Thursday, January 28, 2010

Snow Is Coming?????????


I've been so caught up in thinking ONLY about the adoption that I haven't paid much attention to the fact that we have a major snow storm headed our way tomorrow and Saturday........
10-18 inches here in DANVILLE! WOW!

Fingerprints Renewed Today!

Well hubs and I drove down to Raleigh, NC to renew our fingerprints for the 4th time today. It was a BEAUTIFUL day for a drive.....so sunny and slightly cool.....just great weather for a drive! The process was quick and now we are ok for fingerprints for the next 15 months! Hopefully THIS is the last time we have to do this......but we've said that before too, right? Seriously I think THIS will be the last time.
No news on referrals but we did hear last night online that one agency is saying that CCAA is matching and last month when they did that on Dec. 23rd, referrals were in the U.S. by Dec. 27th..........so..........we really hope that we will be in this batch this time! Saying prayers and hoping beyond hope that is finally going to be OUR TURN!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Waterworks At The Walmart!

Well, this morning I got up and saw where one lady online had posted that her agency said they are expecting referrals next week! Oh I hope we are in that bunch this time! It just blows my mind that we might actually see our baby's face by this time next week! How UNREAL is that????????????? WOW! Anyway, after I read that, I had to run over to Walmart for a few things and got the bright idea to go browsing in the baby department. I was looking at all the little clothes and blankets and toys and all of a sudden I just BURST INTO TEARS! It was NOT what I had planned to do in the middle of the Walmart baby section on a busy Saturday morning. Oh my gosh, I was so embarrassed and quickly went to the far corner of the section where I tried to call Doug on the cell phone to let him know his wife was having an emotional moment. I got his voice mail and was sniffling and trying to be really quiet and then I just busted out laughing! It was so darn funny! I am going to be a complete basketcase by the time we get the referral and then FINALLY get to that point where they hand us this baby! If I can't even take looking at baby supplies, what am I going to be like when I have the REAL BABY?????????? hahahahahahahahahaha I'm choosing to chalk it all up to the excitement of this thing really and finally happening for us! IT'S REALLY OUR TURN!!!!!!!!!!! AFTER 4 LONG FREAKING YEARS! hahahahahahahahahahahaha Gosh, that's enough to drive someone crazy.....crazy enough to bawl their eyes out in the Walmart! hahahahahahaha

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Little Bits of Excitement......


I was talking to a friend of mine at school today and she was asking about the adoption........I was telling her that we could get our referral THIS month and I just had a picture in my head of someone in China holding our dossier and matching us with our baby......looking at our pictures and deciding which baby is to be ours.....
All of a sudden I got a shiver down my spine and it just felt so real and so exciting!!! I get those little spurts of excitement every now and then and I check Rumor Queen's website all the time just hoping for some rumors that they are sending referrals soon, but I will admit that most of the time I don't feel excited too much yet. It's like "the calm before the storm!" hahahahahahahahaha I know that once we get the referral we will have sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much to do and get and organize and it will be CRAZY so I guess I'm just enjoying my last little bit of calm before everything goes NUTS! hahahahahahahaha
But I have to think of this little Red Thread Poem that is part of the Chinese Adoption Community. Our baby's life is about to become a part of our life and the lives of our friends and family. But I know that she is meant to be a part of us and we are meant to be a part of her. Heavenly Father has a very special child to send to us and it will be our job to raise her and teach her and help her to become the person she is supposed to be in life. WOW, that can be overwhelming when you think about it..........this little life is going to be OUR responsibility.......a responsibility that Heavenly Father is entrusting to US!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

January Is Dragging By.........


Can we say SLLLLLLOOOOOOWWWWWWW? Wow, I've never seen a month move by so slow until now. Here we are HOPING that our log in date will be included in the referral batch this time and we can't believe how LONG this month seems to be! Usually the months move by at a pretty steady pace, but I guess since we are watching the days, and on pins and needles just waiting for ANY rumors, it is dddddrrrrraaaagggggiiiiiinnnnnnnggggg by.........oh well...nothing to do but stay busy and QUIT looking for rumors online! hahahahhahahaha

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Baby Registries and Crib Sheets!

Well, today was fun. Doug and I did the baby registries at Target and Toys R Us. It was so neat thinking about our baby and picking out little things that we still need for her. Some friends and family members had asked us about our registries so we figured that we'd get those done today. We don't know what size the baby will be so we couldn't add clothes or anything like that. Everyone will have to wait to find out how big she is when we find out. But it was neat to go in there together and look at all of that baby stuff and talk about OUR baby coming soon! We also bought a couple of little crib sheets that were so darn cute! They have flowery little patterns and are just precious! It's fun thinking about all of this and making some plans now!
We are also waiting on Immigration to send us a date to redo our fingerprints....they are dragging their heels and I'm hoping they get their act together so this won't be something that holds up the process any further.....that would be horrible if our OWN government threw a wrench into everything!

Friday, January 01, 2010

Great Organization!




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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome 2010!!!!!!!

Well, another year started today! SURELY this WILL be the year we get our baby! Geez, I've said that how many years???????? 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and now 2010! Hope springs eternal, right? Anyhow, here's to a new year and new blessings to receive! We send our friends and family the following wishes for this new year:
May you be happy, healthy, surrounded by those who love you the most, prosper in whatever you do, and always meet the challenges in life knowing how special you are and that others love you!