How to Live 4 Weeks!

We are planning to meet Little M's picture on June 1st! Of course, all the while praying that it happens in June and refusing to believe it won't.

How we will spend the last 4 weeks as Bell Party of Four:

16 Days of School
6 Days in California
7 Baseball Practices
7 Baseball Games
4 Soccer Practices
4 Soccer Games
1 Bryan Adams Concert
1 Day at the Races with the girls
1 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Family Night
1 Bell Family Pizza Night
3 Nephew's Graduations
1 Field Day
1 Awards Day
Mother's Day
Terri's Birthday
Chris and Terri's 17 Year Dating Anniversary (wow - we're not that old are we?)

Who knows? As if that's not enough, there are a few things we'd like to do not listed. We'll see.

4 Weeks!

I just thought I'd let you all know that June 1st is 4 weeks from today!!! You know - in case, all my trackers weren't enough of a reminder that we're wanting that referral on June 1st!!!

Comments on Little M's (aka that baby, that little baby) whereabouts -

• When are you getting that baby???
• How old is that little baby going to be?
• Mark - Mom I am here to tell you that little baby is not coming home this year. (I guess he feels like we've been waiting forever and we'll always be waiting forever) He's very excited just not optimistic.
• Mom - Are you calling because you got a baby? Oh I thought you were calling to tell me we had a baby!
• WHEN WHEN WHEN???
• She is going to be so spoiled! DUH!!!
• Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard?
• Can we shop yet?
• When can we shop?
• Can we shop and then return the stuff if she's older than you think she is?
• SHOP SHOP SHOP???

ME - WHEN ARE WE GETTING THAT PHONE CALL???
28 Days!!!
28 Days!!!
28 Days!!!

Real Mom

The other day we had an entire discussion of the Mom terminology. Matt told me I wasn't Little M's real mom. It's just a reminder of how many Moms Little M will have, the new terminology in our lives, and also how many people, even those close to us, won't know what to call each of these moms. I'll have to remind myself they don't mean to hurt or offend us, but I'll still have to correct them. Maybe with time, I'll give up on that.

Our conversation went something like this.
Matt: You aren't Mia's real mom
Chris: She (meaning me) is her real mom
Matt: No, she's not her real mom.
Me: I'm absolutely M's real mom. I'll never be her birth mom and that's ok. But I'll always be her real mom. She'll be your real sister. You'll be her real brother. Dad is her real father.
Matt: Yeah, that's what I meant - birth mom. She won't have your genes. She won't have your blue eyes.
The blue eyes comment resulted in us laughing and saying You are right, If she has blue eyes, it will be quite a shock!

I guess we just have to remain easy going and hard to offend and we'll be ok. For those strangers' comments, I'll go back to Chris' famous comment, "People Are Stupid. You can't fix stupid people."

Our completed paperwork has been in Thailand for 11 months today. We've been waiting about 15 months since application and we are now down to counting days (30 days) until we should get a referral. Very exciting! This little girl is so loved by the four of us already. She has us completely wrapped around her finger and we don't even know what her little finger looks like.

We look forward to the day when we get to see her picture (and know her age so we can shop)!!!