Monday, December 20, 2010
WE GOT TICKETS!!!
We went Saturday morning to get our air plane tickets, I had no idea what it all in tailed. I figured it was like getting tickets for a concert, you know what show you want to go to (or the place you want to go... Kiev) you pick the seats you want and away you go right? Not at all, you really got to know what your doing to get the best deal and there are so many things to consider; lay overs, how many times your willing to stop and switch planes but also watching the amount of time you might have to get from one plane to the next... Grrrr! Also depending on what you chose it will affect the price. We live in Milwaukee, WI but the Chicago O'Hara airport is bigger so to fly from Milwaukee to Chicago would have added $600 per ticket... crazy!!! we are just gonna drive the 2hrs to get to O'Hara! I thank God for my Mother-in-Law and her friend Jean who seemed to have everything on lock down!!!! They knew what they were doing and really helped to get it done!!!!! Thank you ladies I can't even express what it meant to me to have you help us!!!! So our tickets are for Sunday January 30th we are flying out from Chicago at 3pm!
Friday, December 10, 2010
The words everyone is waiting to hear...
It has been a long road, way longer than I ever dreamed it would be. We have had many ups and many downs but we have been blessed to see Gods hand at work through it all! We got an email this morning with our SDA appointment... DRUM ROLL PLEASE... February 2nd 2011!
Now before you have the reaction I had which was... "WHAT that's more than a month away, how can I wait another month and 1/2 to hold those little ones, tears tears tears??????"
I had a good cry and I let all the positives sink in...
*We have more than enough time to make all of our travel and staying arrangements
*Our air fair should be cheaper
*I can re-pack (which I love doing)
*My Mother-In law said there is a nasty storm a brewin in Europe so we should steer clear of that
*We will be home for Christmas and the New Year
All these things are things to focus on but this morning when I got this GREAT news I couldn't see any of this all I saw was that I had to wait yet again until I could hold those two precious little ones in my arms.
One mother that I am friends with told me that everything I am going through will just make it all the more worth it (translation: The longer it takes the more I'll cry!!!!)
For a lot of the other mothers that are adopting sometimes I get so jealous of you because while your waiting you have other children in your homes to hug and kiss and focus on while you wait, I don't doubt for a second that it is still hard to wait but a least you have someone to take your mind off of it sometimes. I have two already done empty rooms staring at me!!!!
I do feel better now, and I am SOOOOOO Thankful that we can say "WE HAVE A DATE" instead of "I DON'T KNOW, WE ARE STILL WAITING" when people ask us what's going on. Thank you all for your prayers and we ask for continued prayer for us as we are preparing for the last step of this journey!!!!
Now before you have the reaction I had which was... "WHAT that's more than a month away, how can I wait another month and 1/2 to hold those little ones, tears tears tears??????"
I had a good cry and I let all the positives sink in...
*We have more than enough time to make all of our travel and staying arrangements
*Our air fair should be cheaper
*I can re-pack (which I love doing)
*My Mother-In law said there is a nasty storm a brewin in Europe so we should steer clear of that
*We will be home for Christmas and the New Year
All these things are things to focus on but this morning when I got this GREAT news I couldn't see any of this all I saw was that I had to wait yet again until I could hold those two precious little ones in my arms.
One mother that I am friends with told me that everything I am going through will just make it all the more worth it (translation: The longer it takes the more I'll cry!!!!)
For a lot of the other mothers that are adopting sometimes I get so jealous of you because while your waiting you have other children in your homes to hug and kiss and focus on while you wait, I don't doubt for a second that it is still hard to wait but a least you have someone to take your mind off of it sometimes. I have two already done empty rooms staring at me!!!!
I do feel better now, and I am SOOOOOO Thankful that we can say "WE HAVE A DATE" instead of "I DON'T KNOW, WE ARE STILL WAITING" when people ask us what's going on. Thank you all for your prayers and we ask for continued prayer for us as we are preparing for the last step of this journey!!!!
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