We've had a good week this week. I'm pretty much over pink eye – no more pinkness, so I guess it's gone, and Bethany didn't get it. That was an answer to prayer!
Monday, Todd was off for President's Day, so we took Bethany and went to Biloxi. I had read about a children's walking parade that didn't have floats, so thought it sounded tame enough to take her and get her out of the house and outside for a little bit. We knew she would love it, and she did. First of all, she loves watching other children, and second, she loves to be outside. It was a pretty but windy day, so we bundled her, and she had a blast. As a little extra, I got to see my co-worker, Melissa, and her little boy, Asa, that was actually in the parade. She had fixed up his wagon for him to walk/ride. It was cute. All of the kids were cute, but it was fun to see someone we know. It was really nice to be out of the house too. I was getting cabin fever.
Tuesday afternoon, I met my parents at the park here in town, and we let Bethany play. She ended up playing for 3 and ½ hours - she had so much fun swinging and sliding, and again, being outside. We finally had to go when the sun was going down and it was getting a little chilly. She is definitely an outside girl.
Our "big" plans for the weekend are to have a very small birthday party since Sunday the 26th is Bethany's 2nd birthday! We would love to do a big "blowout", but she's not ready for that yet, so we're settling for a small "Princess" party. We're throwing it together at the last minute and hoping everything we ordered gets here in time. I am not usually a last minute person, but we've been so busy with everything else going on, her birthday snuck up on us. Anyway, we'll post pics of the big day. She loves balloons, so there are going to be LOTS of balloons at the Rayburn residence for awhile. We would love to have all of our friends and family here, but know that her #3 is going to be a VERY big party. I'm going to start planning it on February 27. J
Bethany has started doing the cutest little thing. Whenever I sneeze, she runs and finds a Kleenex or napkin and brings to me wipe my nose – whether I need it or not. J I guess because we wipe her nose when she sneezes, she thinks I need mine wiped too. J One time, she couldn't find one after running around, so she came back and pulled my t-shirt out to me and kind of held it up to my nose. We DO NOT do that around here, so I'm guessing she learned that at the orphanage. Ugh. But it's still really funny, nonetheless. Today, she started walking around the house in my slippers – she thinks she's big stuff. J We think she's funny stuff. Our lives were so boring before we got her, and we didn't even know it. No time for boredom now – she makes sure of that.
Talked to the sweetest family last night from Illinois. They're using the same agency we did, and they just got their referral for their little girl. She's almost 3 (in May) and they are hoping to be able to travel in May to get her and bring her home. She has a cleft lip and palette like Bethany, with her lip being repaired. She is just beautiful, and we are so excited for them. They are naming her Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backwards). Pray for them that things will go smoothly and they will get to bring Nevaeh home quickly. The waiting is so hard – we remember all too well! Also, Ray's family (that I posted about a week or so ago) is coming home from China today! We are so happy for them too and can't wait to meet Ray in person. I think he and Bethany are using the same Cleft Team at Children's, so we'll probably be seeing them a good bit.
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