Ten.

            Never thought we'd be waiting at the 10 month mark. 
                       Guess I've been wrong before...
                           Better not get to 11..sigh.



Hope

Just thinking about all of the beautiful babes today that have wonderful families and homes waiting to welcome them.  I am so thankful for all of the people helping us make our dream come true..so many friends and family members who have listened endlessly...I'm thinking about the caregivers in the baby homes and our agency and social workers who work tirelessly to make this all happen. It really is amazing to me that there are soo many people that we will probably never meet that have a hand at bringing our child to us.  Thank you for that.  I'm thinking about our child's birth family today..please know we admire your courage..there are no words. 

A friend passed on this quote to me today:

"Somewhere, something, someone incredible is waiting to be known."

Love that.

Hope to meet you soon little one.

Finding the Good

Well, our family dilema today is finding a Harry Potter costume on short notice.  Our 4th grader is presenting a book report on Monday and has to act out in costume a part in his chosen book.  Sounds simple enough but of course he leaves the costume bit up to mom.  He has soo much faith in the fact that I can whip up a perfect cloak on my sewing machine..problem is..I don't sew.  I do consider myself to be fairly crafty but for some reason when it comes to fabric, it usually ends badly.  This morning I was reminded several times to plllllease get the fabric for the cloak..knowing full well I'm going to be scouring the Goodwill and all party stores in the area..First I check kijiji found one - $40..hmmm too much for a one day event.  So I'm standing in the costume section of the first party store and overhear a couple desprately looking for a kings cloak but of course none to be found.  Ironically, I just filled a bag to send to the Goodwill and within the toys, games etc is a kings cloak :)..so I rush out to the car and walk back in with the red cloak that both my son's adored for many years and handed it over.  They were soo happy and we laughed at the situation.  Okay, so back to Harry..no costumes anywhere for me so 3 stores later I end up in a small Goodwill store near my house and drop off all the donations, walk in and start searching..nothing.  I walk up to the sales clerk and ask about costumes..she says "what are you looking for?"...I reply "Harry Potter cloak".  She then proceeds to tell me that her son has the full outfit in the exact size that I am looking for and she'll lend it to me!  What are the odds?  I guess the bottom line is that in this week full of snow shoveling, viruses in the house, vacuuming, laundry etc. I'm going to do my best to remember that I'm not alone in this..I can feel it.

Tree Hugger

                                               I found this here..so sweet..I love it..

Magic Board

For me, it's sometimes hard to maintain focus.  Simple goals that seem important today often get lost in the craziness of everyday life.  I came across a book a couple years back that suggested a tool to help channel positive energy and remind us of things we hope to achieve.  They call it a vision board.  I call it my magic board.  I'm a skepic so it took me several months to actually try out my magic board.  Well, at the time we were trying to sell our house in the US market a year and a half ago..not a good time to sell in the US I might add..anyways I figured we could use all the help we could get as the house wasn't selling so I attached a picture of our house with a sold sign...yup, that day we got an offer..weird. I figured it was coincedence but it has worked time and time again. Can't explain it except that I totally believe in the law of attraction and that when we put positive energy out, it comes back to us in some form.  Well, of course I have had our referral on our board for quite awhile - not that we need reminding of our little one but why not...I guess extra special requests takes a little extra time...

Tick Tock

We are getting really good at..waiting.  Three years ago we tried to start our adoption while living in the US and we waited for an answer and we waited but we were Canadian and therefore did not qualify for an international adoption.  So we started contacting Canadian agencies to help us..we waited and then found out that under law they could not help us as we were living in the US. So we waited.  We then finally made our way back to Canada to fulfill our dream as this little girl in our hearts was calling us.  When we arrived there were big problems with the agency we were planning to move forward with..so again we waited. We then found the perfect agency for us and were thrilled to discover that our child would be from South Africa, a country where my husband lived in the early years of his life.  We signed on and really started the paper chase..more waiting but happily we felt like we were now on clear path to our daughter. With our paperwork in this past March we are now waiting for our social worker in South Africa to match us with our daughter.  It's hard to believe that this person choses our child..a child, teen, woman who we will love forever.  We have much faith in her as many before us believe so strongly in her abilities. 

Soon, little one..hopefully soon we won't have to wait.

Happy New Year

This blog has been on my mind for awhile..yup..last New Year's Eve I thought of the many people who have shared their experiences with me and I have really, really loved following them on their path as they build their families through adoption. A blog is something I can share with friends and family so they can better understand what stage we are in..whether we are excited or hopeful for reaching the next stage or sad and discouraged as yet another delay seems to be upon us. My hope is that this documentation of events will remind both myself, my husband and our boys of our journey to our little girl but most importantly our South African daughter will know how much she is already loved by all of us. Sooo this New Year's Eve I decided to finally get rolling (with much help from my tech savy husband)!  Cheers to families being joined together in 2011!  Thanks for following along with me on this ride of a lifetime...