Thursday 13

Thirteen names I have loved for little girls since I was a little girl!1! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!1. Madison2.Abigail3.Sara4.Rachel5.Carson6.Rebekah7.Emily8.Delaney9.Mackenzie10.Annie11.Victoria12.Elizabeth13.KathrynUnfortunately, most of these are trendy and Michael and I are not into that many trendy names. That being said, these are names I like. This list should predict our future daughters name on it..Mind you, I wanted twins named Jackson and Madison for 10 years and thought I was the first one to come up with that. I was wrong..All of America had the same idea!

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Not sure whats going on with blogger or where the rest of my posts are, but I will figure it out!!!!!!

First Thursday 13

Thirteen Things about Amy and Michael 1…. We have been married almost 5 years 2.This is the first time I have done a Thursday thirteen but I think the idea is very cool 3.We have been thinking about adoption on and off for a few years. 4. We have lots to do to get our house ready for the home study 5. The whole idea scares the heck out of me but at the same time is exciting as anything 6.I can not wait to have a blog that says we are in China 7. When I am at work, I read peoples blogs and love to read stories of adoption 8.Although we have not talked about it, there are names I really like 9. I am scared half to death of the flight to China 10. I actually like to answer peoples questions regarding adoption, although I dont have all the answers 11. I think Michael will be rockin dad 12. I want to take my kids to Disney World for vacation 13. I cant wait to have the sound of children in my home Links to other Thursday Thirteens!1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)

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First Friday

Did I tell you guys about the couple we met on the cruise that adopted 2 girls from China? they introduced to a couple who hold a support group in their home once a month, "First Friday"! I have been trying to work every Friday for extra money but I am off next Friday! Guess what day it is, Sept!. I think we can go. I am very excited as there will be people who are in various stages of the adoption process, those who havent started, those whose paperwork is almost through, those waiting for a referral and those waiting to leave for China!. I am very excited that we can go and meet these people! Yippee!

Whats going on?

Whats going on with the Christopher family? Well, I learned how to add links to this site. It was not as easy as I expected but I figured it out.

My coworkers love me. When they assigned patients Wednesday night,they gave me a lovely 17yo post op patient. The reason they gave me this patient was that his parents recently got back from China after adopting baby Gracie. How sweet was she! Unfortunately, by the time I got back from my meeting, the patient had fallen asleep and I was unable to talk with them. I was quite disapointed..I am sure another one of those moments will come again.

We are heading to Florida for a few days. We have started cleaning and organizing the house, a little bit. Michael finished painting the bathroom upstairs and it just needs some touch ups. Some friends have given me ideas to help with that, but it is a bit overwhelming. We have gotten a fire extinguisher. We should have one anyway, but we are sure the homestudy people will want to see it. Thats about it.
I have totally enjoyed answering questions..I told someone we were adopting from China and there answer was 'Is that legal'? That was kind of funny. I am sure we will have more questions like that but that was great. More details to come as we set our orientation date and wait to get approved.. Thanks for all the kind emails.

Amy and Michael

When Love Takes You In - Steven Curtis Chapman

Finally, this is the video that led to the journey of adoption

its a God thing

Okay, another sign God is totally in this process. We went to a new doctor yesterday..Wonderful Christian lady who, get this, is in the process of adopting. She has 3 kids but is adopting 2 older ones this year and soon as she is matched..Anway, because of her history, she knew what labs we would need, what info the agency would need.


How cool is that?