Well we finally found out what is going on with Julia. It is a xanthoma, but all her tests came back within normal limits. So the Dr. thinks it will be an isolated growth, but still wants her to be followed closely by her Opthomolgist. I never did get a reason why. So that is all good for now.

Birth dad did not appear in court last week, guess they were having trouble tracking down what jail he is in to get him transported, so they rescheduled for later this week or next, they couldn't remember.

Hockey is making me crazy, Jake had to try our for mini mites, and he made the second string, all good until we found out that they don't get to play any games. they get to play one team, one weekend, the entire season, and we have to pay the full hockey price. I would at least think they would knock off some money, because all our kids do is practice, might as well be in the learn to play hockey program for half the price. Just had to vent, it frustrates me, and makes no sense.

Josh is taking the learn to skate program, he is still using the walker, but getting better and stronger. I hope he will get the confidence to let the walker go yet this season. And now I am thinking out little Julia will be playing hockey in the near future. Yesterday I put a Wild jersey on her, and the first thing out of her mouth was; Do I got a game? She showed everyone her shirt and told them she had a game. Wishful thinking on her part. She sure looked cute in it though and I could see her out on that ice skating with the boys.

Oh, if anyone out there in the St. Cloud area, that has adopted from Guatemala, we are having a Valentine's Party on Feb. 14. from 1-3 at Rainbow Systems. It is being hosted by another family and if you are interested I will get you connected with them. There is a $15 charge for each child. It will be a lot of fun, so come and join us.

Well the Jake is home from school and wants me to play Star Wars on the Wii with him. So I had better do that and find out how is day was today.

Our little Julia

So, two weeks ago I took our 2 yr old into the dermatologist to have a little cyst looked at on her forhead. The Dr. said it needed to be removed, so help to hold her down while they did what neede to be done, good thing I have had a lot of experience doing this so not so hard on me. It was still difficult to watch as they took it cyst)out, but it needed to be done. Last monday, the dr called, so I knew that the results weren't good, she said it came back a papular xanthoma, I really don't know for sure what it is yet, so we went to the eye dr. the next day to see if she had any tumors in her eye, she found nothing!! That was the best news I had, had in a couple of days. And now today, she had to have her cholestrol checked, I guess that this tumor(cyst) can be an indication of high cholesterol. Now we wait some more to hear what the results are. I haven't had a good nights sleep in almost 2 weeks. So eveyone keep her in your thoughts and prayers that it turns out to be nothing.

On a happier note, our foster baby, had her last visit with her mother last week, and court is today for the father. OUr social worker and gaurdian are pushing for termination and to move straight to permanency. Which means we could start the adoption process on her. so hoping to hear form one of them today, to give us some news. Having been in this situation before, I am not counting on anything to move really fast, it just doesn't happen with the county. We already call her by the name we will give her, as it is easier for the kids to adjust too.

Yesterday, we celebrated Josh's 4th birthday with all the little boys in his Sunday School class. All 7 boys turned 4 within a few months of each other, so we went ot Godfather's for lunch and then to the bowling alley, we were going to spend the day at the sledding hill, but do to the weather we went bowling instead. It ended up to be an all day affair, but the boys loved it.

Hope things warm up a little so we can go out and enjoy the snow.