Update

I saw that it has been since May since we updated our blog.

Mark's mom died of cancer on July 28. It has been a tough time for our family but we're getting through as best we can. It is especially tough on Mark because he and his mom worked together at the newspaper for 13 years. They were especially close.

We got fingerprinted again at USCIS on Sept. 17 in Fort Smith, AR as our I-171H expired on Sept. 25. Our social worker took care of sending our home study there and we should be getting our new paperwork soon! At least it wasn't as stressful as meeting the deadline back in April 2007.

We continue to think about how our lives will change when we get Mary Elisabeth. We've lost two parents -- Linda's father and Mark's mom. In fact, Linda's dad only knew one of his grandchildren as he died in the early 1980s when Linda was in college. We are going to make sure that Emmy knows her grandparents inside and out!

We've both got birthdays coming up. I guess we'll enjoy them!

Thanks for checking us out.

Mark and Linda

Update

It has been a while...a really long time...since we posted but a lot has been going on in our lives and not so much with the adoption.

Mark's mother, Rose Mary, is still having health issues with a new occurrence coming up this past week. Work for both Mark and Linda is steady but we're both looking forward to school being out!

A couple of weeks ago, we attended an America World seminar in Branson, Mo., and really enjoyed it. We've also decided to join the Waiting Child Program. We're not committed to it but we are looking at all options so that Mary Elisabeth will join our family sooner, rather than later.

Thanks for all the continued prayers.

Mark and Linda