Happy Birthday

Rick brought home this Cold Stone cake.



Rick surprised me yesterday with some very nice gifts and the kids cleaned the house. It was a great afternoon
Rick is the best man in a wedding in a few weeks. Tonight was the bachelor party. So Nara and I went shopping and ate dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. I bought Caroline a dress and Nara a shock pen.
Rick and I will go out to dinner Saturday night.

Today was quite a day. It was not your average birthday. Some of you know that we are also on the special needs list. We received a phone call this morning from our agency (at 4 am) letting us know that they had found a possible match; a beautiful little girl with a heart problem. As the day went on we discovered that the heart problem was very complex and a little more than we thought we could handle. So around 4 this afternoon we made a very painful decision to not take the special needs referral. We know that we could be matched again next month but it still has left me sad tonight. This is a birthday that I will not forget and a little girl that has now become a part of our story just not our family.