Yippee!!

I won… I won… I won!!  Ok, I’m not like Julia who can be so gracious when she found out that she had won a few (yeah, three to be exact!) giveaways.   LOL   I won a drawing for a very nice necklace on my friend Renee’s BLOG.   Of course, I didn’t donate to win, I donated because I love Renee, and I love her sweet little Paisley, but it’s fun to know that there will be some happy snail mail coming soon.  Hehe

I promised a few updates from here but first let me update on Kirill and Carrington.  Miss Carrington is holding steady today at *13* pounds!!!  Her feeding has increased and she is keeping it down!!  Praise the LORD!!!  She is a long way from being out of the woods, but God is healing her in His perfect time!! 

The Hooks family will be standing before the same judge on Thursday in Russia that the Davis’ did almost two weeks ago.  The same judge that denied their request to adopt Kirill because he has Ds.  Evan, the little girl that the Hooks are there to adopt also has Ds.  PLEASE PLEASE pray for the judge’s heart, and that she will grant the Hooks the adoption of Evan.  I have decided that I am going to fast & pray on Wednesday *&* Thursday.  Wednesday is the day of the appeal being filed for the Davis’, and Thursday is the day that the Hooks will stand before that judge.  I will have to do my normal daily things, but when I have even just a moment, I will be in prayer for these precious children and for the judge that holds their futures in her hands.

Now for a bit of an update from here!  We’ve been working on getting Timothy’s evaluations done in hopes that he might get to go to school for the last few weeks of this school year, and start in the fall full time.  The plan right now is developmental preschool this year, and probably in the beginning of next year through January at least, he will be in the same preschool class.  There is a rule that says kids can’t stay in preschool after they turn 6, which he will in February.  So the plan as of now, which could change, is preschool for the first half of the year and possibly kindergarten for the last half.  Not too sure what will actually happen though, we’ll see how he does.  Hopefully we’ll be putting him on the preschool bus in a week or so!!  I’m so excited for him!! 

I’ll post some pics soon I promise!!