Merry Christmas

    I have spoken to MOT yesterday and have found out that yes they do have our homestudy. Which is good because now I don't have to try and track it down. I also asked when they will be sending our profile and dossier over to South African? They told me in the new year. This was good news to me. I hope by the new year they mean January and not like later into the year.
    Also there is an update on MOT website that a family has received a referral. This is such good news to see that something is actually happening. I am rejoicing with this family even though I don't know who they are. I am also hoping for more referral soon for everyone that is waiting.
    I was thinking last night that maybe it's not the waiting that is the hard part. I think it is the uncertainty and not knowing a due date. when you are pregnant you know you will wait 9 months. With adoption you don't really have a due date so you are always kinda thinking maybe soon.
    Please continue to pray for us, our children both here and there and all the families waiting. We want to wish you a very Merry Christmas from our family to yours. Love Dilly

Hurry up and WAIT.

       Please forgive me for my lack of posting. I do find it more fun to blog and share when I actually have something to post about.
       During this waiting time, while we keep being told that referrals will come in September, then nothing, ok they will come in November, still nothing and now they will come in December and hopefully some news will come soon for someone in our adoption circle. It will not be for us because I have been informed that our profile is still in Ontario and will not be going to Africa because the are too many there right now waiting.
    The Adoption process is a lot of hurry up and WAIT.

• Hurry up and fill out these forms and wait for a reply
• Hurry up and get a medical and wait for the results
• Hurry up and get fingerprints and wait for them to come back
• Hurry up and prove you are a Canadian Citizen and wait a really long time (still waiting!!)
• Hurry up and put together your profile wait for it to be sent
• Hurry up and pay so you can move to the next step and wait
• Hurry up and get marriage and birth certificates and wait for them to come in the mail
• Hurry up and phone the adoption agency and wait for a response
• Hurry up and get documents notarized and wait for them to be added to your dossier
• Hurry up and go to this course and wait for hands on experience
• Hurry up and prove your home is fit for children and wait for children to fill it
• Hurry up and sign your home study and wait for it to come back
• Hurry up and tell family and friends you are adopting and wait
• Hurry up and show me the money then wait to book flights and travel
• wait for dossier to be sent, wait for referral, wait to be able to travel, wait to hug your child,

Waiting to be a forever family.
Maybe I am not in the best mood to be blogging tonight and this is the reason for the lack of posting. oh well this is the real feelings during this slow moving time. Love Dilly