Hi All

Not much going on with us. Reese finished up another swimming class but can go to the next level until she does a front and back flip. She starts her next class April 6th.

Jeff has been working a lot as usual. He puts Reese down at night and ends up falling asleep with her. I haven't been waking him up because I know he needs the rest.

Rees and I are going to my Moms on Monday for the week. It is Reese's spring break and we need to spend some time with my Grandmother.

Mom, Reese and I are leaving for FL on April 23rd. We are going for Shawn's 50th birthday. We will also spend some time at the condo in Miami. Jeff will fly into West Palm on May 2nd and we will spend a few more days with Shawn and then we will all go to Disney for Reese's birthday. She is so excited. She tells everyone her birthday is May 6th and she is going to Disney and then asks if they want to go with her. We will be home on the 8th or 9th of May.

Barbie and Debbie I am still looking for trips for June. With everything going on in Mexico I don't know if we want to think about it at all now. I am still trying to find something in the Dominican. Prices are much better if we go before July. I will let you know when I find anything else.

Jeff and I decided not to get Reese's biological half sister. I have talked with the foster family who have her a few times and they seem like good people. They are in the same situation Jeff and I were when we got Reese so we feel for them. We don't know if Zoe will have problems due to being addicted to crack and another drug or not. We do know she went through withdraw. She was 7 weeks early and isn't on track in regards to holding her head up. If we were to get her we would have to go through the fostering program because she is in the custody of the state. That would take several months and would only allow the foster family to become more attached. They are in their 40's and unable to have children. Jeff and I discussed how upset we stayed during the time we were trying to get Reese not knowing if she would be taken away from day to day and we couldn't do that to another couple. When I talked with the foster father, Dana, he cried when I told him we wouldn't take her away from them. We have agreed to stay in touch and tell the girls when they are older and the time is right. We are still going to have a paper drawn up by an attorney stating they will send pictures, allow visits, and let the girls have a relationship if wanted. We also told them if something stopped them from adopting her we would take her.

It was a hard decision for Jeff and I but in the end we think it was the right one. I just hope Reese feels the same way when she is old enough to know about it.

Reese and the little boy (age 7) next door played out tonight making "poop". They were very enthused about it. They both were covered with mud when they went in for the night. Reese said she loved to get dirty.

Nothing else going on with us. Hope everyone else is doing well.
Love you all.