Week 7.......

Ok first things first..........I told a little white lie......I said I was taking a break.....well as you can see there have been a few post aftr my taking a break week 6 post.........just like e-bay, there is someting that draws me back to my blog every day.......I have taken a break from my adoption group, plus the post on that board has been really slow this week.


Ok, back to week 7, I sit and watch CNN who is tracking the Gustav stom in New Orleans, and I just get chills as it seems like a dejavu moment for me. Just three years prior there was a storm that hit New Orleans that killed many people as the city and the people were not prepared for such a storm of this magnitude a category 4 storm.

I recall sitting on my couch that summer when Katrina hit New Orleans, crying as I witnessed the dead bodies on the streets, the elderly beg for help, food and water, and children holding onto their parents for deer life. I just pray that God has Mercy and the city and people of New Orleans and the other countries like Cuba, are seeking Shelter while this storm hits.

Week 7 is still stress-free, there has been a little bump in the road of misunderstandings, but it has been ironed out and I still feel good about the wait.

Not that I am waiting for a a bad feeling of waiting, but I hear so many heart breaking stories regarding waiting, and all the ups and downs people have after receiving their referrals, that I want to brace myself for the good, bad and ugly.
So as I embark on a month and a half of waiting I am still excited and plotting my next move and purchase on E-bay.... :)

In the Words of Rick James...........

ebay is a hell of a drug.........

Can I just tell you, that I have 2 car seats coming my way next week, a stroller, and some educational videos........

They should have never told me how this thing works...

I refuse to be out bidded......

Once I get the items I will post pics.

But I got two brand new Britax Car Seats one I saved 100 bucks on even after the shipping cost and the other I saved 40.00 bucks, the video were baby enstein, which I only paid 11.00 bucks for 5, which usually run you a/b 15.00 per dvd, I got a prego unbrella stroller for 29.00 which usually runs 79.00 bucks.........and I have a whole host of itmes on watch.....

This is not good I gotta stop.......

8 IS Enough............

Did he do the damn thing or what????

I can't stop watching Barak's speach, I taped it and as my kids at school would say it was off the chain........

What a proudful moment to witness....


God Be The Glory

NOT IN MY LIFE TIME WOULD I HAVE EVER IMAGINED

I am so overwhelmed w/emotion right now as I watch history unfold before me. The first African American to EVER!!!! be nominated to be our next president of the USA. The tears won't stop comming............

I would have never thought in a million years I would live to see this moment.........I watched the democratic role call this afternoon, and how sweet it was!!!! I can't even get out what I want to say b/c my heart is filled with so many emotions of happiness, thankfullness, and a full understanding in the tag line of "YES WE CAN" This night marks what is going down in the history books and I am able to witness it with my own eyes, live to talk about it for years to come, and share w/my daughter Kayla.

God be the Glory.

Week 6............and taking a break.....

Wow nice to see week six...............one month and 2 weeks of waiting.

No thoughts on week 6 as it approaches. I had a chance to have some family fun on the beach.............will post pics later, and I was the one taking the pics so there are none of me :( .... there were no computers to check the forum and loads of post on the Hope Adoption Boards, and it felt really good not to be so comsumed by all that is going on, had no idea how much of a break I needed.......... I also think I am going to purge and take a break from blogging, and reading post on the HOpe Adoption Boards. The courts are closed, I will not get a referral any time soon, and school is a/b to start again, so I think this is the best time to make this work for me..............I will be occupied all darn day w/work and other things in general...........how long will the break be.....hmmmmmmmmmm, lets see...........The boards are addictive, and I am really going to be pusing it to
stay away and not read them or blog, but I think a 2-3 week purge is a good start. So I shall See Ya in a few weeks.

PS.........by then the nursery will be painted.........not complete, waiting on mom to come and help me............but, I will post before and after pics of Kayla's nursery in a few weeks.

So here is to thinking of Kayla and hoping for her arrival soon.........

As I prepare for school to open in 2 weeks

Not only is summer comming to an end, but.........I return to work in 2 weeks....

Week 5......lets keep it moving

one month and a week now..............sounds good to me.......

