No news is nothing new

There is not much news to report on the adoption front. We continue to wait for the arrival of our I71H. I check the mail daily hoping to see that magical envelope. So far...I have received over 200 credit card offers, several political flyers, some magazines and a reminder to update the dog's vaccines. But no I71H. In the meantime, we are continuing to work on our dossier, paint in the nursery and have even started to call this child something other than "Owen." It seems that things are moving...they're just not moving very fast.

I've not been blogging because I've been so frustrated with the speed things are moving. I was wearing a gigantic pair of rose colored glasses when we started this process. We've waited so long to have a child and we want him or her here as soon as possible. As of Friday, we have been involved in this process for only six months, but sometimes it feels like we have been doing this forever.

We had the chance to attend a picnic for our homestudy agency yesterday. There were families who had completed both international and domestic adoptions. It was refreshing to see families that had completed the process. Seeing that you can actually get through the process and bring home a beautiful child was the shot in the arm that we needed.

Here are a few pictures:

Colvin and Josie enjoying a Sunday afternoon nap


Another Nursery Spoiler