Stuck Waiting on "Christmas"

Do you remember the feeling of waiting for Christmas to arrive? Like you had Mexican jumping beans in your stomach? (not BEANS beans....ewww, you're totally of mark)  Waiting for the call to say "You've been chosen. We  have your match." is like waiting on Christmas to arrive.
The BIG difference is that it's not a fixed date on a calendar.  You're crossing off days without knowing when the last X will be made. Every notification for a text message or email or every time the phone rings that flutter in my stomach rises, intensifies...only for it to be something else...and drops to the pit of my stomach. 
We've been waiting for well over a year. No end in sight....just waiting.  Can't wait to get the call so we can look back and see the footprints in the sand, so to speak.  I know God has  a reason for the wait. I know it will be what's right when it happens. But till then we're...stuck. Just waiting on Christmas.

I Must be an Elphant

Well, you guessed it... we're still waiting. Nothing new has come from the three year old, Louis. They've ruled out any family members but last we heard they had not decided on a homestudy. Sigh. We have a new caseworker--our last two have gone on to jobs elsewhere. Still have our homestudy in with a few sibling groups.

I'm not exactly good at waiting. For some things I am. I'm not a Christmas gift peeker. I wait on getting the dishes done all the time. I can wait till the last minute to get things done, especially if it is writing an essay. I can usually wait for my bread to get a nice golden brown color before yanking open the door, dumping a loaf out onto the rack, slicing it open and smothering it with butter. But this whole waiting to see who (how old, how many, what gender(s), when we can go get them) the Lord will bless us with is no fun.

I'm done getting my hopes up for now. For now, I'm just kinda here. Waiting. Out busying any beaver any day of the week. Still not keeping up with all the things that have to get done. Just waiting on the day when I can look back at these posts and say, "It was worth the wait".

Jitters

No, I haven't been drinking too much coffee (is that possible? too much? hmm, doubt it.). We were called months ago about a now three year old little boy, Louis. We were called again last week and told that the relative who had tried to gain custody was not chosen and that THIS WEEK they will be reviewing homestudies. I feel a peace. I just don't know if it's a "we're finally getting our boy and I don't have to worry about it" peace or more of a "not now. chill." peace. Either way, I'm good. I do get a small case of the jitters when I give myself time to stop and think about it. Luckily, the school year is back to full swing and between implementing a new curriculum, having a co-work leave on military assignment & helping his sub, being on two committees at work, one committee in my educational society, and countless at church, teaching youth at church, helping Luci with homework, picking up Lorelai across town at the sitter's, packing lunches each night.....well, you get the idea. BEING A WORKING MOM. There. That was shorter to type. I'm just not giving myself much time to think about it. We have our homestudy in on three other sibling groups. Nothing could come of any of it. We're just resting in God's will right now. Waiting to see what will happen. We've already been so so so very blessed to have Luci be able to attend TCPS due to a huge gift from anonymous source. On top of that Lorelai got the last spot with Luci's old babysitter (old as in once upon a time...) and so that makes this mommy so relieved. I can go to work each day knowing that my sweet girls are in loving hands. WOW. 

So, we ask for your prayers for our family as well as whatever child/children God has in store for us. Please pray that he is working in their hearts to hear his word, for a positive transition into our family, and that the craziness of this school year not wear us down. Thank you so much for your prayers!

"May the Lord bless you and keep you.

May the Lord make his face to shine upon you,
and be gracious to you.

May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you,
and give you peace."

Number 6: 24-26

Still Waiting

Well, as you've guessed, we're still waiting. In the meantime we've been very busy. 

We've gone to Nashville 

to attend a wedding 

and go to the zoo of course.

We've also gotten some great inspiration from Pinterest (some pics are ours and some from Pinterest b/c I've been slow to get pics off the camera. 

We've:

Added glow sticks to the bath :) 

 

 

                                                        made a birdfeeder
                                                      

 

had muffin tin meals

   

had a picnic

  

swim lessons

 

and so much more. There's also a lot more pinned for us to get done before August 1. 

We've got our homestudy in for a few different sib groups as well as the single boy we mentioned in the previous post. It's just one of those things where we do not know what God has in store for us. We just ask for your continued prayers. For us and our future children. :)

Home Study submitted

Well, a caseworker who saw our profile is seeking us for a child in her care. Both she and our caseworker feel that we would be a great match with this soon-to-be three year old little boy. They've already submitted our home study for him. It is in the early stages so we don't want to get our hopes too high. We are asking for prayer--both for him and us. Pray that he's getting the therapy he needs, that his caseworker finds the right match for him, that a transition to our home (if we are chosen) would be uneventful. We have heard several things about his current condition and his history & are very encouraged by what we've heard.
We don't want to get our hopes up again so we're going to wait. See what happens. Pray for this sweet child.  That  may be God's plan for us...to have someone praying for him for a while. It may be that we'll get to expand our family soon. Not sure. We just ask you pray for little Louis with us.

Sibs to Pray For

Our caseworker contacted us today that she had found a sibling group for us to look in to. Three children-- six year old boy, four year old girl and a two year old boy. We agreed that inquiries could be made to find out more information. We'll keep you updated as we get information. Goodness. Three. We'll have to get three sets of all kinds of things-beds & bedding, towels, ...well, you know. This might be a very busy summer. :) please pray for these dear children. That God is working on their little hearts, that they are in a Christian foster home, that we'll know if we are the right family for them, that we'll accept if we are not, that transition to their new family will be easy on their hearts and minds. That God's will be done & that He be glorified.

Sibling Update

They disappeared from the photolisting over the weekend. Our caseworker confirmed Monday that their caseworkers had another match. Not finial but it looks good for the other family.

Again, we wait for another sibling group to show up and we'll try again.