Today was Teddy Bear Day for Ashlyn’s school. Had to post this picture of her sweetness decked out for the day thanks to Mom and Dad’s find in China. Ashlyn loves pandas and ladybugs–she loved them way before we started our adoption process. She had no idea–nor did we–that they were associated with Chinese adoptions.
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18 months of waiting
Today marks 18 months from the time our paperwork for adopting our next child was logged into the system at the China Center for Adoption Affairs. In that time, 18 months, the CCAA has only issued children to about 3 1/2 months worth of families. Ugh. So, when we started, we were anticipating a 2 year wait. Now, we have no idea how long our wait will be. 2 more years? 3 more years? More? It’s hard to say. Many people are changing countries, adopting from the waiting children list (typically older or special needs children), or are dropping out completely. We are committed to waiting this out, but we do wish we knew what that meant. There are rumors that the “climate” at the offices of the CCAA is looking good and that they are implying that things are going to pick up soon. I really hope that that is true.
what else would you do in single degree weather…
besides go to the beach! Since Evan and Mark have off tomorrow for MLK, Jr. Day, we decided to surprise the kids and head to my parents’ condo in Fenwick Island, DE for the weekend. So, while the kids were either at school or busy on Friday, I packed everybody up and loaded up the car myself. Then, we told the kids that we were going to go out for dinner. We drove about an hour, had dinner at a little diner, got back in the car and drove to the beach. The kids fell asleep in the car and woke up when we arrived. They were a bit confused at first and then really excited. It was a fun surprise. It’s freezing down here though. It literally was 9 degrees yesterday morning. So, we haven’t done too much besides hang out and head to Game World (an arcade down the street the kids love). But, we did go play indoor mini golf today which was fun. Evan just loved it. When we got back to the condo, he said, “This is the best day ever!” Of course, the day will get even better if the Eagles win today. We’ll see. We’re going to go out to eat regardless. But, I’m hoping it’s a celebratory dinner for the Eagles making it to the Superbowl! Enjoy pics of our outing today.
being pirates
Drew adding more difficulty to one of the holes
wordless wednesday
