Wednesday, May 14, 2008

No News (yet)

Hi Everyone.

March 20th was our last post. Unfortunately, not much "new news" to post.

We had our final homestudy in April and have completed our dossier. Right now our agency is reviewing in before we can send it onto the State of MN. According to our adoption agency, I should hear back from the state within two weeks or so after submitting it. When that is finished we will send it off to the Bulgaria MOJ. Once there, it's all in the hands of the Bulgaraian government and then the anticipation increases on our part and the wait really begins for us.

A few changes since my last post. Our adoption agency said if we wish to adopt siblings it would force the process to take much longer. So, ultimately we ended up changing our wishes (again) to just 1 healthy child (boy) under the age of 18 months. Jim and I are both comfortable with the change and feel thankful to be blessed with a child.

I finally broke down and decorated the nursery. It turned out so cute and now I'm impatient because the only one to sleep in the room (on the rug on the floor of course) is our dog Coach. I think he feels he's in heaven because it's the only "boy" room in our house. It is decorated in reds, navy blue, and yellow in a sports theme. I have slowly begun picking up clearance items at the local stores for things like sippy cups, toys, dinnerware, toys, etc. We also purchased a new high chair and car seat for our future son. This has been a lot of fun and such a roller coaster ride. We have a lot of clothing size 12-18 mos., but have put off purchasing any more clothes until we have him home.

Mother's Day was this past weekend and we had both our Mom's out for dinner. The only thought that kept running through my mind the whole day is that hopefully, this time next year, I can participate and be a Mother to a child who doesn't have 4 legs (referring to our dogs and deer). I also couldn't help but wonder what our future son was doing on this day. Does he realize there's two people out there who already love him and think of him constantly even if we can't even begin to visualize what he looks like? Is he happy right now? Does he know we're just waiting for the "word" and we'll be there? It is so hard knowing everything is out of our hands at this point. Sorry to sound so depressing, but these are the thoughts constantly occupying my mind and I also realize this wait will be worth it once we wrap our arms around our son.

Some of you may have noticed I removed the timeline from our website. My intentions were well when I put it there, but it's just something else I need to track. Also, I don't like the reminder of how long this process could take!

Spring has helped occupy our minds somewhat. With each new plant that surfaces from the earth we are reminded we are one day closer to being a family! Jim is very busy at this time and is thankful he's in a new location closer to town. I am busy wrapping up my grants and working around the house.

We hope all of you are doing well. I'll start posting more frequently once we have some news for you...