First Hair Cut

Here is her before shot!!!

Getting ready for the cut

And the beautiful results!!!

Kenna turned 17 months old on the 22nd and on the 25th she got her very first professional hair cut. (mommy cut her hair a few months ago to help even out the ends in the back)

We are still waiting to hear from the Tribe - we have given up on anyone telling us a time frame, because it has NEVER been within their time limit....so we wait and wait and wait.....

Newest Information

It is so hard to believe that Kenna is almost 17 months old!! (I think I say that each month) anyways...

We called the attorney on Monday and they said that our petition was mailed to the Tribe last week. She believes that this process will be longer than 90 days that we were hoping for and that the Tribe WILL want another home study done.

We hope to have more information directly from the Tribe soon...

Still Nothing

Some super cute pictures!

Waiting on the Tribe

We have ALL of our information in to the attorney as of Friday! Delivery confirmation is a wonderful thing!!! So now we wait...our attorney SHOULD have all of our paperwork to the Tribe next week.

Here are some specific prayer requests:
1. For Judge Dawson to reside over this case
2.That the Judge does not need any further information from us that will be an additional cost *like another homestudy
3. Garage sale - Rain date - to do well
4. The Judge will expedite our case and not wait for 90 days.

Thanks for keeping up with our progress! We are praying to be complete soon!

15 Months Old and Kayla's Gotcha Day

Kenna continues to be our little "peanut"! She has weighed in at just 18.7lbs! She is developmentally right on target, she's just petite! She continues to be a joy and makes everyone smile that sees her. She loves to play with her big sister and so far big sister still loves playing with her! She does like more breaks.....

We should have our petition to the Tribe next week! After that the Tribe will have 90 days to schedule our Court Date - so this should all be final no later than September 12th?!? PRAYERFULLY;)

Kayla's GOTCHA DAY was May 31st! We celebrate the day she legally became Kayla Elizabeth Kelley! Her adoption was finalized just 5 months after her birth! This year she received a White Water Season Pass! As you can see from the pictures she was VERY surprised!! What a blessing she continues to be in our lives! She has the sweetest, most giving heart of any little girl I have met! I am so blessed that God choose us to be her parents! WOW! He is SO GOOD!!!

Some news, and Cute Pictures:)

So FINALLY we received word from our attorneys office. But NOT what we wanted to hear! They are hoping to have the petition completed and sent to the Tribe within the next 2 weeks! I'm irritated and wonder what have they been doing since March....but we trust that this is just what has to be done.

Once the Tribe receives the petition, they have 90 days to set our Court date. Our attorney is looking into if they can expedite our case, if this can be done there is a possibility that our hearing could be within one week of them receiving the petition! But either way, we should have our answer no later than the end of August.

We have to bring Kenna with us and typing those words brings tears to my eyes. Please continue to pray for us...there is a REAL possibility that we will come home without our precious daughter (she will ALWAYS be my girl!!) So I can't stay on this anymore...so here are some super cute pictures of my girls!

Love you all and thanks for your many prayers!

BTW - our garage sale is THIS Friday and Saturday! Again we are amazed and awed by all that you have contributed, we will post pictures later:)