The Next Tiger Woods

Scott introduced the Tiger Woods golf game on the Wii to Luke and he loves it! The two of them are down in the basement for hours playing. It sounds as if we have an entire golf crowd down there with all of the cheering. This is a great way for the two of them to bond and have a little father/son time. Luke is pretty good and can actually get a hole-in-one!

Because he likes golf so much, we decided to use his gift certificate from Nana and PawPaw to get him a golf set. Thanks so much! He loves to drag his clubs to the side of the house and set up his golf course. I may have to buy few extra golf balls because he has a mighty swing and they get lost in the forest behind our house.




We sent off another letter to the Department of Education in Russia. They will be on vacation for the next month and we had to get it to them quickly. We're still waiting to hear any additional news on Rylie. We'll let you know when we hear something and hopefully it will be soon!

News on Rylie

So, I was curious one night and decided to research the Russian adoption site with photo listings. I'm not really sure why I was doing it, maybe looking for the little girl we didn't get to bring home. I lay awake many nights picturing all of those beautiful children and honestly wish that I could bring just one precious little girl home.

After looking for a short while, I was shocked to see Rylie's face appear before me. I sat there for a moment wondering why she was there and if I was only dreaming (I did say it was late, right?). I had to show Scott and he was also a bit dumbfounded. We didn't know what to do and we decided to write off to Russia and ask Valentina if she knew anything.

A few days later, we were thinking that we'd hear nothing or that she still wasn't available, maybe her picture was a mistake or something. We truly didn't feel that we would hear any good news. The news we did hear was shocking, Rylie WAS available and did we want to pursue bringing her home. Now, we really had to do some soul searching. How could we possibly afford another adoption? How could we get the time off of work? What would it do the children we have now? Scott and I both had a lot to think about. We finally decided that we would take the first step, sending off the petition to search for Rylie.

So, the letter is off to Russia and now we wait-yet again. I'm not sure why we're on this path right now. I would love to have Rylie if it is a possibility. She is such a precious little girl and I really hate to think that she would grow up in the orphanage. Luke is so happy now and that makes it harder. I look at him and know that bringing home another child is the right answer. We'll have to wait and see what happens. We're pretty good at waiting...