7/13

MOVEMENT! :) I called the agency today and asked about where I was on the wait list... I've MOVED. I'm number 7 on the baby boy list and 13 on the girls. PLUS they have a baby boy just being referred, so soon I'll be number 6! :) WHOO HOO!!! :)

In speaking with them they spoke about Ethiopian process changing. Now they have to have several letters for each child and have to have family members either show up at court or send a letter (and many do not write) to "relinquish" the child. She said that even for a child who had been in the orphanage for a year and is four, they had five letters proving that he was an orphan. I guess it is in the children's best interest but it is just slowing down the whole process.

So with Monday brings hope again. 7 is my lucky number and 6 is even closer! :)

nesting

I need to take some photos of the ALMOST complete kitchen-- I am one backsplash away. However, I spent the past two days cleaning the living room/kitchen area. Next is the baby's room. Yea! : ) exciting. There was some people switching jobs in my agency this week which caused some concern. But I am assured all is well and I am still on the list and still moving forward hope hope... Today I got a migraine and it was probably the worst ever. Have no idea what triggered it... but it was scary to be home alone and that sick. So I drove to my folks house six blocks away and slept for three hours on their couch. Little things like that make it better. I am excited to tackle the baby's room-- but right now it is full of all the things I don't really need in the kitchen. All the essentials have been already put away, so it is all the crap I don't want to deal with. That and layers of construction dust that makes me sad. But it will all be worth it and happy and exciting when the crib is put together and it looks like a baby can actually come into my life! :)

That's all for now. Can't think about it too often or I go a bit crazy. That is why the posts are few and far between. I just have to let time pass and let that list get shorter. I think I'll call tomorrow and see if I have moved up at all. Tick tock...