Well,

I've been playing back and forth between this bol and Baby Jelly Beans. Love the Baby jelly Beans, but you can't beat the fee for blogger...FREE !! So , hopdfully I'll get my act together and commit to one or the other before we leave for China.

Ladybug sighting !!!

Well, we returned home from our grocery shopping to find a ladybug on the ceiling of our kitchen. I have no idea how long she'd been snooping around our house. She must have stayed there for another hour or so before Ray gently placed her outside so that she could fly safely back to China and tell Gracie that we are eagerly awaiting her arrival. Maybe there's something very special going on in the waiting room this very minute !!!!

Just Practicing............

Okay, so I'm pretty much just practicing here. I figure this long wait time means that I have no excuses for a lame blog. Everyone else seems to be so creative and I've had a hard time just adding a photo. Needless to say, the next few posts will be pretty experimental. I haven't even given anyone our blog address. I want to get this thing put together before we head to China.

The Growing Cook Family

The Growing Cook Family

We were very dissappointed to see that CCAA is still only processing approxiamately two weeks worth of files every month. If this slow pace keeps up we won't receive our referral until sometime the end of February. I'm still crosssing my fingers that things will speed up so that we will at least have a picture of Gracie with us for Christmas if not Gracie herself.

Bye for now.

The Cook Family

The Cook Family

Well, our file is officially in "the matching room" . This is where the magic begins. I sure hope that things done slow down any further than they already are. It's becoming harder and harder to wait. Charlie, Isabelle and Oscar sure do keep us busy, but I can't stop thinking about the fact that one of our family members is missing. I pray every day that someone is keeping Gracie safe until I can hold her in my arms.

Talk soon

The Cook Family

The Cook Family

Hey Folks, as most of you know the wait time for referrals has slowed to a snail's pace. It looks like we'll be lucky to travel before Christmas. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Okay Folks,

I'm new at this so bare with me. This is my first blog entry. Hopefully I'll improve with time. Just thought that I'd get this blog up and running so that we could keep in touch while in China .