All Quiet

It has been pretty quiet on the adoption front.  We received a message last week that our agency may be signing an agreement with a second province this fall.  It also restated that they didn’t really know how long referrals were going to take.

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Contact with my agency

In case you can’t tell from this blog, I tend to email my agency once a week.  I just like to hear whatever news that there may be (even if there isn’t much to share).  This routine makes me feel like I’m doing SOMETHING.  Those of you who know me, know that I have a [...]

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Shameless ploy for gifts

OK, since Rosy asked as a comment on my last entry, I decided to just write a blog with our registry information.
We are primarily registered at Target, Toys R Us, and Amazon.com.  We also have a few items that we registered for at Walmart. 
 It is my understanding that Mr. Paul Griffin is planning our baby shower for soon [...]

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Baby Celebration

Daniel’s parents took us out for a lovely dinner this evening to celebrate our approval.  It was very sweet!  I love how they are both so excited about the baby!  I often feel like this is taking FOREVER, and I worry about it not happening at all.  It is really wonderful to have someone be really excited [...]

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Approved! (not with a bang, but with a whimper…)

I just received a comforting email from our adoption coordinator.  Apparently, we are as close to an official “approved” stamp as we are going to get.   DIA only contacts the agency to let them know when something is wrong or more information is needed.  It really is a “no news is good news” policy.  Since [...]

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Working on the nursery

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