Five Months

Months on the waitlist:

Current average wait time:

18

This last month was a quick yet slow month, if that makes any sense. Quick because we were constantly on the go. Nonstop cleaning and changing sheets because we had family from out of town stay with us every weekend :). If we didn’t have company, we were the ones out of town. Busy, busy, busy. Although Christmas is truly my favorite holiday, I could not have missed our son more than anything in the world this season. We prayed and talked about his birth family more than usual this last month. While eating our Christmas feast, we prayed that they were not feeling hungry, while laughing with our family, we prayed for their happiness, and while going to bed in our warm beds at night, we prayed for their safety. We wonder what they are doing every day. Only God knows our son’s story. He also knows when our time will come to meet our baby boy and we are eager to witness His perfect timing.

On our five-month waiting anniversary, we cleaned. I know, I know, I just mentioned how most the month was spent cleaning, but I have been feeling under the weather for a week now and have not done much around the house. I promise it feels like my head will explode if I cough one. more. time!

Happy five months waiting!!!

One Year Later...

I cannot believe that a year ago we contacted Gladney and began our adoption journey. I remember the excitement we felt when we told our family we had decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. Feeling cheerful and full of anticipation that we were going to be parents. Then we began gathering our documents. Sigh. THAT was tough. Stressful because we had no control on the pace in which things were moving (and are moving). Anxiety while waiting for different documents. Grieve due to the slow downs in Ethiopian adoptions. Then relieved and hopeful when we were finally placed on the wait list. That is when the conversations changed from “we need to get that letter notarized…” to “I wonder what his personality will be like…”. Can anyone say emotional roller coaster for 2011?
Realistically, we don't see ourselves receiving a referral in 2012. Which gives us more time to grow closer to God and each other. And really just enjoy the year together as we keep falling more in love with one another.

Happy New Year! I wonder what 2012 has in store for us :).