So here's my rant for the week..........
It seems as if this whole adoption process has been a cycle of excitement, elation, and waiting.
When we first contacted our adoption agency we completed the application with tons of excitement and nervousness....then we waited. It was probably only a couple of days before we found out we were approved but it seemed like so much longer.
When we were finishing up the paperchase we applied for our I171-H (the golden ticket for international adoption).....and we waited.
When our dossier went to China we were so excited to cross this path, we went to dinner to celebrate.......and we waited for our LID.
We received our Log In Date and eagerly and excitedly started the wait for referral......and we waited, and waited, and waited.
We received our referral, saw our daughter's face for the first time, were filled with more excitement and elation than we thought possible. We felt like we were finally nearing the end of journey and we would finally be parents.......and now we wait.
I has been over a month since we received our referral and we continue to wait for our travel approval. We have been told that as soon as we receive our travel approval things will move at a very rapid pace. We are a little skeptical to believe that but we continue to hold on..........and wait.
One of my dear friends tried to warn me that she thought once we received the pictures waiting to travel would be so much harder and I couldn't imagine that but she was absolutely right. Every minute of every day is another piece of time we are spending away from Avery.
We will continue to wait.....as long as it takes.........to bring our daughter home.
We are so grateful that we have been blessed with this beautiful child and cannot wait to smother her with hugs and kisses!!
Stay tuned for a post about the baby shower my co-workers hosted this week. WE SCORED!!!!
4 comments:
Girl, it is immeasurably harder once you see that little face. We waited over two months to actually hold Mollianne and it seemed like two years. But once you hold Avery, all of this anxiety melts away.
Love you!
Not that it makes it any easier right now, but all the stress of waiting really does melt away when you hold your child for the first time.
What the frig is the deal with your TAs?! I'm tired of waiting! The van is gassed up and ready to go to the airport!
Love you, my friend!
Well, first of all - the post below cracks me up, but what a wonderful son-in-law Paul is to help Daddy Wayne up like that!
Second, if you're TA's done get here I'm going to pop!
Third, I want PICS of the shower!
love ya -
cb
One order of TA's comin up right quick.
V
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