Six weeks down.........

Well it has been six weeks since we passed court and just one day shy of six weeks since I held my little one.
  Will you think with me for just one minute... I want you to imagine dreaming of having a child...waiting for the child knowing he is out there somewhere...holding that child....hugging him and smelling him...listening to him giggle...and then giving that child back not knowing when you will see that little person again.   Perhaps that will give you just a small sense of the challenge that this is for Len and I.  Joshua's room is ready now.  He has some clothes in his closet.  A shelf in the kitchen for his bottles and formula.  I am doing my absolute best to try and stay positive and to rest in the Lord.  I know this is all in his hands but I am so darn impatient!   We still have heard zippo about our Embassy date.  So in hopes of getting my "Ethiopia fix" we are going to Ethiopian Diamond in Chicago.  A good friend that I work with brought us there a few days before we received our referral.  So yummy!  This time we are bringing the girls and some family members and other friends.  I cannot wait to be there and just BE!  Heaven!  Tomorrow is no shoes day....will you have naked feet?  I will!  Please continue to keep those families who are on the paperwork roller coaster in your prayers!  Thanks!