A step in the right direction

We received some news that may help our wait time shorten a little. Another adoptive family was told yesterday that the agency plans on referring every baby in the nursery prior to July 15. Our agency plans on increasing fees for all families receiving a referral after July 15, spo they are trying to refer as many babies as they can before that happens. We will not get a referral before the increase, but hopefully that will bring us closer to our turn. I just can't wait to start hearing good news from some of the other families that we know!

Longer wait...

I called AAI Monday to get our 2 month update and received some disappointing news. She said we should plan on waiting another 3-5 months for a referral. I am really hoping that things will go faster than that, but I know they do their best to give estimates.

We are enjoying our summer vacation with family and hopefully we can keep our mind off waiting and just enjoy our time off. We are leaving Milwaukee tomorrow to go to Green Bay. We will spend the weekend there, and then I will head to Minneapolis. I am hoping that my new niece or nephew will be there to greet me! I am so excited to spend some time with newborns this summer since both my brother and sister are expecting.

Please pray for the situation in Ethiopia right now. Things are getting very dire there right now with food shortages, power outages, and plagues of locusts. Here are some links that you can check out for more information.

http://en.ethiopianreporter.com/content/view/1207/26/
http://en.afrik.com/article15813.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8103355.stm

Summer vacation!

It is officially summer vacation. Friday was our last day of work. I am so excited and ready to head back to the States for the summer. The next time I post we should be in Wisconsin!

We had a great weekend. Jackson is at his first Bible camp until tomorrow. I can't wait to pick him up tomorrow and find out how it was. I have such great memories about going to Bible camp when I was a kid. I am so thankful that he was able to go.

We took Olivia and went to Tokyo for the weekend. We went to see the Blue Man Group on Friday night and that was a blast. On Saturday I got my hair done at the hotel and then we went to the zoo for the afternoon. It was a wonderful way to start the summer.

We will have our two month update next week, so hopefully I will have some good news to report. I know referrals started back up again this week after a rather long wait, but the last I heard they were still working on January families. I can't wait to hear that we are out of January and heading towards our turn!