Fall Update

Well not much going on here, just the usual daily grind.... 
We are in the process of updating our homestudy.  Yup, been a year already!  Time sure does go by fast. 
We have been talking about learning Spanish a lot.  Blahhh!  I am starting to dread the process of home schooling myself, but this is a must.  We gave ourselves until January to start and it looks like Rosetta Stone has won. 
We are potty training Anthony which I must say is the one thing about parenting I dislike.  It is a must and the end result is great, but the in between is brutal. 
In the midst of this Anthony has been waking up multiple times a night the majority of nights which has made Charlie and I very tired and a little bit cranky.  But we are making it and the mornings we are tired and cranky we laugh about wanting 2 more children.  I always have to remind myself that we are not bringing them home today.  However, I am making mental notes of where we are with Chase and Anthony now because this is the age range we are approved for. 
Chase celebrated his 4th birthday.  I am stating to get a feel for the age range we are approved for with Colombia.  Some days I want 2 4 yr olds and others 2 1 yrs olds.  Some days 2 boys and others 2 girls.  I really feel it is all in God's hands.  However, I do wonder if one or both of my children are born?  How is their birth mother doing?  Are they being held and loved?  Every day I look at my boys and hold and love them.  Amazing how little we appreciate the world we were born into when it is good and how scared we can become if it is bad. 
Anyways,  I have made an internal pack with myself to not wish life away.  Living in West Virginia we tend to talk about the upcoming winter with gloom and doom and can't wait for it to end.  In adoption we spend so much time trying to fill our time with preparation hoping the referal will come that much sooner.  But life is a beautiful thing and so is youth.  So I am going to try my hardest to enjoy this time in my life, enbrace winter, hold and love my children (and my husband and maybe my dog :)), and learn Spanish!

Chase's 4th birthday party.  It was a WVU Football game day and of course we always TRY to get Rosco in the picture too!