2009 is bound to be a great year!

Happy New Year! I have been a little down lately concerning the adoption. We had a call around Thanksgiving for a potential situation but determined it was not appropriate for us as a family. It was hard to say no, but we knew we were doing the right thing. So, no news since then, we haven't even talked to our social worker since then. I know the holidays have had everyone busy, but now it's like what do we do? Sit and wait? Most of my life I have lived it waiting for the "next" big event, or I'll do this when this happens...

When we were going through the home study process, there was always something to do-interviews, writing essays, putting together a profile, going to the courthouse for fingerprinting...Now, there is nothing to do but wait. Or is there?

I want to live each day to the fullest, treasuring that days experience and yesterdays memories. Easier said than done, but that is one of my goals for this year. (Not a resolution....cause I break those usually!) So, things we can do while we wait-

*read all the books we bought about adoption

*de-clutter our house so we can either be prepared to bring a baby into it or sell it (whichever event comes first!)

* travel (We are going to San Francisco soon and I am going to Honduras again)

*have date nights without worrying about a babysitter (though I am sure we won't have to worry too much about that then-we have great family!)

*spoil our niece rotten (but don't worry, Madyson-we'll still spoil you when ours comes along!)

*keep praying....

I am sure I could go on with the list....

But that's enough to keep us busy for a while. We could get the call tomorrow or it could be in 12 months. Walter recently read a statistic in Adoptive Families magazine that said 77% of first adoptions happened within 12 months and 55% took place in less than 6 months. So, there's hope. We just have to live one day at a time. That's all we're promised anyway.

Laura