Restless

I am Restless.

Restless from Anticipation.

Restless with the Hope.



I move around a lot. I try to sit but my mind can't focus on any one thing. I move around more. I can focus on little projects but not big ones. My mind wonders from one thing to the next without finishing the previous thought. I have lots of little to-do's each day that I forget all about.

It's a good thing.

Really.

It means we are expecting news of our sweet Joy.

It means the time is getting closer.

It means I am getting excited.

Restless.

This is the best restless I know of. Let me relish in it for just a while.

~ Day 63 of waiting on our formal referral (average wait 42-72 days) ~

49 days & happily waiting

Today is 49 days since our dossier was logged in. LOA's (Letter of Approval) have come in this time frame. Which makes me so excited to be so close. At maximum we should just have another 2 to 3 weeks.

It's exciting!

China is closed next week for Chinese New Year but I sure hope to be emailing & posting good news the week after that!

Keep praying for quick processing but most important 'God's Timing!' - I am so blessed to serve SUCH an awesome God who would choose ME (of all people!) to be the mom to our 4 children and then again he chooses me to be Joy's mom!!!! ME???!! The woman who wanted 1 child & a career?! Me?! He is an awesome God.



Waiting....

All Logged In

As posted previously, our dossier was sent to China on November 28th. ~ We have been waiting and waiting (6 weeks weeks of waiting) to hear that our dossier was "logged in" to the database at China's Adoption Affairs office in Beijing. Thankfully, today we heard. It has been logged in and logged in for quite some time.

Our LID was December 2, 2011

We are now waiting on China to send us our formal referral of Ms. Joy. We hope to receive that in February. We'll sign it and send it back pronto. After that, we'll be waiting on China to issue us our Travel Approval.