So the last few weeks have been SUPER busy! We submitted our Dossier and had Belle's birthday and then Easter the next day! So in a matter of four weeks this is how it went. We submitted our dossier and we were DTE (dossier to Ethiopia) on April 5th!! YAY!! We have officially started our wait for our referral. Then we had Belle's party which was great. We had it outside at the community park. It was a tad chilly but fine in the sunshine. She had a great time too! The next day was Easter. Paul and I hosted dinner with his family and mine. It was so nice to have everyone together! The next week I began preparing truly for the children's consignment sale that I consigned at. I had to sort, price, and tag everything. It was a lot of work but worth it! I sold or donated most of the stuff! I am so happy to have that stuff out of my house!! We also the first Sunday of the month took Belle to the Baltimore aquarium. She loved it!! It was a long expensive day but so worth it! We hadn't been since high school probably or earlier! Last week was the busiest of all. I worked, got stuff ready for the sale, shopped the sale and worked the sale. Then last Sunday we went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in DC. It was nice but so crowded and I got tired out and cranky. But we did have a nice time. This week has been spent cleaning after the last few weeks of not having time to. So I have played catch up and worked. Today was relatively easy with going to the library and doing laundry. Thankfully I got most of the cleaning done on Monday with a well behaved child because today was a challenge! She is defying us and I guess it was time since the last few weeks she has been listening extremely well. Either that or she is not feeling well again and she is tired. Which I know she is tired because she has not been going to sleep until probably 9 for the last week. Add to that last month she was on antibiotics for a month straight for her ears and swollen tonsils and her tonsils are still swollen and have not gone down, maybe she doesn't feel well. The dr says he thinks it is allergies so we see the allergist at Childrens on May 6th. We will see what they say as well. I did have to call him again though because on Sunday morning she was having some sleep apnea episodes. The only ones that I know have occurred but still. So we are giving her allergy medicine and decongestant. My plan for tomorrow was to just chill, but I have to finish laundry now, clean the bathrooms, and do yard work. But I think I can get Belle to help me.
As for our adoption and stuff I already addressed our wait time now. It could be anywhere from 18-30 months until referral. It is so hard to not know and not be able to plan well financially!! But here we are! I am praying it will be sooner. I have a feeling something may happen in December around Christmas. Not sure why, but it is just a feeling. We are open to some special needs so we will see. Paul and I love her so much and cannot wait to bring her home! We also cannot wait for Belle to have a younger sister to play with! We think she will do really well with helping her and playing with her. And we are still hoping to get all of the $2500 raised for the grant. We are truly trusting that God will provide and we know He will. Anything is possible if you trust in Him! So we are just waiting!!
Paul had his birthday last week as well and mine was yesterday, so we celebrated with desserts and dinner. We will hopefully be able to afford new bikes by the end of the month. We are also hoping to be able to afford going to Texas in September for my cousins wedding. So lots of stuff going on, but God has this!!
