Still Waiting

Well, no travel date yet. We were really hoping to hear something this week. Basically another adoption has to be finalized before ours, and we were hoping that would happen this week. There may be some movement on both our adoption and the other adoption soon, so we at least have some positive things to hope for! I really feel God is teaching me patience and flexibility in all of this. We really do have a peace about all of this and know that God is in control.

We met with a builder today to discuss the possibility of adding onto our house. It's getting a bit crowded around here (our house is less than 1200 sq. feet, but a finished basement with a big playroom has saved us so far!), but I can't imagine moving out of our neighborhood. We live on a really quiet dead-end road. It's such a perfect place for kids. They can ride their bikes and scooters, visit the cows and goats on the farm at the end of the road, go for walks in the woods, and fish at the pond at the other end of the road. Sometimes, if we miss church for some reason, we get to watch the Amish horses and buggy's making their way to church from our back patio door. I also love our schools and was pleased to find out they have an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher in the district and an ESL class at one of the elementary schools. I think the students are mainly Ukrainian which could be really nice for Myli to be able to be around other kids that speak Russian if we decide to send her to school. So anyway, it would be really nice to not have to move. We really haven't found much on the market that suits our needs in this school district. The builder seemed like a great guy and very knowledgeable, but it sounds like there may be some obstacles to us adding onto our house. We'll have to wait and see what he finds out.

We're planning to go away overnight tomorrow night without kids for the first time in a very long time. I am so excited! I was surprised they had an opening at our favorite cottage in Amish country this weekend, so we decided to take advantage of the delays and have one last get-away together. It's kind of been a tradition of ours to try to get away before each new baby, knowing it will be a while until we can do it again, and we had been hoping to do it this time as well. Of course Legoboy came home from school with a fever yesterday, and we were afraid that our plans might have to be canceled (we have a lot of experience at being flexible with our plans!). Fortunately, he seems completely recovered (which is also good because it was non-refundable!), and I have a last minute grocery store trip to make and packing to do! I am really looking forward to this time alone with Scott and for the distraction. This place is really great - one large room with a vaulted cedar ceiling, a beautiful gas fireplace, complimentary cookies and non-alcoholic champagne, the most comfy bed and softest towels ever! They even bring a wonderful hot breakfast to your door in the morning in a basket! It just doesn't get any better!