thanks for waiting with us...no word yet....

then please PRAY!!!! we are so close to holding our sweet boy!

this thursday could be a huge stepping stone in our journey!! that means wednesday night is go time {that is Thursday in our favorite country!!}

seriously, please pray that everyone who is supposed to would show up and that they would find favor with our liaison....this could be HUGE...we may know when we are going to get our sweet boy!! pray for sooner rather than later...sooner as in FEBRUARY!!!

we are praying for Valentine's Day!!! would you join us??

this past week has been a rough one around here...we really didn't imagine we would be welcoming in the new year without our sweet boy. i can remember so many conversations that took place over the past year with my mr. so many hopeful times of talking about traveling to pick up our babyu. different events coming and going that we didn't plan on being at because we were "planning" on being in Ug.

well we are here. in 2011. without. our. sweet. boy. and girl. {i really don't like saying/typing that}

many say we are close. that it is just around the corner.

but we have heard that way too often for the past 8-9 months.

we are trying to stay positive but it is hard. we are tired. we want our family to be together.

......trying to trust in God's timing....it doesn't make sense to us. but i do know that He has seen us through this journey and He won't neglect us now. He is painting the picture. the whole picture.

and all we see is a piece. the here and now.

..we would love a glimpse Lord. any. day. now.

so to try and remember the good, here is a list of blessings from Thanksgiving...
*...mmmh. honestly, this is much harder to write than i had hoped. i have been writing a list in my head for days now-i think weeks actually but now that i am actually typing it...it is quite hard.

ok. for real now:)

the real list of blessings:

*my friend called to tell us the news of our baby girl. not the person in ug but my dear, sweet friend in the us. this was such a blessing because nothing was lost in translation. she knew exactly what to say and what not to say. oh so thankful that she was the one to give us the news.

*that we got the call right when we did...my friend had tried to call many times throughout the day but hadn't gotten us until later in the afternoon....my mr. had just gotten home about 20 minutes before we finally connected...what a blessing to have a home while we got the news.

*a week after we found out about our emilyn, i was greeted by 3 friends (all adoptive mamas) at MOPS who were speaking that day. what a gift this was. such perfect timing. such an encouragement. seriously, perfect. timing.

*we rented out our house for Christmas (huge blessing financially!) this meant we could go up north to visit family for the holidays.

*found last minute deals to fly (we were planning on driving) four days before we were supposed to leave...this meant more time preparing our home {someone thought that tearing one of our bathrooms up a couple weeks before leaving was a good idea;) although now it is done so maybe they were right!} and more time with our family. and when i say last minute deals, i mean we didn't pay a cent! the prices had come down a huge amount and we had gift certs and miles to use...What a blessing!

*we got to spend much needed time with lots of family!

*they included our sweet babyu in the gift mix. so sweet to have thought about him.

*i turned 30. i think i like it.

*i got to spend my birthday in a hotel. i know it sounds crazy but i. LOVE. hotels. love, LOVE hotels. (maybe it is the cable-we don't have it at home-or maybe it is the comfy, white, fluffy beds...)....so when my mr. picked us up from the airports with snacks and a few presents in hand and we, our sweet family of 3 headed to the hotel. there's not a whole lot sweeter than that! {okay, maybe if our babyu were with us!! see. I tell you. nothing happens without us wishing him home.}

*finding out our papers are in Ug to be reviewed...then they need to be sent to us for us to sign and send back asap. there is still a lot that needs to happen before we go but i suppose we are getting a little closer...

so that my friends, is my attempt at trying to find the good ..