Slow down

Well I did it again. Got all hopeful about us going to Ethiopia this year. Probably not going to be the case now. So of course now I'm sad and frustrated. August was a slow month for referrals only two or three at most I think. Courts are closed now in Ethiopia for the rainy season (think power outages - hence no computers -mixed with unpaved roads) until the end of September. Referrals could happen but there won't be many. We could get our referral in October. The next step is getting a court date (wait a month), and then court (about 2 to 3 months later) and hopefully we pass court the first time. Then a month later we would travel. That puts us at Februaryish. Could be sooner could be later. As things go I should go with later. That's what my head says - but my heart rebels every time.

We are 6th!

As of the last group of referrals we are 7th overall but I know that one of the familes ahead of us is adopting older children than we are so we are 6th as far as adopting a baby. We could be closer but it's hard to tell. So there is still the possibilty we could travel this year to get our daughter.

We started our travel vaccinations and while it didn't really hurt getting them they made our arms sore and they still are today. We have a few more rounds to go.

We are getting CLOSER. It's getting harder to wait everyday with the anticipation and uncertainty mixed together. CLOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!