Got up this morning at 5:00 to have breakfast with Fred before he works both Christmas Eve and Day. Hopefully this is one of the last times he'll volunteer to do this. Now I'm spending the morning preparing to travel up North to share time with family. I've also recently joined an adoption forum that has a strong Korean adoption following from the midwest (Illinois in particular). So I took a few minutes this morning to do some reading of blogs by fellow families that traveled through the adoption experience and have their little ones at home with them for the holidays. So looking forward to this and the new family holiday traditions that will come!
The first tradition has started with the annual Christmas ornament from Grandma (and Grandpa). She has decided to collect train ornaments for our little one (since we're still banking 99% it will be a little guy). This first train is so super cute, and I can't wait to hang it on our tree!
Happy Holidays to our little one and all of our family & friends.
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. - P. Bracken
What a great Thanksgiving we had with family...catching up, sharing meals, and squeezing in little bit of shopping. Yet I can only think that when we started the adoption process back in January we'd be sharing a picture of our little one during the holidays. No such picture to share at Thanksgiving, and I'm confident that we will not be holding a picture at Christmas. This will be our year of anticipation and fantasy thinking about who our little one is...name, age, gender, size, hair, eyes, smile, etc.
We are in high hopes that February will be our magic month. One of the other couples we met from our agency that started in October 2010 is currently #1 on the list. I am so so sooo excited for them! However, they've been #1 for a month now so it leads me to believe there were no referrals in October. If we keep up the current pace we're looking at at least 13 months to referral which leads me to February as the earliest.
So you ask what number we are? Well to be honest, I have not asked because I don't want to know and be disappointed. I will wait until after the first of the year to ask and hopefully be pleasantly surprised being up from #7 in October. Sooo looking forward to the next holiday season being one of preparation and glowing about our soon to be with us little one...hands, toes, belly button, bum, and all!
Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. ~Native American Saying
