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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Still Waiting!

This wait is excruciatng!!! I know our LOA will arrive soon, but it should've already been here.
Meanwhile,  Bob and I got our second round yesterday of the Hepatitis A and B combo vaccines. We can't get the third one until 6 months have passed, but the nurse said we'd have immunity with two.

We put Raeanna's little toddler bed together. It's a day bed style, so the rails go most of the way around it. She sleeps in a crib still, so the toddler day bed is closest to that without being a crib.

We also got her carseat. I wanted one with a really soft, cushy seat, since she is so thin, and we will be traveling in the car for long trips quite often.

Once we get this elusive LOA, then we will be waiting for TA(Travel Approval). Customarily, that takes 3-5 weeks, but lately, it has been taking a little longer for many people, so chances of early summer travel have greatly diminished.

My children are scattered today.  Katey is in California, visiting with her boyfriend and his family.  Brett is driving to Mississippi today, to spend some time with his Poplarville friends that he played in Jones Unleashed with, and to attend the wedding of a friend in Clinton this weekend.   Cade is taking his final exams, and his last day of 9th grade is June 1st, next Tuesday.  And of course, Raeanna waits for us in Shanghai. Please pray for me. The adoption has me very emotional.  I realize how very blessed I am to be the mother of my children. I'm very thankful for the awesome people that each of them are, and I'm thankful they're able to go these places and that their lives are so full.  I truly am. I wouldn't change it because I know that they are salt and light wherever they go, but I can't help but miss them when they're gone, and it's painful. I know it's what we work towards when raising them, and yes,  I am very grateful to God for each of them and how Katey and Brett have turned out.  I hope and pray for nothing less with Cade and Raeanna. I just pray that He'll equip me to handle letting them go when the time comes and my job raising them is finished.

Please pray that we can go get our little daughter very soon.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Ugghh, I tell ya...the wait for LOA is tough! They were coming so fast now they are slowing down again :( Praying yours comes soon!

txboymom said...

Shan, I'm praying for you as you wait to go get Raeanna, and wait...and wait. It must be agonizing. And I can relate to the emotions involved in watching as children do what we've raised them to do, and understand how difficult that is. I pray God's peace for your spirit and that He would keep before you hope as you move into the next season of your life, one full of promise and blessing.