Easter Egg Decorating

Word On The Street

I picked up an email from the director of our agency while we were away on vacation for spring break. Yes, I can no longer help myself from checking email even when on vacation. I even sent our director an email saying "hey, we are going on vacation so here is all of our contact info incase you want to get in touch with us with a referral" :) Of course, she never responded. And of course, I told myself she was just too busy trying to find ours and other families children to respond. These are the things I have to tell myself to remain moderately sane in this process :)

Anyway back to the email from our agency director. The word on the street is that our agency was "invited to place a large number of little ones from Shanghai Orphanage". As usual, I am cautiously optimistic. I even popped over to the library where we were vacationing and picked up a China travel book so I could read up a bit on Shanghai. Shanghai seems very ooh-la-la :) Actually all of China seems very ooh-la-la to me. I have never been to any asian country and I am asian so I am thrilled with the prospect of going, let alone going to bring home our daughter. But we won't have more details till one of the other directors goes to Shanghai in mid-May. Our director said once they are back from this trip the matching can begin which puts us around the beginning of June for a potential match. So the official word on the street is "soon" ... and as usual "maybe". Fingers crossed XX

Expecting a visit from the Tooth Fairy tonight!

Calling All Angels

Last friday was an amazing day for many families within our agency. They got "the call". I too got a call from an out of town area code on my cell phone but it was from my friend calling to say "go home now incase you get called too!" I happened to be pulling into my driveway at the time and gunned it down my driveway to my house, ran inside, called my husband to be on high alert and then sat there and stared at the phone. The phone rang twice, each time nearly giving me a heart attack. It wasn't our agency. It was my husband and friend both calling to see if we had been "called". I waited and waited for that call until I had to leave the house to pick my children up from school and reluctantly and grudgingly got into my car realizing that this was not our day. On the short drive to school I heard a song that I had heard many times before but never really listened to the words and when I listened that day I balled my eyes out. It was Calling All Angles by Train. These are the lyrics:


Calling All Angels by Train

I need a sign to let me know you're here
All of these lines are being crossed over the atmosphere
I need to know that things are gonna look up
'Cause I feel us drowning in a sea spilled from a cup

When there is no place safe and no safe place to put my head
When you feel the world shake from the words that are said

[Chorus:]
And I'm calling all angels
I'm calling all you angels

I won't give up if you dont give up [Reapeat x4]

I need a sign to let me know you're here
'Cause my TV set just keeps it all from being clear
I want a reason for the way things have to be
I need a hand to help build up some kind of hope inside of me

By the time I got to school I was a visible mess. I pulled up my Jackie O like sunglasses tight across my face and went in to school feigning a bad day of allergies. Its been nearly three years of trying to adopt. I think most people don't get why we are still trying, let alone crying my eyes out in the middle of the day about it.

But I guess it was a bittersweet afternoon because we did get the sign, referrals have come to our agency two month in a row so things are moving in the right direction. It just wasn't our day. Hoping its soon.

Not to be out done by his brother, Ryan sings too! :)

Derek Singing!

What would you name this post?

In many ways I am a purist, so I thought about entitling this post "3 year old left to finish brushing teeth while Mom answers the phone". But then as I stare at it I see so many viable options.
"Maniacal toddler with toothpaste"
My husband's favorite "Our life makes 'Malcolm in the Middle' seem tame' "
TGIF
There are too many for me to mention. Perhaps you have a better idea for me?