We made it to Los Angeles!!!!

Sorry for being such a lousy blogger!! But the day has finally come and we are sitting as I type in Lax... We are flying Asiana to Seoul Korean and then Hangzhou China..We get in on Saturday and have a day and a half to relax. We will get Katie on Monday in China. I dont know what time that will be. We are very excited about becoming a family of four. Allison knows that she will a big sister to Katie and she cant wait. Thanks for making the last year bearable for our family. We are looking forward to the comments!!! It makes us a feel a bit like home. Please pray that Katie will adjust and not mourn too much.

We will have Shutterfly as a back up...http://katherinesjourneyhome@shutterfly.com

Love, The Ost Family

Were Going To China/ Halloween/ Allie 3rd B-Day Party!

Hello everyone!! I hope this blog post finds everyone happy & healthy! We have had alot going on the last few weeks. Last weekend was Halloween, Allie had two of her friends over to spend

the night, eat dinner and we went out Trick O Treating. What we noticed was there was not too many families opening their doors for candy this year. It's very sad how hard this economy has been hit. But they still managed to get alot of stash. The next morning the girls all woke up, I fixed them pancakes, they played and we got ready to head over to "As You Wish"..it's a pottery place where the kids could pick out a piece of pottery and paint it. Allie had about 15 kids attend her birthday party, they had cupcakes and goodie bags. I think they all had a good time. After the party we took Allie and Grandma to the Cracker Barell for dinner. Allie loves this place..... We had to have Allie's party early this year as her birthday is close to Thanksgiving. And we knew we would be traveling around her birthday. Fast foward to Thursday 11/5/09 It was

about 8:00pm, I got on the computer and saw their was a message from my amazing China Coordinator. " It said that our TRAVEL APPROVAL LEFT CHINA AND WOULD BE AT OUR AGENCY ON MONDAY 11/09/09." I called and spoke with Sue Sorrels and she has placed our seats on hold. We asked for a consulate appointment of 12/15/09. Yesterday I recieved another email with our Tentative dates. We will leave 12/03/09 and will return on 12/19/09 same exact day of the month we returned with Allie. I will try and post on this blog from China but I'm not sure it will work. So I will have another website running as a back up and will put a link up on this blog.

09/12/09 Our Family Shower! Thanks Cuz!!

Bubby Debbie came in from Tuscon

Our friends Chris and Beth Calkins.

Thank you Julie for everything!! I love you very much!!

I cant wait to see the girls in these next yr.

Matching dresses from Hawaii!

They will have a blast on this!!

"I cant believe Allie is a big sister"

The girls will have a blast with this tea set!

These will come in handy!

Another family shot!

Daddy, Mommy, and Sister Allie.

The Potato and spoon game. Kids had alot of fun with this.

Christy, Kathy Jo, Hope, Selina, and I.

My friend Cindy helping with the limbo game.

The kids getting ready to play limbo

Our friends the Pearlman's

Haylee, Allie, and Leah having fun!

Cousin's Rueben and Tonia from California

Our friends Jackie and Jude

This beautiful train was made by Aunt Selina

Cousin Rueben, Allie, Daddy, Debbie, and Cousin Tonia

Me, Debbie and Cousin Tonia, the night before!

Pics from Sept and Oct 2009

"Happy sixth birthday Leah"

"Happy birthday fifth birthday Bryson"

" Calling Doctors Bryson and Allie"

Allie and Rachel after a long day at the mall!

"Maggie caught in the act"

Allie loves to watch Iowa football with Daddy.

Miss Maggie in bed with her BFF Allie.

Bryson and Allie such a cute little pair.

Happy Forever Family Day Allie #2

What number is this Daddy??