Legacy of an Adopted Child

"Once there were two women, who barely knew each other. One is in your heart forever, the other you'll call mother. Two different lives, shaped to make yours one. One became your guiding star, the other became your sun. The first gave you life, and the second taught you how to live it. The first gave you a need for love, and the second was there to give it. One gave you nationality, the other gave you a name. One gave you the seed of talent, the other gave you an aim. One gave you emotions, the other calmed your fears. One saw your first sweet smile, the other dried your tears. One gave you a family, it was what God intended for her to do. The other prayed for a child, and God led her straight to you. And now you ask me, through your tears, the age old question through the years. Heredity or environment....which are you a product of? Neither my darling...neither, just two different kinds of love". - Unknown

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Poison Ivy, Funeral, Shower, Room, Still no news

As you can tell by the title of this post it has been a busy couple of weeks. Per our last post, we were still waiting for our paperwork. And that is where we still stand...but we are a little further along. We received our homestudy update in the mail yesterday. We were excited because that meant we were one step closer to sending everything off. After talking with our agency, we decided it would be faster if we drove the documents to Richmond ourselves to be authenticated (one final seal) and then just send the documents directly to them. So, we were ready to do that on Wednesday, when we received an email to wait because the salaries that they had in our homestudy report didn't match our employer letters. SOOOO....we have to wait for them to fix it, send us a new one and then go to Richmond to get them authenticated. Needless to say, we are a little frustrated and growing impatient. But, as we have said all along, there is a reason for everything and our trip to get our son will happen at the perfect time.
Amidst all of this chaos, Dennis got poison ivy, Nicole went to Texas for Grandmother Hall's funeral, now Nicole has poison ivy and Mary Ellen (Dennis' mom) threw us a wonderful shower on Saturday. Alex got some cute stuff to add to his room....which we are ALMOST done with. The only thing we have left to do is stain the glider and cover the cushions and then it will be done. So, in some ways we are progressing, but still not fast enough in our eyes. We will keep everyone posted as we hear more news. Enjoy the photos of Alex's room and the shower :)


Some toys in his new room


Team Safari bedding


Excited parents-to-be


Nicole with her mom and mother-in-law


Nicole & Cristin at the shower


One of the many beautiful items made by Bobbie



Amazing food!


Beautiful cake made by Bobbie


The bathroom....monkey themed :)


Dennis putting together the crib

4 comments:

minime0910 said...

Hi ~ My name is Erin, I am working on a russian adoption as well and have been following your blog. I HAVE to know...where did you get the monkey shower curtain? It is TOO cute!!

Congrats! Erin
minime0910@yahoo.com

the6houks said...

Nicole-that shirt is AWESOME!! and the shower curtain is cute too. Don't worry, everything will come together. I know the wait is agonizing. Soon it will all be over and he will be home!!
Michelle

Jeannie and Freddy said...

Hello; I wish you guys all the best, I know how difficult the paper work is, there is nothing easy about adoption..but it takes special people and a great God to put it all together!

God Bless you & your new baby;)

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