I came across this and wanted to pass it along to people who would understand it.

I am pregnant, but my tummy isn't growing,
And no one ever calls me "little Mom"
The public simply isn't overflowing with questions that I'd handle with aplomb.
There are no special clothes to mark my waiting
Nobody stops and smiles as I walk by,
The absence of a due-date is frustrating
And looking at the nursery makes me cry
When I am over due no one will worry
The phone won't ring and ring as friends check in.
I can't hurry my labor in a hurry My new life as a parent to begin Adoption is a worrisome endever and waiting alone is not much fun
To be "with child" for a year seems like forever
Dear God, we'er ready!
Please send our little one.

I could not pass these up today at Target, they were on clearance for $5. I got size 18 months and love them!!!!

I have no idea what she will wear them for but, for $5 who cares. I am thinking they will be great for pictures.

Now, if only I had a little girl to go in them....

Here is a cute picture I took this weekend of G- and Shelby. Nothing like a semi-naked baby!!!!

Shelby and I can't wait until we get our own semi-naked baby running wild in the house.

Since I have nothing worth while to blog about, I figured I would post some pictures from Kitten's room.

On the shelf by the crib, those pictures are some really neat ones I found on the Internet of Vietnam. So, I printed them off, I have 6 different pictures around her room of Vietnam, I can't wait to include pictures of the 3 of us over there.

I found the "our family" picture frame a while ago at Target and can't wait to put a picture of all of us finally together in it.

Above the dream, you can see the ceiling is painted like a sky.

I really love how her room turned out and can't wait for her to be home and snuggled into her very own bed, with her furry sister Shelby sleeping in there with her. Okay, on the floor but, if Shelby could figure out a way to sleep in the bed with her she would.

So, it's official, I am a stalker!!!!!! I am trying my best to stalk my way into getting a baby, hoping that they will give me a referral to make me go away....... Of coarse it has not worked for the last 10.5 months but, I will keep trying.

I have been keeping busy by moving some things around in Kittens room. I had to put a 2nd dresser in there, one is just not cutting it. I love her room a can't wait for her to be in it, the dog loves to sleep in there.

My mom and I were checking out the spa at the Omni hotel in Ho Chi Minh, looks like a must visit. Prices are great, and she thinks a new mommy, daddy and grammy may need some special treatment, like a massage.

Please bring our girl home, we want to be played with.

Here we are enjoying ourselves before the Cubs game started. We went up to Chicago and froze our butts off today.

That's right people, that is a parka I have on. Plus, when we were outside I had on a hat and gloves..... It's the middle of April and I am dressed in 3 layers!!!!

Oh well, our Cubs won and it was a good game. We had a great time and the ice cold beer tasted great, I can't even remember the last time I had a beer, and at $5 a beer I only had 2.

And, if Spring time is listening I would appreciate it if you would pay us a visit.

I must also say, that as you notice I am taller than the husband!!!!! Okay, he happens to be sitting on a bar stool. He likes to give me a hard time for not being all that tall, I am 5'5" and he is about 6'4".

Okay, does it get any cuter than this?????

Thank you Secret Pal, it made my day to get this fabulous gift.

Sorry, I have not figured out how to rotate the picture.

I called our agency today to ask about our USCIS approval, it will be a year old soon...

Anyways, we will need new finger prints. But, hopefully we will not need a new I-171H. Our I-171H expires in December, if I do not have Kitten home by December I am afraid I can no longer be held responsible for my actions.......

I am also glad we do not need to update our homestudy for new finger prints, so for us this is some decent news....

In some GREAT news, Susan leaves for Vietnam next week to meet Miss Lily Ana.

Boring post, I know. Nothing exciting going on around here.

We went to Nashville for the weekend to visit my parents. So needless to say I had to hit the Greenhills mall because they have my favorite store there, Janie and Jack. They happen to be having a big clearance sale on their winter items.... I got the tops and dress there, $250 worth of stuff for $60. The jeans were on clearance at Gap too. I got everything in 12-18 month sizes.

We had a nice trip and just love the area my parents live in.

I also got to meet my friend Susan (From God's Hands) she got kitten some great stuff (so, thank you). She is such a sweet person and I hope she gets her travel call ASAP!!!!! I can't wait until my next visit to TN so I can meet her little one. Hopefully we will have our Kitten soon so we can get the girls together...... Maybe do some shopping at the Greenhills mall!!!!

And, in great news my friend K- got her referral for the cutest little guy I have ever seen, so I hope his mommy and daddy get him home soon too!!!

In other news, my mom is now planning on coming to Vietnam with us, as she put it, she will be our medical consultant!!!! (She is an RN) She wants to help us out and take pictures and run the video camera so we can enjoy Kitten. She was cracking me up with how excited she is about going. She is already working on her packing list!!! She kept saying, I'll run any errands you need so you can enjoy Kitten.

10 months ago today our Dossier left for Vietnam. The word from our agency is still a 10-12 months wait for a healthy infant girl referral.

As of this morning we are #9 on that list..... There is one more family ahead of us up open to boy or girl, so if a boy comes in next he is theirs.

I really do not feel the 10-12 month wait is very accurate because I know of another family that is going on a 13 month wait with our agency.

SOOOO, I guess time will tell how long it really takes before we get a referral.

This coming Thursday we will officially hit the 10 month mark of our Dossier being in Vietnam.

So, that got the husband and I talking yesterday. We had said that we wanted to wait a few years after we get Kitten home to adopt again, however, it looks like most international adoptions are going to take a long time.

With that being said we have decided next winter (2008) we are going to start adoption #2, we are planning on adoption from South Korea. We had originally looked into adopting from there but, soon learned you had to be married 3 years to qualify for there adoptions, the 5 years we dated before we got married did not count (we will be married 3 years in September).

It looks like Korean adoptions are taking about 2 years, 12-18 months for referral and 3-6 until travel. So, we figured with all that it would equal our plan to have a few years in between adoptions.

And the best part...... No Dossiers are needed!!!!! Just a homestudy and I-171H. I will not know what to do with myself not running all over the place gathering documents and having them notarized, state sealed and authenticated!!!!

I know we must be crazy, already planning for #2 when we have no idea when we will ever get #1 but, I guess we need something to keep ourselves busy.....