We got our travel approval!!! Cody will for sure be home in ONE WEEK!!! God is so amazing! I had taken to calling Cody's worker every hour today. She wasn't in the office, but I didn't know since her machine was still talking about Monday, June 18th.
She called just a little while ago. I am so excited that I can't even express! All the work and trials of the last 13 months will all be worth it when I get that little sweetie in my arms!!!!
My hair will have a nice red tint just in time too. I have an appointment to get it died on Saturday!!! :)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Going Red for Cody
I've had gray hair for a good long while. I don't mind it much. I tell the kids that they cause it and I will wear it proudly. lol
Tonight on Skype, Cody thought my hair looked "red" like his. It was the light shining above my head that caused it. He seemed excited at the prospect that it was like his. His foster mother and I explained that my hair is brown. I've alway had a slightly redish brown tint to my hair though. :)
Cody has never had people "like him". He is very caught up on his new last name. He wants to make sure that it is on every card and package. He is excited about it. He wanted to make sure that "Dayton" had the same last name. This is big stuff to a little boy who has been in foster care his whole life!
I decided after the Skype tonight that this "Mama" is going to have a good "red tint" to her hair. I am going to get my gray hair colored. I'm not planning to go bright red, but I will hopefully have hair red enough. :) My mother is making me an appt at JcPenney for Saturday. I guess we will see how this turns out! One thing for sure is that this Mama is mighty excited with anything that makes him feel "the same". He is definitely one of us and if "red hair" and "Unroe" make him happy, then that we will make sure to do!
Yes, I am "Going Red for Cody". If you see me and I look a little different, then just know that for that sweet boy I would do anything. Who knows - maybe this will be the beginning of me covering my gray. Maybe it will restore the "youth" that the process from Dallas has taken from me. lol
Please pray that we get the travel approval. Brent needs to book his flights and give his employer the official "I'll be off next week" paperwork. I also need to breath a little easier. I need to KNOW that I will hold him in just one week!
Tonight on Skype, Cody thought my hair looked "red" like his. It was the light shining above my head that caused it. He seemed excited at the prospect that it was like his. His foster mother and I explained that my hair is brown. I've alway had a slightly redish brown tint to my hair though. :)
Cody has never had people "like him". He is very caught up on his new last name. He wants to make sure that it is on every card and package. He is excited about it. He wanted to make sure that "Dayton" had the same last name. This is big stuff to a little boy who has been in foster care his whole life!
I decided after the Skype tonight that this "Mama" is going to have a good "red tint" to her hair. I am going to get my gray hair colored. I'm not planning to go bright red, but I will hopefully have hair red enough. :) My mother is making me an appt at JcPenney for Saturday. I guess we will see how this turns out! One thing for sure is that this Mama is mighty excited with anything that makes him feel "the same". He is definitely one of us and if "red hair" and "Unroe" make him happy, then that we will make sure to do!
Yes, I am "Going Red for Cody". If you see me and I look a little different, then just know that for that sweet boy I would do anything. Who knows - maybe this will be the beginning of me covering my gray. Maybe it will restore the "youth" that the process from Dallas has taken from me. lol
Please pray that we get the travel approval. Brent needs to book his flights and give his employer the official "I'll be off next week" paperwork. I also need to breath a little easier. I need to KNOW that I will hold him in just one week!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Getting so Close!
We are getting so close to Cody being home. We are only 10 days from his new "Come Home Day"!
We were going to Skype yesterday, but decided today would work better. I was out for a long day of getting things ready for Julianne's 5th Birthday, Crystal's 12th Birthday, and Cody's Homecoming. I came home with a lot of stuff to put away. Cody's foster parents' grandkids came over for the day there and they were running late. I was disappointed that I wasn't going to get to talk to my little guy, but realized that with both families' busy days, waiting one more day wouldn't kill me.
I was so happy when the phone rung, because my little guy didn't want to wait either! Hearing his voice was so good!
Then today we were able to Skype with him. Oh, how I love that little sweetie! He was talking about having gone to church this morning. He was talking about lunch (this seems to be his favorite meal because it is the one who always mentions! lol). He was talking about the airplane!
His foster parents are hard at work preparing him for the move. They have been busy packing for his move and the other little girl there who is heading to her adoptive family soon. Cody is a heavy packer and is making sure not to miss anything. :)
One of the cutest parts is that he is wanting to see Jesus when they are in the plane! How cute is that???? I mean, he is going up in the clouds!?! I can just hear Brent and he talking on that plane!
I know that I can't wait to get my hands on him! I've been longing to hug that sweet boy since we left there over 2 years ago. I just knew deep down in my heart that he would be mine some day! God just spoke to my heart and He put such a cutie in front of me that not even Dallas's system could keep me from wanting to fight through.
Praising God for this coming blessing!
We were going to Skype yesterday, but decided today would work better. I was out for a long day of getting things ready for Julianne's 5th Birthday, Crystal's 12th Birthday, and Cody's Homecoming. I came home with a lot of stuff to put away. Cody's foster parents' grandkids came over for the day there and they were running late. I was disappointed that I wasn't going to get to talk to my little guy, but realized that with both families' busy days, waiting one more day wouldn't kill me.
I was so happy when the phone rung, because my little guy didn't want to wait either! Hearing his voice was so good!
Then today we were able to Skype with him. Oh, how I love that little sweetie! He was talking about having gone to church this morning. He was talking about lunch (this seems to be his favorite meal because it is the one who always mentions! lol). He was talking about the airplane!
His foster parents are hard at work preparing him for the move. They have been busy packing for his move and the other little girl there who is heading to her adoptive family soon. Cody is a heavy packer and is making sure not to miss anything. :)
One of the cutest parts is that he is wanting to see Jesus when they are in the plane! How cute is that???? I mean, he is going up in the clouds!?! I can just hear Brent and he talking on that plane!
I know that I can't wait to get my hands on him! I've been longing to hug that sweet boy since we left there over 2 years ago. I just knew deep down in my heart that he would be mine some day! God just spoke to my heart and He put such a cutie in front of me that not even Dallas's system could keep me from wanting to fight through.
Praising God for this coming blessing!
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