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I've been busy lately and haven't had much time to catch up here on the blog. I've mailed in some more paperwork for the adoption so we are one step closer I guess. Although I got an email today saying that the Ethiopia program isn't closing, but is slowing down. It is a long story to go into but I am not sure what this will mean for us in the end. We initially thought we would be bringing home our daughter the beginning of 2012 but now I am not so sure what that will look like. God is in control though so I rest in that.

We are getting ready for Frank's return home from this deployment! I can't say when he is coming back but will say that it is this month!!! I am so excited to have my husband, my best friend, my perfect companion home with me. Oh how I have missed him over this past year. When he returns he will have just hit his 5 year mark of being in the military. And sadly, due to training and 2 deployments, we have only lived together 1 and 1/2 years of that 5 years. Aliyah also turns 5 years old this month, thus her daddy has only lived with her 1 1/2 years of her small life so far. I sure hope that there will be a long delay before his next deployment.

Tonight I have 2 extra kiddos in my home. Josiah has 2 friends from cubscouts spending the night. They are great boys, loud when the are all together, but still great boys! I let the kids have friends spend the night for their birthday and this past birthday, Josiah didn't get that chance with his daddy home for his R & R. Thus the reason he has friends over tonight.

I'm tired and will be going to bed here shortly. This is just a quick update and only a partial update into my life....haha!