My Happy Man

OK...So I have figured out how to post video. Yeah! Here is my "little-mans" video at 5 1/2 months. He looks so happy and cool in his Gap t-shirt I sent! (size 12 month for those family members asking) However there is something going on with the pants...Just a little to high there baby! He is almost 7 months old now but I am hoping to get one more update before we travel. I am keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow!

Mama In Practice

One of my many cool slings I bought from attachedtobaby.com

We Got The CALL!!

Today we received word... the Final Ruling has happened! Yeah!! Kobi will be spending his first Christmas with us! Matthew and I are so excited! We hope to travel very soon and be in Taiwan the week of December 18th. I hope the travel agent calls me back soon! I really want to get those plane tickets bought! You know me...get everything done ASAP! So this is the initial scoop and I should know more by tomorrow.

Matthew and I are so thankful that we can bring this little man home soon. We really are fortunate to have started this process in only May of this year and to now have a baby by Christmas, that truly is magical! I am ready to end this year with a bang! So Taiwan... Here We Come!

Get to Studying

Today was all about school (Chinese School to be more specific)! I had my final this afternoon and crammed as much info as possible into this brain of mine. I really should have started reviewing weeks ago. I hope I passed! I should know next Sunday. This semester some of my favorite sentences I learned to read, write and say were;

Please don't cry. (Bu Yia Ku)
Me, I ate 5 cones of ice-cream a day! (Wo, wo yi tian yao chi wu ge bing qi lin)
Do I look like Yao Ming? (Wo xiang Yao Ming ma?)

I'm sure all of these will come to use in Taiwan...hmm, except maybe the last one!

Im Ready To Go!

I have my suitcases on stand by...

All of the necessities at hand...and enough shirts to make it through winter...

Now Please, Please, Please..."Can I have my baby??" I promise there are pants to go along with all those shirts!

Thinking Of Everyone...

Today I got to thinking. There are so many people that have been waiting so much longer then me to get their little ones. People who have been waiting month's and month's to travel. Here I am feeling anxiety about waiting since June 26th. In the scheme of things this wait has not been too terrible. Although at times it feels like it. I just have had this vision of being with Kobi for so long it seems that it upsets me to not be with him right now. I dream of the day when I can hold Kobi for the first time and rock him to sleep. I cant wait to be the mama that he cries for and for the chance to raise this little guy. So today I have prayed for all those other families. The ones that have been waiting for so long to be united with their children from different countries. I hope that their wait is coming to a pleasant end very, very soon...

Today I also received a phone call from the agency. The Final Ruling should be happening very soon. Maybe next week but then again maybe not. Its the uncertainty that gets to me. I just have to tell myself it is no longer in my hands. Hopefully I will hear word soon. I just keep hoping that I will be with Kobi on Christmas...