LID!!!!

We have our log in date (LID) with China of May 29th! That was so quick and such a blessing. That date begins our travel countdown. It's the same LID we had with Isaiah and Blake's birthday. There are so many parellels between Isaiah and Emma in this journey, but I still keep asking for them to change for the travel date. I can't help but ask for sooner...after all, I am a mom and my child is waiting for me, so ask I must!

Isaiah continues to pray for his little sister to be home soon and plays games where "we're all together" and "a family that doesn't have to be sad anymore". I know he has alot of adjustments ahead of him, but I do continue to pray for that supernatural bond of brother and sister between him and Emma.

Blake just celebrated his 16th birthday and drives to work each morning...it just doesn't seem right that my two oldest should be just that, so old! Brittany is loving her new job as cashier at United (our local grocery store) and Isaiah and I are trying to adjust to it just being the two of us during the day. I do feel God has given this time to us as we prepare for our newest addition and more changes. Isaiah also celebrated his 6th birthday on the 2nd of June. He's grown so much and it truly feels like he's been with us forever.

I have to tell another story of God's faithfulness in leading us through our journey of parenting. Isaiah was really struggling when we got home after celebrating Blake's birthday. He was acting out much like he did when we first got home. I felt sure it was just a case of jealousy and dealing with it in our usual time-outs, grumpy mommy sorta way. We both were pretty frustrated, when I felt the Lord speak to me that some of this jealousy was because Isaiah didn't have a "birthday story". As soon as He spoke, I knew it was what was going on. I asked Isaiah if I could hold him and us rock for a while? He answered "yes", which is pretty unusual. As I rocked him, I began to tell him more of his story and how he came into our lives and hearts and how we'd never be the same because of this precious gift--Isaiah. He began to melt in my arms and I could feel him settling. Isaiah was great the rest of the evening! I really couldn't do this without my Father's help.

I'll try to post some new pictures of the kids soon and fix Emma's slideshow (not sure what happened there!?) while I'm at it.