retail therapy

I had lots of fun having a little retail therapy this past weekend! I had gotten an email from Oshkosh about a huge clearance sale and since Taylor and I didnt have anything going on.....

There were a lot of deals to be had at both Oshkosh as well as Carters outlet. Shirts for 2.99 and an additional 20% off! My kind of sale. The best part was that they have no time limit on their return policy as long as I keep the reciept. So Sammy now has some 2T, 3T and 4T clothes hanging in my closet! We will see which ones fit when we get to china :-)

The picture above I fell in love with for our special boy! It is a Gund Dragon backpack and I just thought it was adorable! His tummy has a zipper for a "secret" compartment. We are planning on taking it with us when we meet him and filling it with little goodies so maybe he wont be so scared!

CCAA is closed right now for Chinese New Year so things are at a standstill adoption wise, but I have been busy with applying for grants. We are praying for guidance for the ones who have the difficult job of making those decisions. How to choose who to help bring an orphan home would be so very difficult!

Taylor had a bit of good news this week

You might notice something different about her picture.....



After 2 1/2 years Taylor FINALLY got her braces off today! She was so very excited! She got all of her top braces off, but her bottom brackets are still on until next week! She is so happy to finally be done. I would be in massive amounts of trouble if I posted "before braces" pictures so I wont :-)

Blessings