Hard time waiting

We feel like when you're a kid waiting for Christmas and it seems painfully slow in coming.  This adoption is very much different then our first.  With Kayla we didn't have a picture and for most of the time paperwork was being processed she wasn't even born and we knew it.  We got her when she was only 7 months so we knew that we weren't missing that much time with her.  With Andrew it seems like everyday longer it takes is a day we are missing him and not able to love and connect with him.  Our heart aches to be with him.  So everyday we check email for any word that our paperwork has been approved.  Usually 10-100 times a day, you know, pretty normal right?  It feels like a sick addiction to check and check hoping to hear something.  We were not like this with Kayla but again this is totally different

We don't have any worries over the process.  We feel prepared for the worst and pray for the best.  We know God is faithful.  Our only concern is that he will want to be with us.  What a hard place for a young boy to be...his whole world is about to change.  Our agency emailed his orphanage this week and we requested updated photos and measurements.  We also requested that they ask him if he still wished to be adopted.  We think the Chinese government ask all older kids if they want to be adopted or not but we thought we would try again.  Hopefully we will have great news for everyone later this week about our China Approval...pray for speedy paperwork.