6 Months!

I know we haven't been updating our blog a ton, but we just haven't had much to post since we're just in the waiting mode. But, I thought I'd go ahead and write something in honor of today marking our 6 months of being on the waiting list for our referral. Also in honor of today, I wore this beautiful necklace that my friend Katie Brabson gave me. She has an awesome blog so check it out! Anyway, my necklace says "Selam" (pronounced SELL-OM (kind of like the meat)) which in the Ethiopian language of Amharic (pronounced AM-HAR (as in CAR)-IC (as in the ic in RICK)) is a traditional greeting and it means "Peace".

When we first started this process we thought we'd be waiting for around 3 months, and at the most, 5 months for our referral. Well, now we are at 6 months of being on the waiting list and you know what I feel??? PEACE. Yep, peace. I keep hearing things like "You must be so anxious especially since this is your first child!" Anxious? No. Excited? YES!! We are so excited but what makes this process even more exciting and oh so cool is that we truly believe that God is in control! I'm not gonna say we (really, I) haven't had a few moments of weakness, but that's life. We naturally want to control things that are going on in our lives. But then, I just have to step back and remember that most things I try to control end up getting all messed up and when I step aside and let God work out the details, it is good!! I didn't say it was easy, but it is good. So... happy 6 months to us! God knows what He's doing!



Selam!!
Candy


P.S. I called in for our 6 month update and was told we should receive our referral within the next month or 2!! Yay!