While you wait

So what does one do while you wait for a year. I have to tell you being an elephant would be a bummer. Being pregnant for 2 years would be AWFUL! Waiting for 19 months to actually get a photo of her cute little face has been a long haul. Then waiting for approximatly 25 days to have her placed in our arms has been a very long labor. I have spent many hours on the computer viewing other adoptive families blog sites and living vicariously through them. Watching them unite their families on "Gotcha Day" has truly been inspirational. Even more inspirational has been watching the excitement build in Bailey, Kyle and Landon. They have not let a prayer slip by where they have not blessed "Baby Jade", her caregivers and her birthmom. They love her and are concerned for her wellbeing each day and it is so sweet how they express this to their Heavenly Father. We have had many thoughts and prayers expressed in behalf of Jades birth mom. We can not imagine the anguish the bithmoms must go through to give up their precious little ones. I will always hold precious spot in my heart for her and look forward to a time when I will meet her and tell her thank you for the most precious gift a person could give another person. I wish there were some way to put her mind at ease that her little girl will be love and cared for beyond measure. So we wait, day in and day out, reading emails, tracking our paperwork and our dates. Calculating how long it has taken others to get their babies in the past. Ours however seemed to be taking much longer than the ones in the past. And then one day....