Waiting....

Well, the wait has begun and time slowly marches on. We are now officially waiting for our referral. We are hoping the latest referrals will arrive sometime in the next few days. That should give us a better indication of a tentative timeline. There is so much to do between now and referral.


The construction on the house is slowly moving along. All of the electrical, plumbing, alarm system and now windows are in. We should be hearing from Micah, our construction supervisor, sometime soon to set up our pre-drywall walk through. There are some framing issues that need to be corrected before we have the walk through. We are crossing our fingers that the framers will be working away on our home this week. We have a guaranteed closing in November. That is such a relief. There is absolutely no gracious way to celebrate the holidays in this tin can we are living in. The new house will feel like a mansion when we move in. Renting is not fun. I really don't like be surrounded by neighbors... not having your own true space. This too shall pass.


Riley is talking more and more. He absolutely LOVES school and his teacher. Andrea is truly a god send for Riley. She is working his little mouth muscles and fostering confidence. He is such a peanut. Andrea says she is in love with Riley.... we think everyone should be. (He is ours so we know we are prejudice.) He is really getting bigger and just more healthy looking over time. When we look back at the pictures of him from China it is amazing how different he looks. He coloring is better. His hair is thicker. His muscles are stronger. Everything is just so much healthier. He is truly a blessing to us each and every day.

James is reading the 4th Harry Potter book. We are amazed. I don't know how many 3rd graders read those books. Heck, some of my 5th graders couldn't read them! We really believe that he gets his smarts from his two grandfathers. He is really like them both is so many ways. He is still recuperating from his busy weekend. James went to a birthday party and had a sleepover with his cousin, Tommy. Those two boys have such a great time together. It is wonderful watching their friendship grow.


Well, writing this blog is really helping me to relieve some of the stress of the wait. I can't wait to see my sweet, little girl. I know she is going to be everything and more than we could ever imagine.