Will Spring Ever Come?

As I am writing this, it is snowing yet again. It seems if it is not snowing, then it is -20. I would greatly appreciate it if spring comes just a tad bit early, say, next week! Yesterday Travis and I had our final homestudy visit. It looked like she had half of it written up already, so hopefully it will be finished in less than 6 weeks. I know she is still waiting for our background checks to come back, which is normal because those take forever. It went by fast. I realized during and after the visit that Trav and I are truly ready and equipped to to parent a trans-racial, internationally adopted child. Anywho, I went to see Dr. B. today, and guess what, he was called to the hospital that morning. So I waited about a hour for him to come back, and they then asked if I could come back at a different time. Go figure! Dr. B. is always in high demand :) Sure, why not, if I didn't want to come back, I would have had some random doctor there give me a physical. NO THANK YOU!! There is a reason why I travel the 2 hours to see Dr. B. :) So, I now have my physical on my birthday - what a birthday present! LOL!! I was able to leave my physical forms for the homestudy and dossier there, and they said that having the physical notarized wouldn't be a problem because there is a notary there! What a lifesaver! And to top it all off, they gave me a gas card for coming all the way down! What doctor's office gives out gas cards? Dr. B's, that's who!



As we are taking these little steps towards our lil' cupcake, it continues to amaze me that we are going to be parents. Trav and I are finally going to be parents. We are so excited! Lily is even going to be a big sister - LOL!! Even though we are getting closer and closer, I am getting so impatient to see her face. I cannot wait to get our referral, to have a face for the little person I pray for, to have a face for our newest family member, to have a face to console me through the wait of bringing her home, to have a face that will be joining us forever, to have a face to daydream about taking shopping, to the zoo, sledding out in the beautiful snow I now complain about. But more than anything, I know that this wait is nothing compared to when she does join our family!