Who Can Resist...

$3.97 onesies at Gap Outlet? Not me! I finally made my first purchase of baby clothes. Love them!
Daddy Heath things they're pretty cute, too. :)

Perfect Timing!

just when i was starting to get a little down about how long the wait is starting to feel and how nothing seemed to be happnening, a package arrived on our doorstep. what was in this package? three special books to fill baby reedy's library! 'good night gorilla', 'little miss spider' and 'chicka chicka abc' were sent to our family from the degel family. thank you so much ang, kevin & avery! your timing was impeccable and put a smile on my face! :)

Wait, Wait, Wait

sorry for the lack of blogging lately, but unfortunately there hasn't been any news to report. boo! we're still "patiently" waiting for the call that our dossier has been moved to los pisingos. we are now at 15+ months of waiting and have always been told that the average wait is 15-25 months so at least we have arrived at the 'average' time! (trying to find something positive!) unfortunately, it's now time to start thinking about updating several of our documents so i will be starting that process in the next couple weeks.

it's hard to believe how fast the summer of 2010 is flying by! it's been a fun one so far & we look forward to making many more memories with all of you!

have a great weekend!
love,
ang

Movin' On Up....

happy 4th of july weekend! it's hot & sunny here in the twin cities and i am loving it! my sister and i went to the swimming pond at lake elmo park reserve yesterday and soaked up the rays...a perfect way to spend a day off. before we left, i emailed bettina to see if she had any updates about when our dossier would be arriving at los pisingos. (i'm starting to get a bit more antsy!) i checked my phone about 2:00 and noticed she had called me and left a message...what did her message say you might ask? well, she informed me that los pisingos only accepts one dossier per adoption agency at a time (i did not realize this, but i guess it's been that way for the past year or so) and guess what? we're the next family to be submitted! as soon as the family whose dossier is currently there receives a referral, our dossier will be headed to LP! yay! that's the excitement from here. enjoy your holiday weekends! we're off to the twins/rays game this afternoon.
happy 4th of july!
ang

Mixing Things Up

not much to report from here...we're still "patiently" waiting for our call. i thought maybe if i updated the look of our blog that might make things go faster and bring us good luck?? let's hope so!

we did make a trip to iowa earlier this month & were surprised by numerous members of heath's family with some great baby gifts! they presented us with our pack & play, a pack & play sheet, a handmade hawkeye blanket (b/c you know we're going to have a hawkeye baby!) and gift cards to both babies-r-us and target. yay! thank you ahrens' family! (on a side note, heath had to dodge water balloons before and after opening gifts...there are a couple girl cousins that seem to enjoy 'torturing' him. yes, i'm talking about you whitney and peyton!)

on a positive note, we have recently heard of numerous infant referrals at los pisingos! hopefully that means we are getting closer & moving up the ranks.

hope everyone is enjoying their summers so far!

ang

Not THE Call, But a Call!

when i arrived at the softball fields last night, heath casually announced to me that bettina had left a message for us that afternoon. my first thought was, "and you didn't drop everything and call me to tell me this?!" he then told me that she said that our dossier has now been translated and will be heading to los pisingos shortly! YAY! apparently i must have looked pretty excited because my cousin leah said it was pretty cool to see my face light up when he told me. :) after our game (which we won 15-10! yay foul swingers!) i called home to listen to the message myself and it was true. i'm thinking i might be saving that message for while! bettina said that she will call again as soon as it arrives at LP, but she is hoping it is soon. as soon it is delivered we could literally get THE call any time. yippee!

A Special Gift

i know i've mentioned our friends stacy & brandon in previous posts (they are the ones that are in the process of adopting their second child from korea and that have been our 'adoption role models' throughout our journey). stacy wasn't able to attend the shower, but i was able to see both her and her sister-in-law roxy at roxy's baby shower on sunday (she and cory are expecting identical twins in july!). stacy & roxy both surprised me with gifts after roxy's shower (thank you ladies!) and i just had to share a picture of the plaque stacy made for me. i love it!