Ahh I just love hearing her sweet voice, even better to hear her giggles. All I had to say to make her giggle was “Yana koo-koo koo-rooo!” then Dan said something silly to her and I said “Papa koo-koo koo-rooo!”  and she giggled again LOL That was so awesome!

I also told Yana to tell her, “Mama wants to hug you so much” and “Flower” responded that she wanted to hug me too, that I hugged her a lot when she was in America and she misses that. 

Yana runs out of things to say so just asks her things we have already asked her in past conversations (poor “Flower” probably thinks we are nuts), “Are you happy there?” “Is it good there?”  Flower says, “It is good here but it is better in America”.

We saw that Old Navy has/had a sale on winter jackets again. We LOVE Old Navy winter coats and make a habit of buying them from there when they are on sale (the kids tend to only need new ones every other year, Anthony and “Flower” are on the same year and Yana seems to landing on opposite years lol). We bought “Flower’s” there last year but are unsure of it’s condition. We asked if she wanted a new coat, of course she said “yes”. We asked if she still had the pink one from last time and she said “yes”. We asked if it was dirty and torn, she said “no”. So do I buy her a new one? Dan says “yes”, he is just thinking of our Princess not her need for a new coat. I suppose we should just wait. I rather spend the money on other clothes and shoes for her if she doesn’t really need a new coat, you know? Besides, her coat is pink and we asked her what her favorite color was, thinking if it was something else maybe we would buy her a new coat in that color but her favorite color is pink, so waiting is probably the best thing to do.

Anyway, it was great talking to her.  UGHHHHHH, I miss her so much! And I love that she wants me to hug on her too. I am trying not to start the countdown to her arrival too early but I can’t help doing it at least a little bit. I think she should be coming in about 4.5 wks! Wow, I just looked at the calendar to figure that one out and I didn’t realize it was that soon (though that still seems years away in some ways).

You know, this will be our 3^rd holiday season hosting. The first time was Yana, this time and last time is/was “Flower”. Each time the anticipation is different but the same. With Yana we had not met her and would just fantasize what she would be like. Looking at her picture we never imagined she was such a tough cookie but so perfect for our family. The anticipation was killing us waiting to finally meet her.

With “Flower” last year, we already new her and requested the host program to make arrangements for her to come but, we hadn’t yet really bonded with her though we definitely felt led to adopt her already. The anticipation of having her in our home was high. Just like the year we hosted Yana, Christmas music would move me to tears like a hormonal pregnant woman. It was uncontrollable, as I would think about finally hugging the girls and tucking them into bed.

This year we are hosting a child that we have known is our child for over the past year and a half. A child that melted our hearts as we played with, hugged, tucked in and said goodbye to last year. A little girl we have been fighting for through paperwork struggles, and then thought we lost forever for 2 months in the spring, and thought we may never even get to talk to her again. Of course now things are looking up and are really going well, we are back in contact and very hopeful about adopting her as her paperwork is finally straightened out and the foster family appears to be very supportive of all of this. We know she still wants us to adopt her. We know she is as anxious as we are to get here. We know she loves us and we love her. I think when I hug her, I may not be able to let go. So the anticipation is again very high but at the same time we have so much going on over the next few weeks with the move, I am hoping time just flies by.