29 years and counting...

Yesterday was my birthday and it was awesome!!

Highlights ( in no particular order):

Two sweet friends at work got me a cake!!!

My entire 6th grade class (70 girls) sang Happy Birthday to me. It was loud and overwelming!

One of my Challengers made me a handmade card that said this:

"Coach Yancey, You are the best gym teacher I've ever had. I hope you have a great birthday with your family. I can't wait to see your adoption child. You will be such a good mom to he/she, just like you are to your students. I love you dearly!" I love that they are getting to follow along the journey with us.

Nonie's teacher texted me "Happy 3rd Birthday". Nonie says I am 3, because Wylie is 1, she is 2, which would naturally make me 3 and Daddy 4!!

My husband wrote a post on facebook from ALL my children (not the soap opera, ha):

"Happy Birthday Mama. We love you. Love, Nonie, Wyile, and Fancy (save some cake for me, Mama)"

My husband made dinner and a cake !

My parents came over and brought me flowers!!

Countless Facebook and text messages!

The last email of the night included this picture: All of the Wright children in their shirts!!! Love.

Then, first thing this morning (not technically my birthday, but I am used to the last day of February being mine, so I think today is mine too, hehe), I received this picture of my precious neice dressed as a PE teacher for school today! Um, AWESOME!!!

Growing up is fun.

Family Pics

Keeping the tradition of the shoes picture! We have a pair for you Fancy!!!

Shirts! Shirts! Shirts!

This is Sonji! She works with some of my challenger students!!

This is Lauryn! She subs at my school frequently and her mom works here as well!

This is Amy. She is our preschool minster at Station Hill!!

The one and only Jenna Grace! She is a rockstar at our house! The girls love her! She decided to rock her shirt Saturday running errands!!

Guidance Ladies! Mrs. High and Mrs. Hahn! Love them!

Love all these people and these pics!! Can't wait to give out all the shirts in Bowling Green this weekend and my AL family is getting theirs today!! Praise Him!!!

Craft Night

Saturday night my friends Sandra and Christine and I had a craft night fundraiser to raise additional funds for our adoption! It was a huge success and ridiculous amounts of fun! Plus, everyone went home with an original work of art for their home. It is so fun to see how different everyone's turned out!! I am so thankful and blessed by each and everyone of these women!

First, we each had to choose a canvas and scrapbook paper.

Next, we had to decide if we would do the flower/sun type design or a country. If you chose the flower/sun then you started cutting out petals. If you chose a country, then you started tracing the stencil and cutting out parts of the country.

Then, you glued them on your canvas using modge podge (sp-who knows!).

My starting point.

Finished product, the glue was still drying.

Rachel and LA letting Christine feel short!

Group shot! I look like a goof, because I had to run into the pic!

Another attempt, still goofy! Ha!

Sooo much fun!!!

HOME STUDY APPROVAL!!!!

Well, the title gives it away, but our

home study was approved and we applied to

USCIS

today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow!!!

More shirt pics to make you happy!!!

This is Miss Allison! She is Wylie's teacher and as you can see, gets to spend part of the day with Nonie too!! We love her! She brought her entire family to our Chickfila night too!!

ps. love that my girls do not pose on command! oh well!!

This is Miss Allison's daughter! She rocked her shirt at school last week!!

This is our good friend from church, Christy!! Looking good!

And as promised, this is the Perkins Family now that the girls have their shirts!! Plus, Dana got another one! Lovin' the green!!!

Can't express my gratitude! Can't even begin to explain the daily blessings along this journey!!

Our Tshirt is in AFRICA!!!!!!

Yes, you read that correctly! Our tshirt made it all the way to Africa-to Uganda to be exact!!! This is quite possibly the closest our shirt will get to Fancy until he or she comes home!

This is my friend Jamie! She is in Gulu, Uganda with Sweet Sleep this week distributing more than 1300 beds, blankets, bibles, and mosquito nets! She is a close friend of mine and supported our adoption journey in more ways than I can count. She also has adopted from Nepal and has been through the journey herself!

I am so proud of her for going!!!

She posted a blog today on Sweet Sleep's Blog...it will change you. Please go here and read it and then pray about giving to Sweet Sleep to help fund these beds, blankets, bibles, and mosquito nets!!! It will change a life!!!

Thank you Jamie!!!

More of Fancy's Fan Club

These are my sweet, sweet cousins!! Courtney is my age and just had her second babygirl! Her oldest is about Nonie's age. Both Nonie and Addie were named after their precious, loving great-grandmothers. If you can't tell, I am a part of a very special family!! Sharon is Courney's mama. There are 3 generations supporting Fancy!!! He or she is so blessed!!!

All the girls, including the newest addition, Sophie!!

This is Ms. Lisa! She used to be Nonie's teacher. She is still at the school and most days Nonie will sneak down to her room for a hug before she leaves!!

Fancy, I love you so much. I cannot wait to hold you in my arms and introduce you to all of these people who are praying for and supporting you!!

More Shirt Pics :-)

This is Sophia! She is the daughter of my coworker. She was adopted domestically, but her birth mother is from Zimbabwe!! This little girl is full of life and fills the room with joy!!

This our friend Helen. She and Brother worked Special Friends camp together years ago. She is now a Special Education Teacher and a phenomenal one at that!!

This is Ms. Hollie! She was Wylie's preschool teacher and is likely to be Fancy's when he or she arrives!! We love Ms. Hollie!!

This is Carter and he is my good friend Liz's son! I have gotten to watch Carter grow up. I used to see him in the coffee shop. He is a great little boy! Liz recently got married and moved away and we miss her greatly! She was Nonie's Sunday School teacher at one point! She has also been a friend of mine since middle school. Her sisters bought shirts last night for their little ones! Can't wait to see those pics either!!

And because they are so cute (and twins) here is Brother and his baby (for the moment) Wylie sportin their shirts!!!

I have definitely blogged about this girl before, this is Robin my best friend from high school and her fiance Patrick!!! They are getting married in July!!! Love them and so happy for them!!!

Placing the 2nd order first thing Monday morning, so let me know if you want a shirt of your own!!! Woo Hoo!!!!

Chickfila Night

The Chickfila Night was not a huge monetary success, BUT it was such a huge encouragement and blessing to see so many people supporting us. I literally had people there from every stage of my life!!! There was a friend from high school, college, camp, church, Wylie's preschool teacher, preschool friends, my coworkers, my students, and my church family! It was amazing!!

David and Hannah. They are adopting from Ethiopia!

Wylie and Nonie were totally ok with Chickfila for dinner!!

Two of my students. They came all the way from Columbia with their grandparents. They are also both Challengers!

The Canadas came and brought their neighbors!

The Barnes!!

The newest Canada-Paxton

Our friend Bucky who we both worked camp with!

My dear friend, Samantha! She is adopting from Uganda!

Jill and Mary Brooks!!

Another one of my students and a Challenger!

They played all night!!!

Partners in fundraising crime!

The Swords kids!

Peek-a-boo!!