Sunday, May 31, 2009

Last day and shower

Friday was my last day at work. I have decided to be a stay at home mom, thank you to a wonderful husband. As many of you know I have never really done this, so I pray I am good. It is like I am starting my new job Monday. I decided to leave early so Abigail and I can have special time. We all went camping this weekend to celebrate and to revisit the place Joe and I got married 7 years ago. It always relaxes me. Also on another great note, friends of mine are throwing us a baby shower on the 14th. Thank you Staci and Annissa. You guys are great friends. I am so happy we met. Off to learn a little Korean.

A few steps closer but with a question

On May 18th I broke down and USCIS and found out that our I600 was being approved that day. I can honestly say that is when I started to feel it. Feel like it was ok, he is mine. I have a son. I have been hanging onto this fear and pain for 2 years now (as some of you know we tried adopting after Abigail and had 2 failed adoptions). I started to feel my heart and my trust opening just a little at a time. The next day we had our travel meeting. All went well but as usual I had a ton of questions. I started looking at places to stay, reading books and even trying to learn a little Korean. Now we were waiting on our visa approval. We were told wait 10 business days then check on the progress. So Friday I broke down and called at 6:30am. They had no record. All day I fretted. The mail arrived and guess what, we were in the system but instead of Joe's first name listed as Clayton it was listed as Slayton, also Nate's given name was misspelled. But we were approved and the Visa had been sent. So I called the agency but was too late, they were gone. So I am waiting til. Monday. It is only hours away but it feels like forever. Will this delay us? Will we travel sooner? So many questions when adopting.

Friday, May 8, 2009



The nursery is finished!! I am so excited.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

I am trying to work on a letter to your foster mother, but how do I put my thanks in a short letter?