Waiting....and a new number!

I love the beginning of each month! Our new wait list number is 14!!! A little bit closer. :)  

So now we do what we do well....wait.  Even though we began the paperwork for adoption over a year ago, I don't feel like we have been waiting all that long. I mentioned in my last post that we had a lot going on in 2012, so it really just flew by. But now, we have no paperwork to do, no seminars to watch online, and no required readings. With "nothing" to do, I think that from here on out, the wait may just get a little more intense. ;)  

Also, when we do get our referral call (saying that our agency has matched us with a little love bug!) the waiting isn't quite over. We will get to see the face of our child, know more about them, but we will still be waiting to MEET this cutie. The wait for that (I believe) is one to two months. After that, we come back home (can't imagine how hard that will be) and wait another few months to return and bring our child home. I say all of this, just to give you a  simple "waiting timeline." I know that I didn't know about any of this when we
started. (Well, technically I did because I have it all in my notes from when I called our adoption agency, but totally forgot until NOW!).

Anyway, lots of waiting. But I have committed to enjoying this wait as much as possible. Kind of like whetn you are pregnant. You get to think about the little one that will be a part of your family soon, but at the same time, in those last months/days, you try to cherish the last months and days before things change. I remember sitting down one night when I was pregnant with Aaron and thinking, "Wow, I am so looking forward to this next month with Caleb and Josh before this next baby comes."  (Little did I know that I would go into labor the next morning. Oops!)

So, while we wait, we decided to have a little fun. This is a sneak peak at our adoption maternity pics. ;)  We have been praying for and thinking about this child for so long...I can't wait to replace that chalkboard with a little person!!!!

The whole crew anxiously waiting!

Because kissing is just fun. ;)