The Waiting Continues

The waiting has been hard. We really want to get the ball rolling to bring our little girl home. But we know God's timing is best...

It's amazing to me how much the kids think about her. The boys talk about "when the baby comes home". At least one of them prays for her most nights. They occasionally slip me coins from their piggy banks to put in the "adoption fund." Their hearts are so soft towards her!

Caia is the one that surprises me the most. She's only 2 1/2. But SHE thinks about the baby too! Out of the blue, she'll look at me and say, "When baby comes, you hold her and I push her in the stroller, ok?" Or on several occasions, she's offered suggestions of what we could name the baby. One night she even prayed on her own "God, you bring our baby home safe. Men. (short for A-men)" I am amazed at how much she talks about her. She's usually not arround much of our conversations or even the boys' prayers about the adoption. It amazes me. She is going to be such a nurturing big sister!

In the mean time, we are doing what we can do early. The agency application is filled out and sitting in my desk waiting to be mailed. All our references have given us the green light to use them. We have done the paper work to get official copies of our birth certificates and marriage liscense. There's not a whole lot else we can do because so much of the paperwork expires (and if it expires, then you have to pay to have it redone!).

So for now we wait and save....