Adoption Timeline

It is such a surreal feeling, knowing that your baby is here, but not here yet. When I close my eyes I'm in an orphanage many many miles away looking at her sweet face. We are doing everything we can to bring our baby home, and yet at this point there is nothing we can actually "do" to help the process along except sit and wait. 

We have been waiting for an idea of timelines for the next steps that need to be completed before we get to bring our baby home. I was really holding onto hope that our timeline would be super short, unrealistic of me to even hope that, but still. I can't help it! It looks like my hope of traveling in January to pick up our baby is not too realistic. It could be closer to march (!)

There are a couple of steps paperwork wise that need to happen, we need first approval from the Department of Adoption, which then comes here for us to approve, to our Canadian government for approval, and then goes back there for a second approval. We're praying that each of those steps goes smoothly and in good time as well!

A friend said some words I really needed to hear the other day, instead of feeling like I'm waiting on word from our agency, I need to instead be waiting on God and His timing. Trusting that He has this all under control.

In the meantime I'm trying to focus on getting our house all ready for baby, every room is getting organized and re-decorated probably a few times before she will actually get here, and Jake's project to do list is growing by the second. Thankfully he's so good at booking off a day on the weekend to help get it done. Such a good man.

Want to help? We would so appreciate your prayers, prayers for our baby that she will continue to thrive, grow, be healthy and well cared for, and that our paperwork will all move along without any delay. I think its very cute that the kids are now always praying for her, even Donny will mumble "give baby hugs. give baby bottles, give baby toys. Amen" such a sweet "big brother".