4 Weeks!

I just thought I'd let you all know that June 1st is 4 weeks from today!!! You know - in case, all my trackers weren't enough of a reminder that we're wanting that referral on June 1st!!!

Comments on Little M's (aka that baby, that little baby) whereabouts -

• When are you getting that baby???
• How old is that little baby going to be?
• Mark - Mom I am here to tell you that little baby is not coming home this year. (I guess he feels like we've been waiting forever and we'll always be waiting forever) He's very excited just not optimistic.
• Mom - Are you calling because you got a baby? Oh I thought you were calling to tell me we had a baby!
• WHEN WHEN WHEN???
• She is going to be so spoiled! DUH!!!
• Have you heard? Have you heard? Have you heard?
• Can we shop yet?
• When can we shop?
• Can we shop and then return the stuff if she's older than you think she is?
• SHOP SHOP SHOP???

ME - WHEN ARE WE GETTING THAT PHONE CALL???
28 Days!!!
28 Days!!!
28 Days!!!

Real Mom

The other day we had an entire discussion of the Mom terminology. Matt told me I wasn't Little M's real mom. It's just a reminder of how many Moms Little M will have, the new terminology in our lives, and also how many people, even those close to us, won't know what to call each of these moms. I'll have to remind myself they don't mean to hurt or offend us, but I'll still have to correct them. Maybe with time, I'll give up on that.

Our conversation went something like this.
Matt: You aren't Mia's real mom
Chris: She (meaning me) is her real mom
Matt: No, she's not her real mom.
Me: I'm absolutely M's real mom. I'll never be her birth mom and that's ok. But I'll always be her real mom. She'll be your real sister. You'll be her real brother. Dad is her real father.
Matt: Yeah, that's what I meant - birth mom. She won't have your genes. She won't have your blue eyes.
The blue eyes comment resulted in us laughing and saying You are right, If she has blue eyes, it will be quite a shock!

I guess we just have to remain easy going and hard to offend and we'll be ok. For those strangers' comments, I'll go back to Chris' famous comment, "People Are Stupid. You can't fix stupid people."

Our completed paperwork has been in Thailand for 11 months today. We've been waiting about 15 months since application and we are now down to counting days (30 days) until we should get a referral. Very exciting! This little girl is so loved by the four of us already. She has us completely wrapped around her finger and we don't even know what her little finger looks like.

We look forward to the day when we get to see her picture (and know her age so we can shop)!!!

5 Weeks

June 1st is 5 weeks from today. I hope we get the referral call that day (if not sooner) :)

I have tried very hard to not wish time away. I catch myself saying I can't wait until we get the referral, I can't wait until we travel, etc. What I really mean is I'm really looking forward to it but I don't want to wish this day away or this month or certainly not the rest of the year.

Having children makes me want to bottle up the day and live it forever...sometimes. And sometimes, I want to send them to bed at 3:15 (right after school). LOL but truly, my kids are great and I love this age (and I say that at every age) and love spending time with them.

When we first starting seriously talking about adoption it was Dec 2005. We were looking at China. The wait times were starting to become longer but we decided the timing wasn't right for us. I think we thought we were too old. HA - look at us now!!! If we had gone that route, we'd just now be getting a referral - 3 years later. How's that for God's version of "You can make a plan but He will decide when things happen or don't happen." I can hardly say that timing scenario was a coincidence. I just hope He realizes I want to travel quickly and could somehow work that into His timing!!! LOL No disrespect - I do pray for quick travel approval.