Needed some more fun retail therapy

These are just a few of the outfits I bought, guess I really needed a pick-me-up as nothing else is happening on our case. May as well just keep filling up her closet! These adorable outfits just put a smile on my face thinking of our Little Miss wearing them.

And I'm going to go with the canvas Russian nursery picture, but still may put a cute antique white frame around the canvas, we'll see what I find.

Have to have this for the nursery

It comes either as a ready-to-hang canvas print, or I could just get the print and frame it myself. Hmmmm, what do you think? I'm leaning towards the canvas to kinda match the canvas wall hanging over her crib, in either 11 x 14 or 16 x 20.

***YES, there is one for a boy....adorable! Here's the link from EBay. Think you can get it in various sizes as well:***

http://cgi.ebay.com/11x14-RUSSIA-Moscow-Boy-Nursery-Baby-Adoption-NEW-ART_W0QQitemZ380204604180QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5885f5db14

Found this old article

and really wish I could find out what the outcome was. It is not quite the same as our case, but to me it has the same feel. Reading about this case makes me feel better and much worse......better because I do feel like our agency in proceeding correctly and taking all the right steps to make sure her citizenship is obtained correctly and once we get that certificate we will be golden......and of course worse because I'm realising just how serious this problem is and the delays we could experience could be even longer. I haven't found anyone who has had these same Russian citizenship issues so I have nothing to compare our delays to and no way to know what to expect. The passport office did say they "by law" had 2-6 months to process the citizenship so I might have to prepare myself for the a worst-case-scenario of May before its complete (well no, I guess worst-case would be that her citizenship would be denied and left in limbo!!). Anyway, I'd be interested to hear others take on this case:

http://rt.com/prime-time/2008-11-28/Unlucky_orphan_trapped_in_red_tape_.html

Other than worrying about this and researching for answers, we ditched all the Super Bowl fun and headed to Knott's Berry Farm yesterday. What a great day there! It was practically empty. I also picked up a few souvenir travel mugs for gifts for when we actually make it back to Russia.

2 years ago my angel ~Chelsea Kay~ was born

My second little girl, born too soon. I will forever remember you dancing in my tummy, the precious little time you spent in my arms and know you are now with your sister ~Sarah Kay~ watching over us. She was ultimately the one that set us on the path to our Little Miss and I will continue to pray that we do not once again end up with broken hearts and empty arms. Hopefully our Little Miss will one day hear about her sisters and truly understand what a blessing and the miracle she is to our family.

A new month

The start of a new week, a new month, perhaps this will bring some news. I'm really tired of posting once again that I have no news.......but I have NO news. The Russian staff still has not gotten her certificate of citizenshop processed. We are trying to get an update and perhaps some current pictures on our little miss, but nothing yet. Hopefully soon, very soon.