WHEW!! That was Close!!

For about an hour or so this morning our cable modem was down.  I tried everything I know, all my technical trickery to get it working.  Yeah, ok this basically amounts to unplugging and re-plugging the power cord - oh and saying a few magic words while doing so.  (not abra cadabra!) Anyway, I was about to go out of my mind when -Presto! I was able to get back on to the internets.  (ha)  After all that NO NEW NEWS anywhere-   Nada, Nothing, Zilch, ZERO.  

R and I decided to call our agency this morning, but being that it was only 8:30, we got the machine so we left a very calm message letting them know that we are just "checking in" and want to make sure that they have all of our phone numbers "in case they need to call us".  I hope Pam calls us back very soon.  Otherwise I will have to go all Glen Close on them!! (I won't be ignored, Pam) 

This weekend we worked like crazy in the yard, but managed to kick back and relax for at least an hour before dinner each night.  That was nice.  There is just so much to do now that it seems like we may only have a few weeks left.  As soon as we know more about our little one it will be a mad dash to buy everything we need.  As I mentioned before, we've picked out the bigs things that we'll need if the baby is less than 14 mos but if we are given an older baby we'll have to shop a bit more.  (good thing I have kept up my shopping skills!) 

Not just another Saturday night

It is 6:58 on Saturday Night and I decided to log into to RQ to see if anyone is online.  Imagine my surprise when my eyes landed on the headline "Packages in the Air"!  OMG, this is so surreal.  Could it really be that referrals...our referral....OUR BABY! has been chosen!!!!  Tears now, my heart swelling with Joy and Love.   I cannot believe we may see our little ones face in just a few days!!  

For the past few days I have been telling Rick that this might be the 10th to last Friday/Saturday childless.....Could it be that it is more like the 8th to last or 7th to last or... dare I write it....The 6th to last weekend as a couple?  

Matching Has BEGUN!!

Three lovely words, aren't they?  

The news today is that Travel Approvals (TA's) for families who received their referrals on June 9, 2008 have started to arrive.  Typically TA's start to come just before we hear that referrals are arriving.  So.....this could mean we are days or at most weeks away from seeing our sweet little one's face for the first time!  We are very excited and also a bit tense.  Suddenly it is here--what we've been waiting nearly 3 years for -the start of our life as parents!!  Luckily, I have multiple projects going on around the house and it is providing for a great distraction.   Even still,  I am on the RQ site at least 30 times a day!!  (started at 4:30 am today).  

I am also searching for the right DR. to send the baby's medical info off to for review.  This is a standard, recommended practice and we've already met one great lady, Dr. Jane Aronson.  Dr. Jane is as forthright and straight forward with her opinions as we are with ours so it would be a good fit.  I think we will ask her to assist us but there are several others we could consider all over the country. 

We're waiting to put the nursery together but everything is picked out.  Just not sure yet whether we'll need a crib or a toddler bed.  The ages of the sweet little ones have been all over from 6.5 mos to 2 yrs. 2 yrs. is rare but we just won't know til we know.  Plus I like the idea of putting the finishing touches on after hearing the specifics about our baby.  

Below is today's post from RQ - Gotta go now (actually still have a day job)

XOXOX

M. 

TA’s, and Matching

June 26th, 2008

1. Travel Approvals from the most recent batch of referrals began arriving yesterday.
2. Two agencies now report that matching has begun.

We heard rumors on the last batch that they were complete about a week before they seem to have been mailed. It appears those rumors, saying they had to wait to be signed, were probably true.

I haven’t seen anything on a possible cut off date yet.