Tomorrow is day 54

Tomorrow is day 54 of our wait for our I600 approval.  We are anxiously waiting for some news and hoping it is soon.  They say 60 days maximum so it has to be soon!  Once we have that approval we will be on the last step of bringing Abi and Joseph home....their visas!!!  That process should only take 4-6 weeks.  We are SO ready to bring them home.  We really feel as prepared as we can be in every way.

We finished their rooms so here are a couple pics.  We really hope they are pleasantly surprised and feel loved.



Abi said she likes yellow!





Joseph is a "Football" (soccer) lover!



I had someone say to me the other day "at least you don't have to be pregnant".  I didn't mention that I would have welcomed pregnancy but also this wait post adoption has been very, very hard.  It is much harder than the wait during pregnancy.  Imagine giving birth to your child and then having to leave that child in a foreign country half way around the world for several months after birth?  That is how we feel.  We bonded with Abi and Joseph so strongly when we went to court in Ghana in October that leaving them there was heartbreaking.  Then when I went back the beginning of December to file the I600 and had to leave them again......well I can't explain how hard that is. The only thing that makes it bearable is their Foster Mother Ruth.  She is great and very loving.  We know she is taking good care of our kids until they can come home.  We will never be able to thank her enough.