Tuesday, September 30, 2008

3 months or 13 weeks

Well, we have made it through the third month and I must say that I am a little disappointed, although it may seem that I am not keeping up with my referral tracker, the fact is that there have been NO referrals in over a month...a bit depressing to say the least. I knew the referral pace was too good to be true. There are a few families that have now been waiting over 8 months for a single infant referral. If this pace continues, this would bring us to a March referral...pretty crappy considering we were originally told back in February that our wait would be only 2-4 months! Sorry, don't mean to sound so negative, but this waiting never gets easier. Our caseworker is still saying "about 6 months" - so I am still holding onto that time, until we are personally told otherwise.

On a brighter side. It is a fact that our baby exists, whether in the womb or in the world - our baby is anywhere between -5 months to +12 months old. A big smile appears on my face whenever I think of this. Where is my baby? What is he/she doing right now? Is he/she getting lots of love? I want to scream to everyone I see that we are already parents, we just don't know to whom (or when). As I was bogging with Shannon awhile back, I often see pregnant moms out and about and want to blurt out "Hey, I'm expecting too you know, any day now - can't you tell by the big smile on my face!"

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Something Fun!

This is so adorable, I just had to post it. I like the last half best.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

About the Ethiopian Art

Well, I have had a few requests about where I found the beautiful art. I was interested in seeing what type/style of work was out there by Ethiopian artists - so I simply did a Google search on "Ethiopian art". I found hundreds of the most wonderful pieces. Here are a few of the best sites I found, with galleries of work and artist profiles:

Monday, September 01, 2008

Happy Gotcha Day!

Four years ago today Sara came home to us.