Court News

Well friends I have seriously slacked on blogging lately. There just hasn't been much to report and honestly this had been the hardest period of waiting for us since the journey began. I don't know if things hurt more because we are so close or because news is few and far between but we continue to pray and believe that one day soon we will be able to hold our daughter.

Back in August not long after receiving NOC we were able to compile a photo book to send to the orphanage.

We had a custom board book made just for her. A few weeks ago we got verification that the orphanage did indeed get the book and we assume that she has seen our pictures. My mind wonders to our daughter and I am curious if she even grasps the enormity of what is taking place. Did she smile when she saw our pictures? Did she giggle at her brother's ridiculous faces? It's hard when we have seen other adopting families receive updated pictures of their children with smiling faces holding their photo books. The most recent picture we have seen was after waiting 3 months to receive her referral in April and we assume that picture was taken back in January or February. What does she look like now? What is her personality like? Oh this mama's heart is often times overwhelmed with questions and an ache that becomes more intense every passing day.

So where are we now? Well we were told that our paperwork was submitted to the court system. Some detective work had been done by another adopting mama who introduced me to a website with court information. After checking the site for weeks on end one random morning I finally discovered our names and found out that we were due to have a second court hearing. That second hearing took place Saturday August 23rd. There has been no update since then which is not unusual at all. From what we have gathered it will most likely take 5-6 hearings before we receive approval from the judge. We may not hear any more news until we pass court which is not expected until the end of September so yet again we are waiting. This wait although hard continues to solidify the truth we have felt in our hearts since we first saw a picture of our dark eyed, crazy haired beautiful little girl...