Happy Halloween!

Time to scare up goodies for those little trick or treaters coming to your door tonight. I have my WIC approved size bag of candy waiting for the little munchinks or Christopher and his friends! Jose is attending parties with Crystal. I don't think I want to see that costume. I'm sure it will be risque.

We ar elooking forward to going to KY for Thanksgiving this year. We haven't been to KY since April for a funeral. I'll be glad to see family and friends. I can't forget to pack a parka for mom and dad's house. It is always meat-locker cold in there.

Jorge and I have already booked our next cruise. We'll be headed to sunny Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Marteen. Jorge hasn't been to PR since he left at the age of 5. Looks like we'll get to visit and see some family while we are there. The next voyage will take place in April 2008. We had to assure Chris he would have his birthday gift before we left. The ship is Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas. A huge ship with lots to offer. Mom and Dad are going along with friends from church, Tammy and David Tester. Should be a great trip and we're counting down the days until we leave.

Ok...what you want to know about the pregnancy issue. Jorge's family always asks when the baby is coming. Well...not this month! I have just read about a great ovulation tester called the OV Watch. You wear it like any other watch and it tells you your best fertile days. This will hopefully take the guess work out of knowing when I'm fertile or when to "make a baby!" We are getting stressed out and I see the dissapointment in my husband's eyes month after month. I/We aren't giving up. This is a dream for both of us and we know God will answer our prayers for a baby. I always thought I would have trouble conceiving, but didn't realize how dissapointed I would be or frustrated. I guess I will just lay it all in God's hands because only He can make my dreams a reality. I know he had plans for us...I just wish he'd clue us in on occassion. In any case, wish us luck and keep praying for us.

Adoption: I know we mentioned adoption earlier and yes...we sent in our application. We have to wait for an informational meeting in January sometime. This takes place in Columbia SC. I kept feeling like we needed to go down this road. So did Jorge. Everyone tells us as soon as we adopt, we'll get pregnant. That's just fine with me. Double blessings is all I see! We'll let you know more as we do. So far, all we've done is prelim stuff.

The Valentin's

PS: I promise...those cruise pictures are coming. ;0) ><>