Finally feels like Fall!!

It is a brisk 66 degrees today with sun and a few floating clouds in the sky. PERFECT Fall weather! I think it is going to be cooler tomorrow and I'm anxious to get out a long sleeved shirt!!

This is what I will miss the most about living farther south. I'll miss fall evenings and beautiful leaves. I'll miss cold, snowy days of staying in and drinking hot chocolate. I will enjoy trips to the beach and camping over Thanksgiving weekend (we hope). It'll be quite a change from living in the midwest!!

So...I'll enjoy these fall, breezy days while we have them!!

One of those weeks!

Monday started off with a sick kid. "I've got a headache" was not the reply I wanted when I went to wake Jordan Monday morning. Turns out she has the flu...most likely H1N1 as a friend she was with over the weekend tested positive on Monday. Our week has been spent in a blur of Tylenol, Ibuprofen, cough medicine, lots of fluids and juggling schedules. The good thing is that this is not any worse than any other flu bug she has had. A year and a half ago she did this (well, not H1N1) and we did not get her fever to break for 4 or 5 solid days. This time around she gets a fever break for a few hours in the afternoon (medicated break in fever). She said she is thankful for that break. I'm not sure she'll ever stop coughing!!

Then, Lance called me yesterday afternoon and his metal implant prep thing in his mouth worked loose after he ate a banana. So...rush trip to the oral surgeon this morning and I am home w/ Jordan. I am thankful for the families I work for and their flexibility!!!

Not sure how Lance & I have stayed healthy through all of this. We do have her quarantined upstairs and that must be the key. Hoping for a good weekend and a healthier kid!!!

A big decision...

We had a bad experience with our placing agency for the adoption last week. We were essentially posed with a situation (us and about 30 other families) and told to think about it and make a decision by Friday. That would mean to let them know if we want our profile shown to a birthmom w/ a preemie born last Tuesday. We prayed over the situation and on Thursday afternoon (24 hours before the deadline) we gave a YES!! We found out 1 1/2 hrs later that she had narrowed her search already. Essentially...the agency was showing profiles while the rest of us were considering the situation. We never had a chance. I awoke Friday morning with a loss as if I had suffered a miscarriage.

We were due to update our homestudy this next week (more $) and have decided to stop the adoption process. In addition to the emotion of now 2 failed adoptions, not getting a chance w/ this baby and now not trusting our placing agency...we simply can't do it anymore. I am so thankful for our wonderful family for understanding this decision and supporting us for all of these years of trying to add to our family.

As I watched Jordan give the Children's Moment at church in Missouri yesterday and listened to my husband speak about Brazil, I realized my life is VERY full and my family is complete. Lance & I are SO thankful to God for the gift of Jordan. We'll be okay...all three of us. Afterall, we are the Whorton-3!!!

Maybe we should get a puppy....