T minus 1 day until....

THE CICADAS COME OUT!!!!!!!

I honestly don't know how I am going to leave the house for the next 3 weeks.

Hmmm.....maybe receiving my referral this week will make me feel better (wink,wink-nudge,nudge)

In the window?

Maybe?
Today marks 4 months of waiting for our referral.

When our dossier was approved the wait estimate was 4-6 months for infant/open to gender.

Last month I heard the wait estimate was up to 5-7 months........

I have decided that, what the heck? As of today, we're in the "original" window!!

We are going to have a "pseudo-celebration" tonight consisting of a movie, some take-out and a bottle o' wine.

Bring on the referrals!

Confucious says...

"Be prepared to receive something special"

I hope that cookie is right!!!

sunday drive

On Sunday we took a drive down to the Lincoln Park Zoo to celebrate Izzie & Elijah's 1st birthday. It was a beautiful day (a little chilly) and it was the first time Ryan was able to meet the twins and some other families who have also adopted from Ethiopia. He was really excited to see the kids and I think it definitely made it "more real" that we too will be parents...... soon.

It was a nice, relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon and I think everyone had a great time :)

quick poll

For those of you out there who have adopted I have 2 questions for you.

1. Do you celebrate your adoption day on the day you received your referral or the day you met your child or the day you took custody of them?
2. What do you call this day in your house? Adoption Day? Gotcha Day?

I am interested in hearing everyone's responses!!!

party like it's 1999

There are rumors flying that because of the Ethiopian New Year, this year the court closures will be extended to approx. 3 months instead of the usual 2 months. And for those of us who happen to squeak by the court closures and happen to be travelling in September, it's gonna be a bit crazy.

Why, you ask? Because the Ethiopian New Year (Enkutatash) is celebrated in September (Sept.11 or 12 depending on leap year) and according to the Ethiopian calendar it is only 1999, which means it's the millennium celebration this year!!!

I hope we receive our referral before courts close....it would be really cool to be over there for the millennium celebration. How many people get to celebrate the millennium twice.

URGE TO SPLURGE!

Yesterday I had the urge to splurge. And I did. I made the trek down to the nightmarish hell known as Babies R Us and purchased a stroller......couldn't help myself, totally had to!!

So, there it is. The Stroller.

Of course, it's orange, just like everything else I own.

It's really kinda cool (well, not Bugaboo cool but pretty darn cool) It's a Peg-Perego Aria Oh and it is so easy to collapse and open up and carry-y'know, all the things a great stroller should do and it wasn't horribly expensive and it's ORANGE! Have I mentioned that I love orange?

Plus, it comes with a handy cup holder which, for some reason, I am totally excited about.