Rain and Legals

We got an update today. Our legals are waiting to be notarized at the consulate. I don't know how long that usually takes; however, it does mean that our paperwork is moving along. Once we get our legals we will be able to start our USCIS process. From here we just wait until the backlog of families from last year is cleared. I hope they go quickly for all of those families. Many have been waiting for over 6 months for their children's exit visas. It is time for these children to come home. CJ's time will come soon and I can not wait for that day. We have been fighting an uphill battle for so long. He is the answer to so many tearful questions and prayers. I hope I never let him forget that he is the our perfect son.

We Have A Son!!!!

The holidays have kept me from the blogesphear so this update is a little late. We received our referral on December 22nd. He is 7months old today and we can't wait to snuggle him.

Coming Up on 5 months

I think I am talking to myself but just in case someone out there is following us; I thought I would post another update.

We are quickly approaching our 5 month waiting mark. It seems we came across the perfect storm with our referral of a long waiting list and immigration issues. All in all we are expecting that our wait will continue for a few more months. We can only be getting closer. There are a lot of unknowns right now but we are still moving forward in a sitting still sort of fashion.

The wait continues

As another week fly's by I ask myself, where did we go wrong. Having spent so long trying to become a family of three has taken a toll on our hearts, our family and our friends. If I could explain the emptiness in words I would but I can't. It is like feeling perpetually misunderstood and completely numb. Sitting still is so hard to do when you feel like your alone. For now I stare at our empty nursery and hope with all the hope in my heart that our time is coming soon because I don't know how much longer my heart can take the sadness.

The Waiting Continues

On Monday we will reach our 11 week wait marker. It has been a very busy summer and has made the waiting process go by more quickly than I would have expected. We have tried to do small things to help remind us that we are indeed going to become parents. The nursery is starting to look like a room. Our agency has told us that the wait times are longer due to a significant increase in the numbers of families waiting for referrals. We will continue to wait patiently until our child is found. We know that it may be a long time until we meet each other but eventually we will all be together.

I think about our child every day and wonder when we will meet, who they will be and of our journey to become a family. This journey has been long and sometimes painful; however, it is said that anything worthwhile takes effort.