...they are worth all this worry and stress...I can not imagine what they go through every day. When they finally come home...It is going to be fantastic for all of us! I love them so much...and haven't even met them!

Thoughts...

So many thoughts keep running through my mind...first of all is...Have we lost our minds...but then I look in the faces of our children...and listen to what they are saying as they play...When MY sisters come home...YOU are in so much trouble! hehehe...sometimes, it's the reality of it all that helps you to understand..YOU are in charge of your life. In our adoption journey, so far the majority of feedback we have received has been very negative. A few family members are excited about it, but the majority...especially the ones that could make a difference financially...are verbally negative about the whole "adoption phase" I am going through. Well, as I put my friend on the plane to Iraq this morning...and I realized how unknown everything is...I refuse to let my "friends and family" ruin our experience. God would not have brought us this far to abandon our 2 little girls...So...now on to the fundraisers, grant application, prayer, and a ton of luck...These girls need our family and that is all there is to it!