I am sitting here this evening thinking back on our time in Kazakhstan. I am so thankful for Hannah and that God has allowed us to be her parents. Our time in Kazakhstan was amazing and I am thankful to God for it. I am also feeling very deeply burdened for the children left behind. There are so many children over there with no one to love  them and it breaks my heart. To think that there are so many kids that don't have someone to hold them when they cry, rock them to sleep at night,and kiss their hurt away. I don't think anyone truly understands this until you see it with your own eyes. The day I walked into Hannah's room at the baby house and saw all of the baby beds lined up and all of the little babies laying there, was a major eye opener for me.  While I know deep down that it is not God's will for us to adopt again right now, my prayer is that our story will influence just one family to open up their hearts and homes to a child to love.

Day three of potty training is done and Hannah only had one accident! Can you believe it?! She is doing so well it amazes me! I thought that she would have trouble today because we were on the go all day but she did not have any accidents at all while we were out. The only accident she had was first thing this morning and I think she forgot that she had panties on so when she peed she freaked out because she got dirty. After she remembered that she is now wearing panties she didn't have any more accidents. I am so proud of her. She gets so excited when she pees in the potty it is so cute. She will say "ooh I hear me pee" and get this cute little excited look on her face. The reward program is working like a charm. Tomorrow may be a tough day because we are going to the state fair so hopefully she will do well. We are wearing pull ups just in case there is an accident. She is very excited to go to the fair and see the animals . She is also tall enough to ride the rides this year so she is looking forward to that too.

Well miss Hannah is now potty training! We started yesterday and she is doing great. She only had three small accidents on her first day which is pretty good. Today is day two and she did great! She only had three accidents and did great the rest of the day. She is catching on very quickly! We are using a reward system where every time she pees in the potty she gets two blue m&m's (blue is her favorite color) and when she poo's in the potty she gets three blue m&m's and a sticker. This system works great for her. We have a busy day planned for saturday so I am nervous about how this will affect her on the potty training front. we shall see I guess! Hopefully she will do well. Im going to have to pack lots of m&m's!

Yesterday Hannah was riding her Dora tricycle down the hallway and she had her pillow and blanket in the basket on the front. She came over to me and said "come on mom get ready" I asked her where we were going and her response shocked me. She said "going to Kazakhstan" I said "we are?" and she said "yep gonna go play at the park"! Then she told her daddy to get his shoes on and get ready. We always show her pictures of us in Kazakhstan and at the baby house but none of our pictures have a park in them. This is something she made up on her own. I had to laugh because it was like she thought Kaz was just down the road and it was a vacation spot. Oh how far from the truth on both counts! I love this baby and her vivid imagination! She amazes us daily!