I am so excited!

Well, folks, WE ARE NUMBER 9! Yippee, yahoo, hallelujah, praise God, YAY! But more than that, I am so excited to "know" the newest CHI mommy! She does not have a blog, and I can not share her son's picture here, but HE IS THE MOST INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY! He is 5 months old and simply adorable. His name is Zachary. I could just squeeze his adorable cheeks. I am so thrilled for her. She made the decision in April to change her dossier to either gender and God has blessed her with this amazing baby boy! She told me that the instant she saw his face that she knew he was her son. (sniff, sniff). Her name is Melissa and if you would like to leave her a message of congratulations here, I will make sure she gets them. She checks my blog often and it would just add to her joy to know that we all share in her excitement. She PROMISES that if we get Kaylee's referral before she travels, that she will snuggle her for us and whisper in her little ears that her mommy and daddy love her very much!
Congratulations, Mommy, your son is so beautiful! Thank you, Zachary, for being born. You have brought us one step closer to our little girl.

Other exciting news is this. Dwayne came home today and announced that he wanted us to get away and go to Branson next week. Now let me tell you something. First, I cleaned out my ears, then after I picked my face up off the floor after falling out of the chair, I started jumping up and down with joy. Why am I so excited about going to Branson of all places? Well, it is not the fact that we are going to Branson, but rather the fact that we are going anywhere for one night, not to mention three nights, that is farther than 30 miles from our house. That's right, folks, Dwayne is one of the homebodies. We have just had so much emotional stuff going on lately that I think he just decided, after some prompting from a dear friend, that he and I would go away somewhere. We had always talked about going to Branson, in fact I tried to get him to go for our 10th anniversary which was 5 years ago. The last time we went overnight (and I mean it was only overnight) anywhere was on our honeymoon, 15 years ago. So you can imagine my shock when he asked me about boarding the dogs and taking a road trip. This may just be the medicine we need to regroup and find each other again. In my day of prayer last week I asked God to bring us closer together and to help us grow closer together. I think God had a little hand in this one! Thanks, God, you always know when to send us the surprises! I am so excited I am beside myself. One on one time with my hubby, no work, no phone, just us! I am going to relish every minute of it. Has anyone visited Branson before? If so, what was your favorite show or attraction. I already have a few picked out and we are going to definitely go to the Dixie Stampede. I want to visit the Hollywood Wax Museum. I think this is just what the doctor ordered as a distraction from the adoption.
So, gotta clean the dust off the suitcase, (well, actually break in the suitcase I bought to go to Vietnam) and make my roadtrip shopping list, etc. This is so exciting!