the Life of Olena

I am beside myself with joy today. We as a family have had an amazing year thus far and today there was another great addition to our many blessings...Jason was offered an job today! and we are so excited. It has great potential and is only 7 minutes from home. My stomach is swirling with butterflies as I type. He just starting looking for a job in January, and the economy is so bad right now, especially here in Michigan. He worked for Motion for 16 years. It was is first and only job at the time he was let go. This was his first interview since looking, and his first interview EVER! We are so unbelievably blessed and I am so proud of him, I am nearly jumping out of my skin. The money is good, and the plans we have for me staying at home should all fall into place in the next couple of months, pending all goes well with this new position. We have been working so hard this last year to work towards making the family life we were hoping for...J working close to home, me being h...

At St. Clement Church at 5pm in the evening I married Jason Michael Warchol in front of about 250 family and friends. It was a Friday, not too cold and minimal snow covered the ground. Believe it or not, I was as cool as the wintry day. We had a beautiful candle light reception with about 400 people and followed this amazing day with a 2 week honeymoon in Bora Bora. AMAZING HONEYMOON! (on a side note, I am convinced that Tahiti is truely a piece of Heaven that fell to earth) Jason and I had been together for 3 years, and though we were not high school sweethearts, or long time lovers...we were great companions. I knew Jason would be a honest, hard working husband and father and that is what mattered to me. We didn't have a fairy tale story, we met in a bar on a Sunday night. I didn't know him sober for the first two weeks of our time together, and he was sloppy bachelor who lived in his father's basement! but, on the other hand he was handsome...honest....fun........

Not the best quality at all because my scanner is broken but it was better than nothing. I was determined to have something after sitting here for 2 hours trying to fix this darn printer/scanner. Just married!!! my handsome husband! one of my flowers girls, and my favorite....Sophia! My maid-of-honor and best friend for life, Rickie. Yes she was as mad as she looks. The girl fell apart that day and was very emotional. Guess she thought she was loosing a sister instead of gaining a brother!

Why, while cleaning up my daughters room today, did I find a very disgusting stash of boogers wiped on the side of her night stand? That is just gross.

FINALLY!! after a year and a half, my very good friend Adriana sent me pictures from her wedding! THANK YOU! they are beautiful. Look how tiny Olena looks! WOW! she is getting so big so fast.

OK so I am having baby fever again. I really really want to add to our family and though at times I feel I am ok with waiting, most of the time I on the other side...wishing for another child. There are so many road blocks in the way though, no matter which way I turn. Getting pregnant - no luck at this point. I could try fertility but the cost is crazy and at this point my blood pressure is still too high I don't feel right risking my health or even losing a baby. But also the longer I wait, the older I get, and the harder it can be and the higher the risk. SIGH!!! Adoption has been lingering above my head again lately too. BUT there is no money for that right now. With J being unemployed for over a year we don't exactly have a very prosperous money tree to be banking for another adoption. When we started our adoption in 2004 the average cost of a domestic infant adoption was 10K, what I found yesterday was 15-20K plus birth mother expenses. WHOLLY COW! that is what we...