Shower Cake

Kim's students threw us a baby shower around the end of the school year. We got a lot of cute stuff! It's funny because we don't know what we will need but the gifts we got sure look like they will come in handy!

One of the parents made us a cake for the shower and it was adorable! Now, keep in mind that this parent has had no formal cake training! Everything on the cake was edible except for the little baby (who is Asian). The funny part about the little baby is that when the covers were removed, she was wearing pink pajamas and her little bottom was showing!

Kim was glad that her student's didn't see that or she would have lost control of her class from all the laughter! ! !

6 Months Down

When we started the adoption process last July, we were told that it took 5-6 months from LID (Log In Date) to Referral. If that was still true, then Kim and I would be getting our referral this month! But alas, China has slowed down. Our LID was 12/14/05. CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) has only given out referrals for people with an LID of June 15, 2005.

We are now hoping to get our referral in November or December of this year. That would make our wait from LID to referral be about 11-12 months!

With the longer wait, Kim and I could actually do another 1/2 Marathon!

Marathon Complete!

Well, Kim and I finished the marathon! We were shooting for a time of 3 hours and 20 minutes. We finished in 3 hours and 6 minutes! ! ! That's almost a 14 minute mile!

Here we are about to start the marathon!

We got to the Titan's Colesium at 5:30 am the morning of the marathon. This was where the marathon ended. We took a shuttle to where the marathon was going to start. There was tons of people around everywhere! It was like a sea of people! Of course, I had to hit the port-o-john. I waited in line for a long time!

With that out of the way, we got in our corral and waited for the start of the race. Finally it was time for our corral to start the race! It was a bit surreal-here we are about to walk 13.1 miles!

If you have never walked a 1/2 marathon, then I highly suggest it. It was a lot of fun! There were people cheering us on. They would hold us signs to encourage us. Here are some of the signs I remember:

"We know a shortcut!"
"Think you're sore now, Wait until tomorrow!"
"Fart, it makes you run faster!" -------(this was my personal favorite! ! ! !)

The runners/walkers were just as fun. There was one girl who stayed around us for a while who wore a large colorful sombrero the whole way! There was a group of guys running with a small cooler filled with beer! Their shirts said, "Miles ran...Beers drank." I don't know how many beers they consumed or if they even finished the marathon! ! !



Kim was doing great but it really hit me at mile marker 10! I felt like I could not push any harder and I just wanted to stop. But Kim keep me going! As we were coming to the finish line, Kim and I held hands and finished the 1/2 marathon!

My legs felt like lead! Kim, I believe, could have walked more! ! !

Oh, we did see a little Chinese adopted girl (about 3 years old) standing on the side of the street with her father, watching the marathon. I looked at her and gave her a smile and waved and she smiled and waved back! My heart about melted! ! !

Talk about motivation! ! !