When is a non-update actually an update? When you have so many things to say and no reason to say them!
That's where we are now, wishing and hoping for you. We have had no update since we were sent your file for our consideration. You did indeed have an awesome file - up-to-date, lots of pictures, test results galore, etc. - but maybe that set the bar too high. Maybe it left us wanting more of you that we cannot yet have.
But we don't want you to think that we have forgotten about you during the days that you are not with us. We talk about you all the time. When we celebrated Mother's Day a few weeks ago, Daddy got Mommy this:
It's a beautiful collage of our children. And see who's right there in the midst of her brothers? You.
Mommy took this picture on your bed, in your room. The stuffed giraffe was made by Uncle Matt's girlfriend Katie. You're going to love them. Mommy made the book to send to you so that you would know what we looked like when we finally finally come to get you. We didn't forget about you.
We just got back from a family vacation, hopefully the last one we will have without you. But we missed you. Mum-Mum and Pop-Pop bought you a dress, and we talked about what it will be like next year when there are four children, not three. We didn't forget about you.
Mommy devoured a book on adoption while we were away, reading all about the joys and challenges we may face when you come home, things that we need to prepare for to make your entrance into our family go the smoothest that it possibly can. We're reading all kinds of things so that we can be ready to take care of you, and to meet your needs. We didn't forget about you.
We sent the last of our paperwork out to get authenticated by the Chinese Consulate in Houston. Once we get those two precious documents back, hopefully this week, we will send them to the agency, and the agency will send everything to China. One step closer to you.
Vivi, we know that one day, probably about a year from now, we will laugh together as a family of five about how long this process took and how it seemed like FOREVER until we could come get you. When that time comes, we won't remember the pain of not having you, only the joy of having you.
In the meantime, we wait. Some days we're patient, some days we're not. (Well, Daddy is always patient. Mommy? Not so much. But you'll learn that too.) We know we keep coming back to faith, but it's the only thing we have right now. We have faith that God is watching out for you while we can't. We have faith that he is providing for your needs when we can't. We have faith that his hand has been and will continue to be in each and every step of this process.
So while we wait, we do lots of things. We pray. We hope. We trust. We love. But we do not ever forget about you.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
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