Joy! Joy! Joy!

The next best thing to learning about our own adoptive future, is experiencing the joy of other adoptive families!  To know that another child has found their forever home and another family feels complete.  A week from Monday, I am privileged to attend my very first airport party for a friend returning home with her daughter.  I cannot wait to see the joy on her face!

I cannot stress how important making connections with other adoptive families is during this journey.  Although we are all on different roads, they all lead to family.  The support we give one another during this amazingly difficult journey is an absolute necessity! 

First Day of School!

This time of year is always filled with a range of emotions for us.  Excitement about the awesome kids we're going to have in our classrooms this year, nervousness about how we'll meet their needs, bummers that we can't sleep in anymore...  This year, however, we are faced with a new emotion.  Tony and I spend our days taking care of other people's children.  Now that we are (hopefully) on the cusp of becoming parents ourselves, it's creeping into our consciousness that others will soon be the teachers and caretakers of our children.  With that in mind, we go into this year with the mindset that the little ones coming into our room are someone else's whole world.  Although we have known this before, our awareness is heightened.  I can't wait to support all the amazing work the parents of my students have already done and become a partner in the success of their children!  :)  Happy school year everyone!

Waiting to Be Rescued

When Fridays come, I used to think it was a reprieve.  Spending the entire week waiting for 'The Call' is seriously exhausting.  However, on Friday evenings, I find myself stressed that I now have to wait for two days before we can wait again. 

Please pray that we receive a referral next week.  We are ready to be rescued.  

Baby Room!

There is no news to report as of today.  The only other news is that we've continued to work on the baby room.  (And I discovered Panoramic on my iPhone) :)

K & T

Update-ish

Unfortunately, there isn't much to report as of late.  We haven't yet heard anything from our agency about our adoption.  Our situation is very different than many other countries.  For example, we do not receive a number and stand in line.  The partners in country and our agency here match families with children.  Essentially, we won't know ANYTHING until we know EVERYTHING!   We have, however, continued to connect with many other families!  In fact, one family is leaving TODAY to meet their little girl!  :)  Our prayers and thoughts are with them during their stay.  We pray for a safe & healthy trip and a speedy process to bring her home soon!



Adorable pic of the day...our puppy Sam has been found lying in the baby room in front of the crib.  This is most unusual as she normally is never even in that room!  She must be waiting for her bestie! 

Making Connections

Over the past week we have had the amazing pleasure of connecting with other families!  Facebook is an amazing tool!  I immediately felt a sense of relief that I finally have people to really talk to about our situation.  We have been blessed to have amazing support from family and friends but as anyone in a unique situation can understand, you find an additional sense of peace when talking with others who have gone through what you have.

Collectively, we are working on packing lists, notes on travel/hotels, etc...  Awesome!

Happy Memorial Day

For the long weekend, we decided to roll up our sleeves and get some work done!  I love the idea of painting, I even love the feeling when you're covering that old paint with new and how clean everything feels.  I find the prep work extremely frustrating however. 

So on this Memorial Day, I am humbled to remember how fragile life is, both for those we have lost and those we have yet to embrace into our lives.  We thank our service men and women who have given so much for their country and for the families of those who serve and their sacrifice. 

We have a robin's nest just outside our front door, literally two feet.  We have had an amazing time watching first one, then two, then five eggs in the nest!  Today, we woke up and we've got baby birds!!  It's such a reminder of how delicate life is and how much we need to be thankful for. 

Many blessings!