The Weekend

Hello everyone,
Well Saturday started out by Jeff going and picking Madison up at the orphanage because we over slept and our ride was here 5 minutes after we woke up..So for the sake of not scaring the driver and Madison to death I sent Jeff...When they got back Jeff came in and said we have a happy little girl today and he was right she followed him in and she was all smiles...All day she was happy and joking and talking just like we turned a corner. We went out walking for a while and to the grocery to get stuff for dinner and then back to the apartment to relax. We watched TV and played solitaire and she stole Jeff's pillow and thought it was funny...Its nice to hear her laugh. We told her that if she wanted we would take her bowling tomorrow and she could invite a friend if the director at the orphanage will let us have another child. She said she would really like that and so we said ok....We had to have her back at 700pm and when we pulled up there were so many kids there and she told us that the rest of the kids had come back from camp on Saturday...so she got out and was greeted by some friends we have never met. We told her bye and that we would be back on Sunday at 12 to get her and her friend. She said ok.

This morning we were woke by Oksanna she was already at the orphanage and called to let us know that they were allowing us to keep Madison for 2 nights..So we picked her and her friend up and went bowling...They were so cute. Neither had bowled before and her friend probably only weighs 65 lbs soaking wet and she is 11. Much smaller than Madison...she is also being adopted...She picked up a bowling ball that weighed 16 lbs ha...it was funny....anyway Madison has a competive nature about her...she did good...she got 2 strikes...she also made it hard on papa...thats what she calls Jeff.....He ordered them french fries and cokes and ice cream...Its funny because we will say something and Madison's friend looks at her and Madison tells her what we are saying so it just goes to show she knows what we are saying...ha...so we brought them to our apartment and they got their baths and put clean clothes on and Jeff is making dinner and the girls are just chatty Cathy's...we havent heard Madison talk this much in a month...so we are going to try to talk them into putting on a show or dance for us later but Madison is refusing....as usual...but her friend...thats a different story...so we will see which one wins....we are excited about having 2 days of not going back to the orphanage we think it will be good for her and us and her English...We are also excited that she can sleep in tomorrow and not be woke at 700...we plan on having her a nice breakfast for her when she wakes up...As I type the music is blaring in her room and possibly the teenager is coming out...ha...She did give Jeff the please can I have it look with sad eyes and head cocked to one side...lol....I am sure all you dad of girls know the look...putty in her hand....it is SAD.....She is also singing now and she sings great....really great..she has a beautiful voice...so I am sure we will have plenty to write about in the next few days so we will just blog every so often so you dont miss anything...it will be nice to sleep knowing she is safe with us......Thanks and keep praying because we will be running around getting paperwork the next few days so we can get to court Wednesday....