Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving has come and gone. We hope yours has been one full of the blessings of family. We had visitors last week for Grandparent's Day at the school.
Faith had our friends Claude & Nancy visit with her.
Emma's class put on a play with Grandma Becker visiting.
Ethan enjoyed the company of Grandma & Grandpa Zimmerman.

The Latest on China

They have officially matched into December of 2005! According to the CCAA they are now matched to December 8,2005. We could see a referral anytime between December 2007 and March 2008. We are praying to see Eliza's little face soon.

Harvest Party Time!

It's time for some Harvest Party fun and we found ourselves leaving the house with a football player, Hannah Montana, and a doctor. Emma informed us that if Ethan pulled a muscle or Faith passed out on stage she would be able to help them :). It was another night of fun and excitement. Next year we should have our little one home to join the fun.

Blazer's Fanfest

We had a lot of fun going to "meet the team" at the Rose Garden. It was a real treat to see them scrimage up close.

Pumpkin Patch Time

We had a lot of fun this past weekend at Baggenstos. It's been a tradition in our family to go pumpkin picking there for at least 5 years.

Football & Visitors

This last weekend we were blessed to have Great Grandpa visit all the way from Oklahoma. He came with Grandma and Grandpa Zimmerman to watch our little man play football.

Another Month Down

The referrals are out for October and we are once again disappointed. It has been a rough week. They have now matched parents and children through November 30, 2005. We were hoping and praying for more progress than that. It is comforting to rest in the fact that God's timing is perfect. He is certainly teaching us a lot during this time.

Please keep us in your prayers. Also, pray for Lucy (our airedale). We recently found out that she has bad hips. She is only 15 months old so this has caught us by surprise. We will be taking her to a specialist on the 10th to find out more. We do know that we do not want to do surgery.

LUCY UPDATE

We took Lucy to the specialist and the news wasn't great. Her hip sockets are tilted away from her ball joints and the bones are grating on each other. We are now going to start her on some vitamins, monitor her weight, and limit her activity. We are praying she will have a few years before we have to consider anything else.