Not much to post, no movement in the process that we are aware of. We are now on day 30 of our LOA wait, hoping and praying that we get it in the next month...
I've been trying to work on things around the house, distract myself by focusing on getting ready for JJ, nesting pretty much :) so we cleaned out closets galore last weekend, moved furniture around in our bedroom so that we can fit the crib in next to our bed (we are planning on JJ sleeping in his crib in our room initially, help with the bonding/get over jetlag etc), and I've been working on JJ's bear. It is still a work in progress but this is what I've done so far:
When Hubby and I were first married (and living in Hong Kong) we went shopping at Ikea one day and saw these sweet little bears (which I had also seen at the orphanage we worked at). I persuaded Bob that it would be a good idea to buy some of these bears for our future children... I think Hubbys response was something along the lines of 'ummm....
our kids???? ummm..... how many do you think we need? 1 or 2?'. :) We ended up walking out of Ikea with 5 of these sweet bears (not exactly sure how
that happened!?!) and Jon Jon's bear is our last one. Somehow AG managed to lose her 'AG bear' (we are REALLY original with our stuffies' names in our house!), which is her 'I cant go to sleep without it' stuffie, so I made her a second bear, identical to the first one. Soooo, Hubby and I were talking the other night about how this is our last bear and how we should probably try to find a couple more - just in case the kids lose theirs ;) So if anyone sees them please let me know! I think I bought them for $15HKD ($2USD) each but saw them on ebay last night for $30USD! ouch!
Other ramblings... The waiting and the fundraising... feel like I'm a yo-yo when it comes to both of these. Some days I miss our son so badly, its almost a physical pain, just want him home and wish there was a way for the process to move faster. Its hard being stuck in the particular wait/phase that we are in right now, not knowing if we will get our LOA next week or not for another 3+ months... its hard emotionally to prepare for both of those options, still have hope and be ready and yet not be crushed if it takes 140 days... yah, pretty tricky... Appreciate prayers for peace and patience in the waiting.
And the fundraising, we have been so blown away by all the love and support that we have received, so humbled by those who have given to help bring our son home. I wish I could stop there and just focus on that because it is
incredible to have this army of people who love your child, and love you, and believe in what you are doing to the point of getting behind you to support you... but then I look at the numbers, look at what we've paid and what is still due and it is overwhelming, scary! And then today we got a sweet envelope from a precious just turned 9 year old girl, who is giving us her $25 to help bring our son home... and I was brought to tears and reminded that God has called us to this, that God has chosen Jon to be our son, and that He will provide! So grateful and so in awe...
Just thought I would share this, the first pic we saw of our sweet son... We don't know when this was taken, or where, but sometime before he was 9 months old (I'm guessing around 4 months but who knows)... our sweet son...
