Day 46

I hope everyone is doing well and getting ready for the holidays. It is snowing today in Vermont again. So far we have had 18 inches in December, and it isn't even winter yet. Okay, I love the snow so much, but totally sucks when you have to drive an hour each way. Abbie just loves the snow. She always comes in looking like a snow man, which means she is just covered head to toe with snow. And she hates to get wiped off with the towel. So usually we don't get it all, and have to chase after her with the towel. Eventually she gives in, but man is she stubborn.

Well, it has been 46 days of being on the "official" waiting list for a beautiful baby from Korea. So far the wait has not been too bad, but I have been keeping myself busy with reading books about attachment in adoption, korea and baby items. I have been investigating all the crib, stoller and car seat companies, and looking at all the cute baby stuff available these days. Amazes me that our parents survived without all that stuff. We have become good friends with two other couples that are adopting from Korea through the same agency. One couple is on the tail end of the process (their son could come home any day), while the other is jsut about to get on the waiting list. We are so lucky to have met these couples because we can talk about adoption and truely know how the other person is feeling about the process. Our friends, whose baby is coming home soon, just had there baby shower last weekend, and recieved some great gifts. One of her coworkers made her a beautiful knit blanket, and a family friend who travels to Korea for work all the time gave her a beautiful traditional korean outfit. The detail was amazing. And of course they got the usual stuff too. We are just so excited for them.

So a little update of what is happening on the Korean adoption front....

Things over the last few months have been speeding up, and please pray for us that it continues. We recieve monthly updates at the beginning of each month from our agency for the Korean program. It talks about any changes in requirements, etc, and how many referrals and babies came home the previous month. The agency is still telling us 10 to 13 months for referral and 3 to 7 months for travel. However, that isn't what has been happening over the last few months. (Please don't let me put my foot in my mouth by saying this next part. Because we all know how that works.) At the end of September the next referral date was Febraury 2. At the end of October the next referral date was March 26. (Side note....our friends got their referral in October and their date was after the 26th...so it jumps around a little) At the end of November the next referral was June 2. In November, the agency recieved 18 referrals!!! And 14 babies came home. That is HUGE!! And the average wait for referral has been about anywhere from 5 to 8 months. (And did I ask already for you to pray for us.) The cool thing about last month which is so rare for Korea is that there were 12 girls and only 6 boys.

Name Vote

I was so excited to see that so far 6 people have voted for names. We would love to see more people vote.

SO VOTE......