New Years Eve and Chace's Birthday

New Years Eve we ate dinner with my Mom, Dad and Aunt Patsy. It took forever to find a place that didn't have an hour and half wait but we settled at Rafferty's. We had a great time and dinner was very good! Thanks Momma and Daddy!



After dinner we went by Benji and Emily's and found our little friend Kaylee! I was so excited and I begged her dad Danny to let her spend the night with us! She is such a doll and we had a great time for awhile! She fell asleep and was doing just find until the midnight fireworks woke her up and she was NOT happy! She cried and cried until I gave in and took her back to her Dad. I was sad and I missed her when I got back home but we will try again sometime soon!



Then today is Chace's 19th birthday! He and Jamie are in town so we got to spend his birthday with him. Me, Jeff, Momma, Daddy, Patsy, Mikey, and Jennifer all had dinner with Chace and Jamie at Chili's. His only request was PLEASE don't let them sing to me so we just had cake and said Happy Birthday really low! It was nice to see him on his birthday for the first time in about 15 years!

How could I forget - our Rebels won the Cotton Bowl! Way to go Rebels! We are looking forward to another great year next year! Notice all the Ole Miss gear in the birthday pictures! We are proud of our team and Coach Nutt. Go Rebels!

Tomorrow is a big day! My mothers family will be in town and we have a big weekend planned! I will write more about that later!

Keep Praying!

Chace - my first Baby

As most of you know, I do not have any biological children and Jeff and I are unable to have biological children so we are growing our family through adoption. It is the journey God has led us to.

However, I have been blessed to have several cousins that have shared their children with me! Melinda and her husband Aaron were the first to allow me to share in Chace's life.

Chace was my first baby! I could not wait for him to arrive and the day he was born I got left at work while everyone else went made the almost 3 hours drive to meet him! I was LIVID! It was several weeks until Melinda brought him to see us for the first time and I was in love! It wasn't long before I talked her into letting me come and get him to spend the long weekend with me. I had a 4 day weekend every 6 weeks because of my shift at work and those soon turned into Chace's weekends. We would meet half way on Thursday night and I would bring him back to my house and keep him until Melinda and Aaron could get here on Saturday or I took him home. We had so much fun! Chace has always been funny, independent, sweet, and loving. Those first few years were wonderful! I still wonder what we did for entertainment before he came along! As he grew up and life changed for all of us I did not get to see him as often. He is still a wonderful young man! A freshman in college now! WOW - time flies! I still love to see him if it is only for a few minutes at an Ole Miss game. This year my very first birthday wish came from Chace in the form of a text message! It just made my day! What a sweetie that still knows how to steal my heart (or maybe my Ole Miss tickets)!

Some of the things about Chace I will never forget:
1. Krispy Kreme donuts
2. Eating Bikits and Hausage - otherwise known as biscuits and sausage
3. Chace's truck stop
4. The Lunch Lady Song
5. Ole Miss Football at the Liberty Bowl - I thought we were going to get throw out of the stadium
6. The beautiful rug he had to have for his bedroom when he was about 2 years old
7. Hissie the rat
8. Pearlie the dog
9. his pacifier (paci) that Ace the dog next door got
10. Beal Street and BBQ on Saturday night - even when he was young he loved the nightlife

Thank you Melinda and Aaron for sharing your baby with me! He is a joy and a blessing! And most of all, thank you Chace for allowing me to be apart of your life! It has been a wonderful adventure!

I love you all!

The Egg Bowl

As I mentioned before, Jeff and I went to the Egg Bowl Friday! The Rebels were awesome! We won 45 - 0! It was very sweet! It rained a little bit but we (or should I say I) survived. It was a good day! I woke up at 2:30 am on Friday morning and I could not go back to sleep because all I could think about was listening to all those cow bells! Needless to say, they were very quite! Sorry Bulldogs!

We got to see Chace and Jamie so of course seeing Chace made my day a little better! It is hard to believe my original "baby" is 19 going on 20 now! Time sure does pass by faster than we realize! It seems like just yesterday I was going to get him for a long weekend where we would have plenty of donuts and sausage. :-) Melinda was always so proud to see him and see what I had let him get into in just two short days time!

I can hardly wait for next year! I am so hopeful that we will have our own little rebel to take to the games next year. We will be sure to have plenty of company in our tent when we have a baby. I anticipate many, many fun years in Oxford watching our baby grow and watching the Rebels play, spending time with family and friends!

Please continue to pray for us and our birth mother. Also, don't forget Jay and Amy Cobb! This is a tough journey and we need all the prayers and support we can get!