Still nothing but.....

other agency referrals are starting to come in so surely we are not far behind!!!

Good thing we don't have carpet in the living room because I probably would have worn a path in it by now. Paul is all chilled out on the sofa channel surfing and I am attempting to do anything to distract myself but with very little success. I have tried to read (can't focus), tried to play a video game (lost bigtime) and am trying to only be on the computer every 20-30 minutes or so.

Gracious it is only 12:30 could this day go any slower???????

It's 10am....do you know where your child is????

Well we don't, but hopefully that is all about to change!!!

No news yet but don't worry we were told it would probably be afternoon. Paul just had a brilliant afterthought (too bad we didn't think of it earlier). My dad often travels to Austin (where our agency is located) for business, we should have sent him down there so he could stake out the place and tell us when a delivery arrived!!!! That way we would know instantly. Oh well, we should find out soon enough.

Paul will kill me when he reads this but I have the cutest story: This morning he was playing with Rowdy, kind of wrestling on the couch, and he kept repeating "you're going to be a big brother today!!!" Even Rowdy feels the excitement in the house.

I promise I won't tease by posting every hour or anything just rest assured that I will let you know as soon as we know ANYTHING!!!!

The stage is set!!!!

Alright people, bring on our referral!!! I cleared the table tonight and have my handy dandy "The Call" sheet, a map of China (so I can see exactly where Avery is), 2 brand new pens, and my laptop to get my first glimpse of my baby ready to go. We also set up to tripod and are currently charging the video camera. I even have a new blog header made that will be posted after I add Avery's picture. All we need now is the phone to ring!!! I am about to retire for the evening and let's all say a little prayer that this is the last night we go to sleep without having seen Avery's face.

Paul and I did an excellent job of keeping busy this weekend. Besides sleep, we have been home about 4 hours since Saturday morning. Nothing makes the time fly faster that being out and about.

Now on to a totally different topic:


DID YOU WATCH THE SUPERBOWL??? Now that, my friends, was a football game. Such a high adrenaline ending. We spent the evening with our dear friends, Valerie & Gary, and Christie & Anton. Valerie was such a good sport to host even though she detests football. We kind of conned her into it because she has the cool media room. We laughed a ton, ate too much, and now have sore throats from yelling too loud. I think it was about 15 minutes increments that either Val or Christie would look at me and say "you're getting your referral tomorrow" with little grins on their faces. It is wonderful to have such a good support system. Thanks for such a fun evening guys!!!!

Now I am off to bed.......I think I feel those labor pains starting!!!!

Things are looking up....

After a rough start this morning I wanted to assure everyone that we are okay. Paul of course, in typical "guy" fashion was oh well, it's just 3 more days. I on the other hand had a mini melt-down. It just hit me a little hard (even more than missing the cut-ff by one day) because I was so hopeful. But then I picked myself up, brushed myself off and went about my day. I was very productive: I ran some errands, stocked up on printer ink, had lunch with my wonderful husband and then went and got my hair done. So at least we did not have to sit around all day waiting for a call that never came. Now I am settling in for the night. Luckily we have a very busy weekend planned and then it's Monday.

Thanks for everyone that called, emailed, commented, etc.......It's nice to know so many people are thinking about us!!!!

Avery will come in her own time and there will be some major celebrating going on!!!!

Happy Friday!!!!

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just recieved and email from our agency that the package they were expecting today has been delayed in customs. The carrier assures the agency that it will be delivered on Monday.

After recieving the email I even called our agency and spoke with my very apologetic referral counselor. I just wanted to verify if there was ANY possibility the package could come today. She told me that she had pleaded with courier but the package is in an airplane right now somewhere over the ocean.

So I guess that mean one more weekend without seeing our baby's face. I feel like it is going to be a loooooooooooong one!!!

Thanks for hanging in there with us!!