First update

I called the office and got our first update since we have been on the waiting list for 1 month now. She said that they are giving out referrals for families that sent their paperwork in September for girls and January for boys.

We were told that most likely we will have a couple more months of waiting for a baby boy. She also told us that all of the dossiers sent in April were sent later in the month so we will be one of the first April families to receive a referral.

It was an encouraging phone call, but it doesn't seem like many referrals are going out right now. We hope that we will start seeing some announcements from other families soon!

Silence...

This has been a quiet week on the adoption front. We have been on the waiting list for 1 month now, so I emailed on Tuesday for our 1 month update. We have not heard anything back yet, and that drives me crazy! Every morning I check my email hoping to see a response, but it's not there. I tried to call yesterday, but they were already closed. I know we are not even close yet, but it felt like such a big milestone to get to the 1 month mark, and our agency encourages us to check in once a month to get an update on where things are at.

I know several other families that are getting close that are also feeling anxious to get some news. This has been a very quiet month. Usually other families announce their referrals, but we haven't heard from anyone for a long time. I love hearing that someone got a referral because it lets us know that we are moving in the right direction.

Hopefully I will be able to post some updates next week. Enjoy the long weekend.

Do you have what it takes?

We celebrated my son Jackson's 9th birthday today. We are huge Survivor fans in our house, so we had a survivor party this year. It was a blast. We divided the kids into 2 "tribes" with official buffs and everything.

We had the teams compete in various challenges, including a gross food challenge. I was surprised at the things the kids would eat just to get more points for their team! We just kept tallying points and the winning team got to choose their prizes first. (We skipped the voting people off part of the game, in case you were worried!)

Here are some pics from the party, you can see that the kids were having a good time.