Anticipation!

Ok everyone, it's time to change the tone of this blog! As I sit and read back I realize how much I have displayed my concern and impatience. I dread coming back here because of all the negative emotions I have splattered all over this page. This process has obviously been a test of patience and a time of growth. It has not all been bad, in fact there have been many exciting and happy times in a process that is pumped full of anticipation. But I guess looking back I have used this blog like therapy in a way and I think the negativity kind of got the better of me there for awhile. But it is time for change. And our boys are almost home!

I am tempted to go back and remove a lot of the sad/hard content off of this page, yet I don't want to go and edit the journey we have taken to the boys. It is still a part of their history. I need to get on here more and write about how JOYFUL we are that they are about to join our family!!!

So much has happened this summer (we moved twice!) that I didn't even get a chance to get on here and celebrate that we passed court on August 17th!! Yahoo that was the date we officially became M and M's parents!

Now we are waiting in MOI for the Haitian government to go over the adoption and make sure everything is good, get their passports, then work on their Permanent Resident Visas. We entered MOI on Sept.14th, so we expect(hope!) to get the phone call to go and pick them up in Jan or Feb. I think it will be wonderful timing for our family to bring them home, and bunker down for a month. I see lots of sledding, snowmen, hot chocolate and cozy fires in our future :)

I keep looking around and visualizing them in our life, imagining another 2 sets of toddler feet running around, another 4 tiny hands getting into everything. I can't wait! I just love this stage in life soooo much, am so thankful that we will not miss out on this precious time! Looking at the world through the eyes of a toddler is so amazing! Everything is new and filled with wonder. They learn at an incredible speed so every day is something new that they have mastered. I just look forward to the day we get to meet so much. I am so eager to bring them into our lives!

Here is a picture of their room, ready and waiting!