{adoption update}

***but first 2 more of my favorite pics from Fathers day weekend.

my Hero Cowboy

LOVE, love, LOVE this little crazy girl!!!

  ** Today marks 5 months DTE (dossier to Ethiop.ia)

** I know most all of my readers are familiar with the process but just in case you aren't here is the low down.  Our agency does not have a waitlist.  They give us an estimated time to wait DTE (dossier to ET) before we get a referral.  Our estimated wait time for a referral is 6-12 mo.  A referral is a picture of your baby and all the info that there is on them.  Our agency does have a forum that only about 1/3 of the families are represented.  On there it looks like most families are waiting about 8 months for a referral.  So maybe, just maybe we could be seeing our baby boys face for the first time in September:)  After we get our referral we wait another 2-4 months for a court date and then wait another few months for an embassy date.  We have to travel for both court and embassy.   We are just sitting pretty and enjoying all the moments in the wait.  I just read this quote this morning and it just makes me more mindful of the moments right now.


"And like petals of a rose, moments fall to the ground once there is no life in them.  Moments are to be treasured-- not just the moments that you've already lived but the moments brimming with life"  

I am treasuring the moments NOW with these precious treasures!!!