Merry Christmas

Well, what a Christmas week we've had. First off all, I'd like to point out that here in good ol' Indiana, we've had weather ranging from an ice storm early in the week to a very balmy 60 degrees today. Crazy!!! In the midst of the ice storm, Stuart and Cameron ventured out to see the Broadway production of the Lion King. They both had a fantastic time. They both dressed up for the occasion. I must say that Cameron was probably the best dressed 6 year old there.



Stuart said that Cameron was in a trance throughout the whole performance. When I finally got to ask him what his favorite part was, he replied "the whole thing."

So, then it was onto Christmas Eve. Cameron was with his mom this year on Christmas Eve so we spent a quiet evening with Stacey and Mohamed and then went to church. Cameron arrived at our house around noon on Christmas day and we were honestly done opening presents about 20 minutes later. He was thrilled that Santa had left him a Nintendo DS as well as a Pokemon game to go with it. He spent most of the rest of the day in deep concentration trying to do whatever it is you're meant to do in that game. It shows how much I know about technology. The funniest thing is that the day after Christmas, Stuart got up to let the dogs out and never came back to bed. Cameron found him downstairs later with the DS trying to conquer the Dinosaur game.




For the most part, our Christmas was very low key and that's the way we like it around here. Our New Year's Eve celebration will be much the same. We hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and would like to wish you the very best in 2009.

Smeltzer Family Christmas

I know, the blog updates have been slow lately. There's just not much to report on. I sent in the needed information for our CIS approval, so until we get that back, we are at a stand still. So, here's some pics from our family Christmas this past weekend. As you can imagine, my family is bursting at the seams with cute kids. Well all had a great time and, of course, were spoiled like crazy.


All Cameron wants for Christmas is his two front teeth.



Our newest nephew/cousin, Brody. He's so handsome!!!


This is the closest we come to getting a portrait of the 5 cousins. They're still cute though!!!

For those of you that care, we have decided not to send out Christmas cards via mail this year. You will be getting one over email sometime around Christmas. We cut way back on Christmas this year due to the impending arrival of baby Rogers. Besides, don't kid yourself, that card would just end up in the trash anyway. Hope everyone's Holiday Season is shaping up to be Merry. I have a feeling we'll have some pretty big announcements in 2009!!! Stay Tuned:0)

Happy Birthday Husband!!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!!! Love you babe.

Also, a birthday shout out to my favorite baby sister Alisha and to one of my very best friends Laura:0) December 12th is a big day for the Rogers family with all of these birthdays going on. We can't celebrate with each of you but we are certainly thinking of you and wishing you the best. Tomorrow night we will celebrate Stuart's birthday with a dinner out with friends. On Sunday we head down to the Smeltzer residence in Washington for our family Christmas. Guess I had better start wrapping!!! Only 13 days until Christmas:0)

Oh, the frustration of it all

Just when we think we're on the verge of getting everything finished, something else stands in our way. Yesterday I got a letter from the Dept. of Homeland Security. For the 3rd time they are requesting a copy of Stuart's divorce decree. I have sent it in every time they've requested it. Well, this time they tell me that I am actually sending in the property settlement and not the actual decree. Seriously, why didn't they tell me that the first time. Then they also want an original copy of my birth certificate again. I don't know what was wrong with the first one but they are driving me crazy. We did receive our cover letter in the mail the other day and will be sending that off to MI for certification. Once we receive that back and our I171 we should be good to go finally. Oh, the party that will be had when this is out of our hands. Our agency has sent over a few dossiers so I expect that referrals will be coming in soon. I also received news today that the orphanage where the children are has received approval to house more kids. That should help with the referral numbers too.
In other news, I am a bachelorette this weekend. And I might be the least exciting bachelorette ever. The boys are up in MI visiting Stuart's family so its just me and the dogs at home. The weather is so yucky that I've hardly left the house and don't really plan on it until work on Monday. I did manage the Franklin College football game today but only lasted through 3 quarters of it. It was snowing and miserable. Mostly I'm just sitting and watching all of the conference championship football games on the tube. We'll consider it a victory tomorrow if I manage to change out of my pajamas. TTFN:0)

Hurry up and Wait

We are getting closer and closer to being finished with paperwork. However, it seems like it might be a bit longer than we originally expected. Our friends who are also adopting from Ethiopia are waiting on the same paperwork and found out that there is a 3 month wait for that to be processed. Neither of us were expecting it to take that long. However we are reminded, now more than ever, that God's plan is being put into place for us and his timing is perfect. So, basically nothing new to report here.
Thanksgiving was great. I love being at home with all of my family and spending time with my nieces and nephews. Cameron had a blast also and was treated to a trip to the Shriner's circus with his Uncle Matt and Aunt Kendra.
That's all from our neck of the woods. Only 3 weeks and 3 days until Christmas!!!