My first trip to Disneyland and our first Disney Cruise!

It is hard to believe that summer is officially over! Our Disney vacation that has been in planning for a year and a half is just a memory now. Momma is back to school (and I don't like it one bit)and my days of chasing fireflies is soon coming to an end. I had a great time in Disneyland and Momma and Daddy did too! I loved the Tea Cups, the Up and Down Horses and the Pinocchio Ride. The Disney Pixar Parade was great. There were bubbles and people squirting water at me and lots of the parade people came over to give me high fives. We rode the Monster's Inc ride and Winnie the Pooh about 10 times each.
Then, it was off to Mexico on our Disey Cruise. And Yes... I got not 1 but 7 boppin' head turtles! I ate my share of Mickey Mouse ice cream bars and Mac and cheese. I met two little girls, Abby and Bailey, and a boy named Max who quickly became my friends. We ate dinner together every night. I miss them very much! I miss my cruise ship hotel:o( Take a look at my slide show to check out some of my favorite parts of my vacation!

See ya real soon,
Shasha ... with Momma's help!

A new agency!!!

I listened in on a 54 minute conference call tonight with our new agency. Everything sounds very promising. We still must sit tight until details are worked out and agreements between the new agency and Taiwan are made. We will find out more in about 2 weeks and hopefully have a new case worker by September 5. We will keep our fingers crossed. We know that we are a special case with our China adoption going on as well and this could certainly put a kink in things. If that happens, Scott and I have already made our decision as to what to do.

A new agency???

Just as an update... we are waiting patiently to hear news from our closed agency that our adoption will be continued with a new agency. It is all in the works as we speak and we won't know anymore until September. We are keeping our fingers crossed!

Broken Hearts

Broken Hearts hurt. We received an email from our Taiwan agency today stating that they have made the decision to close. They have said that they will try to place their families with another Taiwan agency so that the adoption can be completed. I have heard empty promises before. All we can do now is sit back and have faith, trust and Pixie Dust. Our little Shasha is everything we have ever dreamed of and more... and therefore, whatever happens... we have already been blessed.

Our New Car!!!

Well, last night we out out shopping and ended up buying a brand new car!!! It is Orange, yellow and green and we won't be spending any money on gas! It even came with a new cell phone! Ok...Ok.. so Shasha got a new car... not us! We were walking throough Big Lots and Daddy spots the Dora Cozy Coupe. Shasha HAD to have it! She has an old one that my cousin gave her last year and she loves it... she rides up and down our very long front porch and tells everyone to "get outta the road"!!!! She watched not so patiently as Daddy put the car together for her last night and took it for a little test drive around the kitchen! Today, she moved it outside and was cruisin' da road all morning!

OUR NEW CAR!!!!

It was Carnival Week!

I so remember Carnival week being the best week of the summer when I was growing up. Somehow eating too much greasy food and ice cream and then spinning frantically on rides with all of my friends had the perfect combination for an enjoyable summer. Now it is Shasha's turn! Last year she was just a bit too small to really enjoy the carnival... but this year she was VERY... VERY into it! The Dizzy Dragons were by far her favorite ride and she would jump up and down with excitement while standing in line. She did however love all of the little rides too... the choo choo, the tanks, and the little ponies! She loved eating the cheese off of her pizza... YUP, just the cheese and she would scarf up an icecream a night! Peanut Butter seemed to be her favorite by the end of the week which was just fine with Daddy because ... well, it wasn't chocolate... and didn't stain her shirt, shorts, hands and legs. Shasha had her face painted 3 times during the week. I didn't think she would sit still long enough for any paint to be put on her face but I was wrong. She requested pretty flowers to be painted on her face each time. She loved the attention it got her... though she gets enough attention just being Shasha!

Here's a look at Shasha and enjoying her Carnival!!!

We adopted Shasha 2 years ago TODAY!!!

July 24, 2006 is Shasha's Forever Family Day! She has now been an official member of our family for 2 years!!! Enjoy some of our memories of China...