TWO

Shortly after my previous post about not having a time frame for how much longer our adoption would take, we got one. Not the one I was hoping for. We were told that it's going to be TWO years. This is not what we were expecting to hear! We were really hoping that it could be sooner. It seems like such a long time, but when I look back on how long we were waiting for Shortcake, our little miracle, it now seems like nothing. It was all worth it. I'm sure that's what I'll say when the next two years of our lives have come and gone. Looking back, when we hold our new little one in our arms, I can't wait to whisper in his or her ear, "you were worth it all!" Makes me think of this little lovely. I'm sure every mother feels this way. I already feel this way about a baby I haven't even met, who now with the new time frame hasn't even been born yet. I felt this way about Shortcake the minute we found out she was on the way. They are worth it all. Whatever it may include, sleepless nights, endless paperwork, having my fingerprints taken more times than your average criminal. I know it truly is worth it.

On a happier note, to go along with the theme of two, here are two of the cutest little things I've ever seen :)

Love this girl! Love those piggytails! Love that her friends at the park picked flowers and stuck them in her hair! Cuteness!!!

Taking time to smell the flowers...

We are in the process of adopting a baby from India. We have been in the process for nearly four years now with the various starts and stops that come with the territory. I'll sum it up for you: fill out paperwork, wait..., fill out more paperwork, wait..., more paperwork, more waiting. That's about the gist of it! Is it worth it? Absolutely! Has it taken a lot more work and a lot more time to finish than I ever imagined it possibly could? Definitely. But it's still so worth it!


So we recently got some great news (I mean really, really great almost too good to believe news) along with the usual news concerning our adoption process. First the great news, we were granted an extension to our future baby's immigration permit on our first request. This is HUGE because we would not have been able to continue our adoption if we hadn't received this permit and it was a one time chance. So we are breathing a huge sigh of relief. And for the usual news, more waiting! Till when? We don't know... For how long? No idea! Have they given you a time frame? Yes, but it was three years so you can see why that no longer applies!

The upside to all this is we have plenty of time to stop and smell the flowers. Which is just what Shortcake wanted to do over and over on our walk the other day. No more paperwork (that I know of) for at least another few months and we just wait...easy, yet hard all at the same time.