Thursday, January 28, 2010

11 Months!

Today I hit 11 months of waiting however at the way that things are moving now it seems as though it is going to be possibly another year or more until I hear anything. I am trying to stay hopeful that I will hear something in the fall however not sure if this is a good idea due to the lengthing time lines. I suppose sometimes optimism is much better then realism right ;) Last year when my file landed in Ethiopia the wait times were much shorter and the possiblity of my file being "close" to a referral at this time was good. With increasing time lines, delays in process and the unperdictability of international adoption these time lines have doubled.

Much of the news recently in the adoption world has been that of frustration and a lot of "no news". I am hoping the next month bring much good news to those waiting for referrals, court dates and those of you who have waited way too long to pick up your little ones!

This month so far has been a busy one however. I was able to celebrate two friends 30th birthdays as well as 1st Biset's birthday (see last post). It was nice to see everyone at these parties!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Happy Birthday Biset!

I just wanted to send out a Happy Birthday wish to Hazel's daughter Biset. I had the privillage of celebrating Biset's first birthday today with Hazel's friends and family. We went for Ethiopian food and Hazel made pink cupcakes to celebrate. Biset is waiting to travel home to be with her mom so that they can celebrate her belated birthday together!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Melkam Genna!

Today is Christmas in Ethiopia. I wanted just to post and wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!