Sara-Bear is 2! and other stuff

We celebrated Sara's 2nd birthday today with Mom and Dad R, Zack and Josh. Sara enjoyed her cake, but as soon as she saw her little pile of gifts, she was ready to open presents.
Her eyes got big and she kept saying, "Oh my goose (goodness)!" She was so cute! She loved her little baby dolls and her duplicate Mrs. Potato Heads - thanks to her parents and her Uncle Zack getting her the same toy. She loved everything about her little party.

Once we finished with gifts and dishes, we all went swimming. Sara actually swam by herself with her little water wing floaties for the first time. She must be part mermaid, because she loves swimming! After she went under a few times, she learned to keep her mouth closed and would come back up and spit the water out of her mouth and grin. All of the kids enjoy the water. I'm so glad they have the opportunity to swim at Grandma and Papa's house.

After swimming, sunning, napping, and relaxing, we settled down to eat dinner. It was only then that I noticed Libby's other front tooth was missing! It was very much there at lunch time when I tried to pull it and she freaked out on me. She must have lost it in the swimming pool or eaten it with her dinner. Not sure. . . But it's gone anyway. Daddy is currently in negotiations with the Tooth Fairy to bring Libby a little something despite not producing the actual tooth for an even exchange. We'll have to see about that one. . .

I finally made connections with our facilitator at our adoption agency in GA yesterday afternoon. She said that we may hear about Kolya's legal status this week - possibly as early as Monday or Tuesday. If he has been put on the "international adoption list", we are good to proceed with his adoption. If he is not on the list, we are either not able to proceed or are potentially looking at a 14 month waiting period before he is officially available. I'm really struggling with the waiting. Patience has never been one of my virtues. Most nights I can't sleep for all the thoughts jumbling around in my head. I can't believe that Kolya has only been gone a week. It seems like a month since he left. I really miss him - a lot. He was a huge help with the little kids and I miss his company. He is such a sweet kid with a funny sense of humor. Whenever I think of his goofy grin, it makes me smile. I'm holding on to the good memories and praying that we get good news soon.