Love/Hate Relationship

So over the past few months we have been waiting... waiting... waiting... the any moment feeling is now gone and we are just waiting. But I have come to have this love/hate relationship with my phone.
I am obsessed with screening every call.. I can not miss if its ringing. Text messages sometimes get ignored, but if its ringing... man I can not handle not to look! What if its the Social Worker calling... what if its Corporate Head Quarters calling because our Social Worker is out... What if? What if?
So now, I can not relax. I am watching you constantly and your not ringing from the right number... which makes me hate you. But I am sure when the right number is calling... I will love you!

A little SD

We decided to stay the weekend in San Diego since all of us had 4 days off from school and work! We ended up renting a house in Pacific Beach with Rick and Jean. We were also blessed to spend a good amount of time with some very special people to our family. Maryjo and Rob as well as Jason. With our special guests coming on Sunday night, Auntie Melissa and Uncle Macha and baby Melacha! Always love spending time with our beautiful growing families.

Here is a quick picture I took of Carter messing around at the park... we spent Fri inside, Sat was outside with hit and miss rain. Sun & Mon were beautiful.

We only took one trip to Urgent Care in SD and then one when we got back... ear infections were on the menu for the Huff boys this weekend but they were troopers and we had a blast!

Hope each of you had a wonderful weekend and spent it with the people you love the most.

When there are no words... sing!

Sometimes, when words will not come a song tears them out of my heart for me!

African Art

Blessed to have been given this beautiful woven basket made in Africa by Grandma Debbie for Christmas...it has moved all over the house not sure where to hang it. For now its on the walls with all the shelves... what do you think?

Seems like there is progress among the waiting parents....

Sooo.... I blog stalk pretty much every family I can find that is adopting from ET. Yes, I know, lame. But when you feel like "no one gets how it feels" and then there is all these other people only a click away that do understand what it feels like to love a child you don't know.... how can I not read?!

Anyway, there seems to be great movement among these blogs...things have been quite for a good amount of time. Because, like I mentioned before, there has been some delays with families getting called for Embassy dates to bring their children home. When I thought about it though it made sense. When children are matched with a family, they are brought to Addis Ababa to a transition house to await the arrival of their parents. Not only has this stay become longer with the required two trips, but with the slow in families being able to take their children home there has not been room for other children to come to Addis Ababa. Which in short means: NO REFERRALS! They can't tell a family you have a child matched, but we don't have a spot or know when a spot will be open to move them to the transition home in the capital.

I am so hopeful that with this progress, with the Embassy having completed their due diligence in each child's case and them being released to go home, that there is now room for more children to be matched with their forever families.

So please be praying with us!! We really want to hear something about our baby girl Grace!  

Mr. Cool

Thought I would quick share this picture of Carter while we were on a walk today.... this kid is so mine! Lol