As the week begins and so does my 5th week of waiting starts, I have to say I am getting really excited. I mean really excited. I thought what interesting things could I say for week 5, or new info could I share.......so I decided to share the fact I am adopting a baby girl and giving her the name Kayla Symone and I am requesting that she be b/t the age group of 0-12 months. What has changed in such a shuch a short period of time since my last post of questions...part 2

Talking has changed things..............I don't know how to hyperlink her blog into my post so I will say Robbin, who is also waiting for her baby to arrive from ET, has helped to shed some light on the fact, no matter how I cut it, dice it, its going down......... and if I begin to make it known that I am going to be a mommy very soooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn, maybe I will get more support and people will actually begin to acknowledge that ready or not my baby girl is on her way....... NOw I do have some faithful supporters......my mom being uno number 1, I mean she has loads and loads of stuff already waiting to ship to me from North Carolina, including a baby mattress for the crib..........she even have summber dibs on Kayla staying with her Allllllllllll summer, which I say thank GOD for grandmothers..... My mom never knew anything a/b a blog before,and now every other word during our daily conversations is about my blog and how she visits it daily. My mom by far has been my biggest supporter, but to give others the benefit, I don't think I have allowed them to come in and take part of this beautiful process and journey, and starting from this day foward, Kayla will be the topic of my conversations, and I will allow family and friends to share in the joys of this wonderful journey.

More Questions Part 2

Yes there has been more questions and as I am asked I try to remember them so I can put them in this on-line journal.......

1. Why Ethiopia and not the USA? To keep this questions short and sweet, I will have to say it is not polite nor is it proper to ask anyone why they chose one country over the other. Its almost like asking a persona that is having a baby, why did you decide to have a baby with that dumb dumb, that nut, that psycho, and retared no good cheater. Get the point!!!!

2. How close are you? if you go to part 1 of questions on the blog you will see I am close but not close, meaning I have done all I can do as far as paperwork is concerned and I am right now a sitting duck, waiting for the call

3. What can we do to help and be supportive? Just be there to listen and try to ask every blue moon how things are going. Know how important this is to me and how much time, energy and love I have put into briging my baby home.

4. Why won't you share the gender? Well it is no big secret, most people who ask I do tell, but I am not really ready to personalize by name or gender yet. I still have fears that so much can happen that can change things on the adoption front over in ET, w/the talk of changing rules that I just don't want to personalize it yet, even though I have a name picked out. I know once I tell most family members and friends they will begin to address the baby by name, and then I have no choice but to dive head first into it, I am taking my time and processing things in my own special way.

5. How much did it cost you? Well asking this question is the same as asking how much did it cost you to sleep and get pregant by that dumb dumb, that psycho, or no good lieing cheat? You get the point. It is not proper to ask how much this adoption is costing, unless you are serisouly thinking of adopting. Now on the other hand, if you want to adopt then your question and may not be that improper,

I do love quesitons, people may not like the answers I give, however I do want you to continue to ask!!!

FOUR

four weeks of waiting....................

Still not a bad look............does not seem like 4 weeks.

I have started to put a to-do-list together which I must be motivated to complete, like cleaning closets, on hands and knees scrubbing floors and base boards (yeah right!!)Anyway, it was a good thought!!

Well there are lots of things happening in ET (Ethiopia) so for families that are waiting are a bit worried that the changes in the rules that on coming down the pike will not be in our favor. Meaning, the ET government is meeting to discuss who is a "true orphan" if there are living parents the organization that has to give a thumbs up or down for the adoption to happen over in ET will not grant them a thumbs up, b/c they are not "true oprhans" in their professional views.

I have lots of thoughs on this, but I will keep it short and simple. If a parent or family member can not take care of a child, feed them, cloth them and wish to come up w/an adoption plan who are we to stand in the way, and say you can not want more for your children, or a better opportunity for your children?

The impact this will have?

Longer wait times..........

Children who have a parent or living parent will not be adoptable, even thought the parent(s) can not take care of them!

I just wonder what is really causing all of this? And why is that I am in the midst of my adoption, things area changing. I can't wait until the meeting takes place and we really know what is going on.

Week 3 spinning my wheels

Hmmmmm what can I say a/b the week three?

I am still enjoying the wait, and have not allowed my thoughts to run wild yet! :0

My travel partner(s) wld. like to visit Egypt on the way over to ET and I think that would be a great idea, I have always wanted to visit Cario to see the pyramids, but I am looking to see if it would be logical to do this. I wonder what would be a good amount of time to spend over in Cario to make sure there is enough time to sight see, and make it meaningful and a worth while trip b/c my number one goal would be to get ET and get my baby.

Well we will have to see