ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

MIMI AND JORDAN

Today was beautification day for Mimi and myself. When we arrived at
the shop it was nice to see Mai back at work and today she brought the
baby.

ADOPTION UPDATE

OK.....so I called US Asian Affairs to find out our true LID. Spoke with Norman Niu. I love how he now answers his own phone calls now Our LID is June 14, 2006. Group 122 already received their referrals and are going late Oct, early Nov.

I went to the adoption forecast website and it said for our LID, we should be getting our referals around April of next year. I figure if that is the case then we may not go till June which would most likely be a good thing as Mimi will be done with school.

I also asked Norman about the staying in the apartments. He said that it is actually better than the hotels because it is an apartment with service. So there is no cooking or cleanning involved and you have a washer and dryer in each apartment. Woo Hoo! The downside is that this will happen in Guanzhou and depending on what city we go to recieved our next chili pepper that will be a different story in itself.

Remember, you heard it here first.

BIRTHDAY BOY XANDER AND FRIENDS

Top left pic is Owen (Xander's bf) and Liam, top right pic is Ada (Owen's lil' sis), bottom left is Xander (green shirt) and Hudson (son of Bounce It Up owner), then bottom right pic is Natalie's friend whose name I do not know and she is holding Rhiana (Xander's lil' sis), then there is Natalie.

NATALIE, MIMI AND ERIN

SPARRING

Here is Mimi and Natalie sparring. Nobody really won. They just had a good time together. This was taken at Xander's birthday party at Bounce It Up.

MIMI AND OLIVIA AT BLACK DIAMOND BAKERY

Olivia was there with her dad Andre sitting in the background.