HALLOWEEN

Donna and the boys are out filling up pillow cases with candy, so I get a few minutes to type a couple comments. Today was completely chaotic for Donna and I neither one of us got anything done on our list of stuff that's gotta get done.....I've been trying to order some thermals from Cabela's for three days now:-) We both kinda collapse into bed at night then get up and do it all over again. I'll get more done tomorrow. We hope everyone will follow the blog while we are away.

Ukraine here we come

Well it's official we will be spending the Holidays in Ukraine. We bought our plane tickets today. We fly out on December 10th with an estimated return date of January 17, 2007. If we get very lucky we'll be home in time for my 40th birthday. We are running like crazy now trying to get every thing all set in the next 50 days. We love all the comments you guys are leaving.

The boys are very excited. They can't wait to have a baby sister to tackle and Jeremiah is just hoping it means I'll stop calling him my baby ("But mom I'm almost seven. I'm not a baby anymore"). Grammy and Poppy will be very busy while we are gone trying to keep the boys schedules straight. Jacob is playing indoor soccer and doing Boy Scout's, Jesse is doing Tae Kwon Doe and hockey, and Jeremiah is playing hockey too. Grammy will also be filling in for me in the boys' classrooms that I volunteer in. My boss the other day asked if Grammy might also be willing to fill in for me at work. I think that might be asking a bit too much. Well, I guess I should be off and making list nine thousand three hundred and fifty one of what we need to do before we leave.

Twenty Nine Months and Finally a Due Date

We found out yesterday that we have an appointment date for the SDA in Ukraine on December 13, 2007. It has been a very long time coming and I have to say we are excited and terrified all in the same breath. Now the craziness begins. We have 64 days to get ourselves ready to spend a month overseas and get the boys in line to hang with grammy and poppy for a while. We are hoping to head out around the 10th of December no real estimate of how long we will be there. The average time in-country is about four weeks so we will miss Christmas, Jacobs birthday, and New Years with the boys. Hopefully we will spend them with our new daughter though. We will try and update this blog regularly so you can follow along on this crazy roller coaster ride we enbarked on so long ago.