* WAITING FOR MEI MEI (Little Sister)

We have made it through our first month of waiting for a referral and I have only contacted the agency once. Lol  They said there hasn't been much happening since fall and I think with the Chinese New Year coming up on Feb 3, slows things down a bit too.  It would almost be easier to deal with the wait if we had tons of paperwork to work on, but our work is done other than fundraising and now we wait on God to do the rest.

I know that waiting a month is nothing compared to some families that have been waiting since 2006 in the Mainstream program, so I am not going to complain at all about a measly month. 

In this process I am learning that things don't always go according to my plan and I am not always going to know what is happening at all time.  That is a very hard concept for me to grasp, but I know I have to let go and give control to God.  Sounds easy enough, doesn't it??

I have no idea when to expect a referral; I would love to think by summer that we will see her sweet face; but in all reality I don't know if that is realistic?   For now I will enjoy preparing her room, homeschooling my boys, making more quilts and planning March Break with friends and hopefully keeping my mind busy.

My mother in-law bought the boys t-shirts for Christmas from Adoption Bug that say GeGe (big brother) in Chinese so I though I would take there pic in them.  Also, here is a pic of one corner of her room with the lantern, her panda and a book that our sweet friends gave us for Christmas about a day in the life of China.  P.S. Can I just say that I still can't believe that I have a pink room in my house!