The Brainy Baby Company DEAL!!!

Just got an email from Brainy Baby where they are offering a package worth $275 for $39.95. You get a learning system of 8 DVDs, 4 books, 4 flashcards and 2 cds. Also included a DVD called Art House and an activity guide. The email says its for a limited time. There were also a booster bundle and an infant bundle at good prices.

Here is the link to the bundle -

http://www.thebrainystore.com/sale/big-brainy-holiday-bundle.html



My son also loves the Christmas DVD (not in the bundle) his favorite part is watching them make Candy Canes.

EXTRA EXTRA :Thursday the added extra 20% off sale and regular items...with code "holiday20" Making this deal extra sweet!!!

The Sweetest Pumpkin

Allie's turning 1...

It just can't be...a year gone by already...

Carah 3 months and 2 weeks

See Snuggies and beanbag chairs have another good use...as a back drop! We did have professional family pictures made last Sunday...will post those soon...

Almost Halloween

It's almost Halloween so it's almost Baby Allie's 1st birthday...better send this on over and keep sewing!!!

Carah's Owl Mobile

One of the fun things about an adoption...is decorating after you get the baby. So the nursery is slowly coming together as I learn how to juggle a 4 1/2 year old and a 3 month old (no rush she is sleeping in our room right now anyway). My sweet sister came and spent the night last night to help Carah-sit and help be crafty too...here is only a small bit of what we accomplished...



Yep we cut those branches off this morning and put them to good use...cause this doll deserves the best...

Happy Crafting Ya'll!!!

A fun part...

One of my favorite parts of having a little girl...

I'm not much of a shoe girl myself...but I want my baby girl to have ALL she wants! (Don't worry...I only bought her 2 pair out of all of these...the rest were gifts and hand-me-downs)

7 weeks new

We are just snuggling in nicely...she is my little Carah Cakes!

Little Carah

My 1st photo session with our newest little love...

Our sweet baby girl

Here she is all dolled up today after her bath today:

Carah Linley Jeffords, Born July 4th, 2011 2:28pm, 6lbs 6oz, 19 inches

Lovingly welcomed into our family August 4, 2011

We are just over the moon excited and so grateful for her.

Chosen!!!

Many prayers have been answered with such grace and mercy...we have a sweet baby girl!!!! And soon we will be flying to pick her up in FLORIDA!!! Ps...this was Jake's shirt and CJ's favorite color is YELLOW!!!

Ps...she is already here...

The journey of adoption...it can't be missed. It was full of stories to teach us about ourselves and how we will serve others...all of the details were carefully planned and thought out by God our Merciful Father...in the smallest of details He made her for our family! Praise be to God!

And still waiting...

And another email yesterday...we understand that the situation is complicated...but this is just SO hard...it's starting to feeling like we are grasping for straws.

Today I made my cousin Mary some onesies and bibs...her little "Levi" will be arriving in a few weeks.

No news yet...

We only got an email yesterday...saying no decision has been made yet...still waiting and praying and praying and praying...

While I'm waiting...

Well today we will find out BIG news...happy news or sad news...so after taking Avery for a 8:20 vet appointment...we are home...and I finished a quilt for one of Jake's best friends...who's sweet baby girl will be born any day now...


Now I suppose we will drive to the post office and get this in the mail along with a million hair bows and a few onesies I made her...and then I will think of something else to keep me busy!

Soon we will know...

Soon we will know if we were chosen by a birthmom...we will know on Monday, July 25th, 2011. So yes it has been a long week...a Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and today another Friday of waiting...but we do know we will hear YES or NO on Monday...so we can relax over the weekend and stop jumping every time the phone rings. We were slightly distracted over the last 2 weeks (we found out about this "opportunity" on July 13th)...as we buried a sweet cousin of mine, a hero, a fallen soldier last weekend in Knoxville...and flew to DC with Jake Monday on business and flew home today.

This is not our first adoption "opportunity"...we've had 2 major ones float into focus and float away...and 3 other "opportunities" that we shared our profile with friends who showed them to someone they knew...and 2 others that I felt very strongly about...This one has been the hardest to wait through so far...and the hardest to try and stay separated from emotionally...

Over the last 9 months, since we decided to adopt, we've learned so many things about ourselves and about trusting the Lord. One day our story will be complete with a happy ending...and then I'll share it in full.

Adoption...is not for the faint of heart.

And I'll keep you posted ;)

The Prayer of Faith
Is anyone among you in trouble?
Let them pray.
Is anyone happy?
Let them sing songs of praise.
James 5:13

Close

Close...

Today we are this close...

Close enough to not be able to sleep tonight...

Close enough that I must pack some of this cuteness in my bag...

Close enough to let my mind run away into the future for a minute...

Close enough to know we might be picked...

Tomorrow...

Or close enough to know...that our hearts could be broken tomorrow.

After the party its the after party...

Here in the South we don't have birthDAYs...we have birth festivals.

Jake's started by winning a softball tournament on Saturday...church on Sunday...a nice long nap, meeting friends and fam at our favorite Japanese steakhouse...then splashing about in the pool...









Monday...sleep late...be lazy...make brownies, chocolate chip cookies, buffalo chicken dip...and head out to tailgate and watch fireworks with friends at there church...







Right after this...the black clouds moved in...we packed it all up and ran into the church...the kids watched a movie on the big screen...and then the City of Woodstock postponed the fireworks until Tuesday night. Catch-ya next year fireworks.