Stop the clock please!

Time is flying by like the speed of light! I need it to slow down, way down!
I was hoping to have my house on the market by our Make a Wish trip. Then I realized that our trip is two weeks away!
What the heck? Where is the time going?
There is no way my house is going to be ready to go on the market in two weeks. Now I know that I need to get my butt in gear and get this house ready, or our family will never be together in California!
I'm frustrated beyond words because we still haven't received our adoption tax credit. I know many adoptive families are in our same boat. Some families are planning on using this money for another adoption. We need it to replenish our savings we drained when adopting Arina. Without this money I can't get Ray into an apartment. Soon we won't be able to afford to fly him home as much as we'd like. He's tired of living out of his suitcase, in a less than ideal living situation.
I'm just trying to remember that good will come, I have to be patient, but man its hard!!

This weekend with daddy here was of course, another whirlwind. Friday and Saturday morning we worked on getting the front yard beautiful, so there's one thing crossed off the list.
We played with the kids, daddy soaked up every minute of them. I'm amazed that Arina is never afraid of Ray when he comes home. She doesn't forget, she knows who her daddy is!




Jaxson had some great smiles for daddy!





Carter had his first superleague games on Saturday. Back to back games, that really sucked, because the boys were exhausted for the second game. I'm hoping our next games have breaks in between.
The first game was a nailbiter. We held them and won by one point! They were so tired for the second game that they weren't able to hold the other team back.
I can tell Carter still needs to build his confidence back up. He is doing fabulous in practice, almost hitting home runs, which is unheard of by an 8 year old. But after his verbally abusive coaches in his fall league, he still has to remember that these coaches love him, and he doesn't have to worry about being screamed at! Its amazing how much damage coaches can do. This is an allstar player, reduced to nothing by belittling words. It was hard because I wanted to pull him out, but Ray didn't want him thinking he could just quit if it got rough. I don't know who was right, only that Carter just shut down. He quit hitting, and he just plain quit playing!
His new team is coaches he had two years ago. They adore him, and when they formed this team, even though its a 10 year old team, they asked Carter to play for them! I'm excited to see how this team progresses!



Jax has an echo and cardiology appointment tomorrow. I'm nervous about his echo, but want the info, because it will tell us if we definitely need to go back to the cath lab and see whats going on with his little body. Then I have to decide who's going to do the cath. Yikes!