Reasons to celebrate today!

So many things to celebrate today:
1. Our voyage to Russia began two years ago today! We never thought it would take this long but Mischa Grace was worth the wait and she will be home soon! It will be 7 weeks tomorrow since we left her...seems like forever. We had a conference call today with our agency to do our travel and court prep for our second trip. They think we will get a court date within the next two weeks. YEAH! Once we have a court date we have about 6 days to get ready to go! OMG! We are not sure about the 10 day wait being waived so we will need to plan to be there for about three weeks. We hope it gets waived but if it doesn't it will give Mischa Grace time to get to know us before we turn her world upside down. The poor girl has never been in a car not to mention a plane.

2. Aunt Lyndsay, Dan's little sister, turns 30 today! She is being whisked away by her friends to a secret location to celebrate! Have Fun and Happy Birthday Lyndsay!

3. Granite has officially hit the 12-week mark of her recovery so she should be fully recovered from her surgery. She will never be able to do many of the things she used to (not sure that is a bad thing:) but we can put away the crate and she can get some more exercise and play time. She is excited for her new playmate and has been sleeping by Mischa's crib. Even though there is black dog hair all over ... it's pretty cute! We're not sure if we should put Mischa Grace on the wall in her room or Granite & Gracie!

4. It's Friday and we have a fun-filled weekend planned!