...And you may ask yourself - What is that beautiful house? And you may ask yourself - Where does that highway go? And you may ask yourself - Am I right? ...am I wrong? And you may tell yourself - My God!...what have I done? (Talking Heads, 1980)
Nine years ago Mark and I set off on a journey. It was a journey that would embed the children of China into our hearts forever and teach us that God's plan is WAY better than our plan. It has been a journey into faith, obedience and abundant blessings. Over the past nine years we have seen God's hand at work in our lives as we traveled through the wilderness in search of His plan for our lives upon this earth. In April of this year God revealed the next chapter of the Lucas story. Join us as we embark once again on another leg in this Marvelous expedition.
This had been a good week. I am officially a great aunt! (i think) My niece, Sarah, and her husband Andrew welcomed Max into the world on Wednesday. We have all been waiting for the big arrival and we are so excited to finally know he is here. Max will live in Montana so we won't get to meet him until November.
WELCOME TO THE WORLD MAX! I hope you like it here!
And then......Look what I found in my inbox this morning. My Chinese fairy godmother got these for us. Look at that handsome kid. I found 18 new pics in my inbox this morning - but here are the highlights.
Dinner Time! Do you think he will ever like chicken nuggets after getting this spread?
Ummm, are they pointing a gun at me? You can see that MY perfect child prefers to play with the fighter jet rather than handguns. That's my boy.
Squeaky Clean & Ready to take on the world.
Someone has a loose tooth!
New Pictures!
Just look at him showing off his muscular physique, nimble athletic ability and then sipping on an ice cold coke after a tough workout! Watch out girls - here comes Mikey!
First day of school. Not just that - but first day at a new school. They did great and they say it seems like they have been there forever. I have been walking them to school for now. Eventually, I am sure I will begin to cramp their style and they will want to walk themselves. I have already staked out bushes to hide in so I can spy on them in the event of a mutiny, but for now - I will revel in the glory of them still loving to have mom with them. Long live cool moms 4 ever!
Last night I dreamed we were getting ready to go pick up Mikey and the CDC had now decided that adoptive parents must get a TB test before travelling. Of course, my test came out positive and so did the chest x-ray. The doctor showed me the xray and i could see a pencil size black dot on the xray (like I know what TB looks like on an xray anyway) and I just kept telling him that I wasn't sick! He insisted that the xray was right and that I would have to take treatments and wouldn't be able to travel. I knew I was dreaming - but felt compelled to explain myself anyway. I told him the black dot was because I smoked cigarettes when I was in my 20's. It seemed logical to me - but good ol' Dr. No Chance insisted that smoking causes TB and I should have known better.
I need a vacation!
Zoe Crashed her two wheeler last night. She has been riding a bike w/o training wheels for about 4 months now. If you don't know Zoe - she has a brilliant career ahead of her in either acting or law. She can argue her case better than most Harvard grads and can reenact every episode of Zack & Cody and perform info-mercials better than Billy Mays. (BTW - she is quite distraught over his death.) Let's just hope she never discovers the Sham Wow guy.
So last night she crashed on her bike. It was a pretty good crash and she hit her lip on the handlebars and had a bloody nose and bloody lip. She also landed on the top side of her hands (I have no idea how) and scratched them up pretty good. This was her very first bike crash and I know she was pretty scared as well as hurt. Zoe is only six and I was a little concerned. Mark did the five point inspection for internal injuries and broken bones and determined she would live - but would be a little sore for a day or two. Just then the reality of this hit her - and she poured on the drama!
QUOTE # 1 - While crying hysterically "Why o' why did this have to happen to me?? I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK!"
QUOTE #2 - While sobbing dramatically "This is the worst day ever! I wish Jesus would come RIGHT NOW and take me home!"
I love this girl so much... This morning she looked like the Collagen fairy visited her. The drama has ceased and she has moved on to something else. The bike crash loosened up the already loose tooth she had. Vanessa pulled it out for her so that was today's monumental moment.
Collagen Girl
Guess what Mama got for her birthday this year??
Paperwork on a Fedex plane headed to China!
The girls are playing a game. I think we watch too much HGTV at our house. They are playing "Property Virgins". One of them is Sandra and the other two are out buying their first home. What have I done?
