Christmas and stuff

I haven't blogged in a few days because there isn't anything to say really! I was angry and disappointed when i read the below post. Our agency sent us an email saying in essence that healthy young children have been referred but not to the USA because we didn't have any dossiers in 2006/7 that they MOJ just got done with. USA has dossiers from 2008 and on which the MOJ just started looking at. Our agency also informed us that 2 families from the beginning of 2008 received referrels for healthy young children but had to update their paperwork so haven't traveled yet.

I am still waiting for an email from our agency about how many healthy children are on the registry at this time. I will email our caseworker next week after the holiday season to see if she has any news. Bulgaria, like most European countries take a long Christmas holiday.

So we wait on news and on a referral.

Concerning Christmas we had a wonderful time with Chris' family in Boyne Michigan skiing and going to the waterpark. My girls did so well for their first time skiing and really enjoyed it so we will have to try and keep that up. We then left for Alabama to spend Christmas with my family. We had a wonderful time bowling, iceskating and eating lots of goodies. We also took the girls to see the movie ' The Princess and the Frog" and were very disappointed. There was a ton of voodoo, demons and just wasn't very appropriate for little kids especially if you are a Christian. We are home now, surrounded by snow and enjoying all the presents we received. My favorite gift is our electric blanket from my parents. LOVE IT! This Christmas wasn't as bad as last Christmas surprisingly. Last Christmas I was down in the dumps thinking about Calvin and wishing he was home. This Christmas, sadly, I tried not to think to much about him not being here. I pray for him every day but try and not dwell on the fact that he isn't here. And honestly, I am trying to prepare myself that maybe this isn't the Lord's will for us. I am leaving this up to the Lord, praying for his will. I am tired of all the yo-yoing I experience within my heart. I am trying to be at peace with what ever happens. But we have decided that if our paperwork expires in November and we don't have a referral it wasn't meant to be. We can't afford to renew homestudies, uscis paperwork, fingerprints, background checks etc. It gets to be very expensive. We have already changed countries once from Ukraine to Bulgaria, changed our homestudy twice now and I am tired.

Praying we will travel this summer to meet our son! 2010 we will also be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary, wouldn't it be awesome to celebrate it in Bulgaria? Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season with loved ones and a new year with many blessings.