Ticker says 6 months!!!

Hello! Ticker says we've been waiting 6 months and 5 days - woohoo! There were referrals this month so far putting us at the #6 spot in line (we think) for a boy - it's getting close people!!! AHHHH! It's likely our baby will stay at the orphanage when he is referred to us since our agency's transition house is full right now with court closures. The courts do reopen at the beginning of October so that is promising - we are hoping they catch up with all of the families waiting for court very quickly. We want to bring home our baby!!

That's all for now - more when we get a referral.

Oh my goodness oh my goodness!

Hi all fellow blog readers! We have reached the five month mark of waiting (note the ticker!) The wait for a boy is 5-7 months - woohoo! According to the list on our AWAA yahoo chat group we are #8 for a boy! Last month our agency gave out 4-5 boy referrals and in July there were 7! I cannot wait for THE CALL! Most likely I'll be at work and go running down the halls and through the lab telling all the good news.

Prayers for the babies and an AWAA family

Hi all,

I am so sad to have to post this. An AWAA family that received a referral of a 2 month old girl at the end of July has lost their precious baby girl. She was hospitalized with pneumonia earlier this week and last night God brought her home to be with Him. My heart aches for this family. Please lift them up in prayer and also lift up all the babies in our agency's Transition House (place where they go when they have been matched to a family and are just waiting for the paperwork for the adoption to be finalized), as well as the director and nannies at the Transition House. Many of the babies if not most have upper respiratory infections and it can also be common to get an intestinal parasite. Please lift up their tiny immune systems to the Lord for protection.

Thanks for your prayers for our kiddos in Ethiopia. I've become e-friends with many families, and we really are one big Ethiopian adoption family. It's so hard to see another family hurting like this and to see our precious babies fighting so much sickness.

Family Picture

Here we all are - one big happy commune in Delaware! haha - Roscoe and I are left, then my mother and father, and sister-in-law, nephew, and brother.

Something to think about

Senator Obama says responsibility of being a father doesn't just end at conception...

conception = the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both (according to Webster)



So Obama, would you say that someone is the father of a fetus? But can that be? Since according to Webster again, a father is "a man who has begotten a child", not a fetus. Hmmmm... It's hard to know what you stand for unless you say what you mean and mean what you say.

Chapman Family

AWA posted this on their blog:

The Chapman family will be making media appearances beginning next week. This will be the first since the tragic loss of Maria on May 21st. Please continue to keep the Chapmans in your prayers, and that through these interviews, God will be glorified and His gospel will be clearly and boldly proclaimed.

August 5th – Good Morning America (ABC) 7:00 – 9:00 AM (All time zones)
August 7th – Larry King LIVE! (CNN) 9:00 PM (Eastern time)
August 13th – People Magazine

Referrals for July

Soo, we are getting closer!! If you check the ticker, we've almost been waiting five months for a referral! The wait for a boy is 5-7 months. (We're looking at closer to seven i think). July had many boy referrals - we are seven boy referrals closer to our son! There were three other referrals - one girl and two older siblings (i think). Anyway, that is 10 referrals for the month of July! Fantastic! At this rate, it will be mid to late October for our referral. But you know as soon as I start to plan, it will change. So I'm not planning for it - no expectations. I will be completely surprised because I am NOT going to think about it (hahahahaha - if you know me, you are laughing right now or saying a sarcastic "whatever Julia - try as hard as you want!")

Come on Micah! We're ready to have you home and make you a Buckeye!!