to take a day or not...

The weather around here has been crazy. First it snowed a ton this past weekend - around 8 inches which is a lot for winston-salem, rained all day today, and now it is supposed to snow this Friday as well. The only bad thing about this is that at my job we never close and I mean never so if I feel like I can't come in to work due to the snow then I have to take a vacation day. I am trying so hard to save my time for when I am out on maternity leave which hopefully will be some time this summer!! So here is hoping the snow holds out till after 5pm on Friday.

Is anyone else excited that tonight is LOST night???

Keeping Busy...

Over the next couple of months my life will be consumed with wedding showers, weddings, and baby showers. It seems that most of my friends are going through these major life changes all around the same time :) I am glad to stay busy and to help pass the time as we wait for Baby E. So my first event happened this weekend as my dear friend Kelli had her bachelorette party in DC. I realized that I am getting old, because it was really hard to stay up till 3 in the morning hanging out. There were 16 girls total, so it was a lot of fun to catch up with some who I haven't seen in a long time. Here is the beautiful bride to be...her new last name is going to be Queen..very fitting for her. 

3 months...

Today marks 3 months on the waitlist. Currently the average wait time is 7.5 months for an infant. :)

Baby its cold inside...

Last night I started getting cold, like freezing cold...but I thought maybe it was because I had been just sitting too long on the couch looking at adoption blogs. So I turned the heat up a bit. This morning this is what I saw..

our inside temp was in the 50's ...it was soo cold.  All I wanted to do was stay in bed. Even poor Jake was shivering so I had to put his fleece coat on too.

 

SO we called our home warranty people and about 7 hours later :) they came to fix it

Apparently the previous owner left something on and the motor in our heater rusted and stopped working. . Thank goodness he was able to come out and fix it because it is snowing!!

2 months down...

Today marks 2 months down of waiting on the waitlist for our baby.  WooHoo!!!

My favorite obsession

So I must confess I have an obsession. There is something called the Gladney FBI. It is an unofficial list of some of the families (and their blogs) who are adopting from Ethiopia through Gladney.It is broken down into categories of who is working on their paper work, waiting for a referral (that is where we are), who has gotten their referral and finally who has passed court. I admit to checking this website several times a day and reading the many blogs for updates. It is so exciting to see families matched with their child and connecting with others who are going through the process. People have been so encouraging.

So Matt and I are in the waiting category and it tells you when the family was placed on the waitlist and what they are requesting (boy, girl, infant, siblings etc.) It is so exciting to see our name move up closer and closer to the top of the list, even though we have a long way to the top. Recently families have been getting infant referrals at 6-7 months AHHH!! Hopefully they will keep coming that quickly and baby E will be here by summer time!

Happy Birthday Love

Happy Birthday to my wonderful, amazing best friend. I love you so much and am very blessed to call you my husband. I know you will make a great daddy. Happy Birthday!