We have accepted the referral!

The most exciting news of the day, week, month, and year! Mom and Dad have prayed about adopting a little boy whose referral we received Wednesday. They have decided that this sweet, 1 year old boy is meant for our family!

We are all very excited!!!! We will probably be leaving in February to get him. Dad, Mom and I will be traveling while the Bob, Sport's Dude and Miss  Bossy stay at home with our grandparents. We now are going to start getting ready for him!

Thank you for your prayers. We appreciate it so very much!

The Time

When we began our adoption to Ethiopia, they gave us an estimated amount of time that we might receive our referral. They told us a year and a half.

Well, last Thursday marks 6 months of waiting. So our wait is down to a year! Hooray! Woo hoo!!

Hope to write more soon.

The phone rings and everyone catches their breath for a slight second

We keep waiting and waiting and waiting for THE phone call. The phone call that will send us flying across the room, that will send me flying to the computer, the call that will send Mom to the telephone, the call that will send Dad home for the rest of the day, the phone call that will keep all of us awake for the next however many months. THAT phone call. The phone call with a referral.

We are so excited. Oh please, pretty please, call tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily

Just Waiting

Waiting for a referral. Oh, I've had a lot of experience right now. For that is what we are doing right now. We are waiting for our social worker to call us about our babies.

Our family has had to do this three times already. (One time it didn't work out). But waiting to hear about Sports Dude and Miss Bossy; I don't remember having to wait very long!

With our wait right now, it could take 1 to 1 1/2 years before we get a referral. But because we are open to twins, (possibly triplets, though triplets don't happen often), any gender, most any special needs, and others, we may receive our referral faster than other people's. It still takes forever, though.

Don't get discouraged from adopting, though! It is worth it. And because I know that, I am so very excited!!!!
Em