The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

First off..

Congratulations to Lyndsey and Alex who tag teamed their first full marathon - and did so in freezing cold windy weather. You guys are awesome! Hopefully you can come and run in the Honlulu Marathon sometime!

Cris and I have just been in our usual routine...work all day, come home and play with the dogs, sleep and then work again. We've both been working a lot lately, which is ok for now b/c it takes our mind off of the terrible waiting. We have officially been in the adoption game since October, so 6 months now, which really isn't too long considering some people wait 2 years or more to complete an adoption, but it still feels so long.
Oh, while i was writing this i just got an email from Katie, our case worker at the agency. it says

"For now, we are currently getting licensed in another area in Vietnam. The orphanage in which we will be working has many children needing homes, and we have been told that there are babies in the orphanage waiting for placement. We are already working on our license and should be up and running soon with the area. Gina should have more information available to me tomorrow, but I just wanted to give you all an immediate update."

sounds promising. maybe i will have more news tomorrow.

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