Q&A #116

OK you big meany! You were missing only your children?? What about your Mom who was taking care of your children? You keep forgetting me! LOL (kind of)...
My house is v-e-r-r-r-y quiet and now I'm missing your children. I know! You can have them in the mornings and I'll take them at night - around 7:30 PM? It amazes me how easy it is to put them to bed! Glad you are home - I missed YOU!
Yes, I missed YOU too!!! :) I knew you were running crazy taking care of the kids :). You probably hardly even noticed I was gone... or was begging for me to come back! haha My house is VERRRRRY loud.... you can come visit ANY time! LOL

OH I thought she came home with you......when will she be here in the states?
Nope not yet... hopefully the first week of December.

Is there a reason Kellseys hair is so short? I know some institutes do it for sanitary reasons.
ALL the kids have short hair there... I think it is to keep down on lice, etc. I can't wait to grow it out! :) On that note, Frank told me that they cut it AGAIN! I wish they'd leave her alone! She's MINE now! *sniff*

So you're saying that Kennedy's a movie star now?! Wow! This is so exciting!!!!!!!!!
LOL not quite... but she makes an ADORABLE extra! :) I will get pics posted soon... the few that I actually have!

by the way were you the one that asked about the aussie freeze spray. if so did u find it, because our commissary has it
Yep that was me! I found some finally about bought like 6 cans and stashed it in case they run out out again. They must have just been out temporarily... to drive me nutso! LOL Thanks though! :)

I can't believe you titled a post 'They're BACK!!!' i nearly fell of my chair with excitment thinking it was Frank and Kellsey!!! and now sweets seems a real anti-climax haha!!
LOL Sorry!!! Didn't mean to over excite you! I get excited about little things, apparently! haha

Did you see the recipe for Kisses Candy Cane Swirl Cheesecake on the bag of candy?
I did! I'm not a huge cheesecake fan, but Frank would probably love it!

OMGoodness....Did you see this past week? I laughed, I cried, and it explained a whole lot! I LOVE GLEE!
I still haven't seen it, but I have it saved to watch. I've been too busy reading! LOL

also, does Frank by any chance have a brother my age? I gotta find a guy who gets ds, so that I can adopt one day (I only have four more years before I am eligible age wise so I gotta start saving my money!)
LOL His only brother is married, sorry!

Interesting that there's hardly any response to this post. It's interesting to see different points of view. Always good to have as much information as possible if you're contemplating doing this.
Yes, I thought it was interesting, too!

I would love to try and send her a card, too! Do you know the name of the dollar store in her area?
I don't know, that's a great idea though! Maybe Polly could chime in here or you could just stick a few $1 bills in? I think Dollar Trees are nation wide, but I'm not sure.

May I copy this post to my blog? I would love for as many people as possible to pray for Kristen and send her a card.
Absolutely! Thanks for spreading the word!!!

So, maybe Kellsey will be HOME when it airs? Are you able to send in a photo of all of you together for the producers to tag at the end of your segment? can't wait to see it!
I am hoping she WILL be home! We'll see! I think it'll be too late to send in a photo though.

Do you know if the show will be available on-line? I don't get that channel.
Unfortunately, I don't know. I am HOPING so. I hate it that so many people don't have this channel! I'll let you know as soon as I find out!

Where r u thinking of getting that dress up trunk from? Im looking for 1 and wanting to see if I can get a great deal.
Well, that particular one is from Lillian Vernon, but someone commented and said that it's made REALLY poorly, and left a link to an ebay store with much better made stuff... go back to that post and look for it. I have checked it out a little and may buy the girls a few things from there.

Very funny....is it the real hotline??? Thanks for sharing.
As far as I know, yes. :)

OK, people, I can't use phones (My cochlear implant isn't the best) and besides I'm in a different country, so I can't call the 800 number listed. Please someone tell me what's going on!
LOL OK if you don't press 1 for English or 2 for Spanish then it will ask you if you want to continue in pig latin (and he's speaking in pig latin) it's really cute... then it will say, "To hear a knock-knock joke, press 4!" and if you press it, it will really tell you knock-knock jokes and other fun stuff! Like I said, random silliness! hehe

gotta love it, can i please steal it
Of course! :o)

Curious, what was the reason for the 10 day wait? Has Frank seen Kellsey since Monday?
All just part of the process... some regions waive the 10 day wait, ours never does. I'm not exactly sure what the purpose is. Frank has seen Kellsey once for a few minutes since Monday, but then they abruptly made him leave because of a surprise inspection due to the quarantine. *sigh* Almost over!!!

So exciting! Yay for the ten days being waived! :-)
What I loved with my cousin's recent adoption was that they never had to wait for the Ukrainian passports: the kids just got the Israeli ones.
Not waived, just over :). I wish Kellsey could just get U.S. documents, it would make our lives so much easier! LOL

Thanks for posting this. I will definitely be sending something Kristen's way. I sent you an email: I don't know any other mom's whose kids have survived cancer (all the moms I was close to lost their kids, unfortunately)and have a couple of questions for you.
Hey Lori, I never got an email from you... maybe you haven't had time to send it yet, but I just wanted to make sure it didn't get lost in cyberspace so you didn't think I was ignoring you. :)