Today was a frustrating day to say the least. We waited until around 3:00pm to get an answer about our paperwork and where we are in the process. We heard last week that our paperwork was on its way from Taipei to the local judge here. It should have arrived last Friday or Monday at the latest. We "assumed" it made it to the judge and we were expecting our first decree this week. That did not happen. Every day I woke up thinking, "Today might be the day!!" I was sadly disappointed over and over. Ted is only allowed to call the judge on Friday's so he called this afternoon and she never received our paperwork.......URG! Ted followed up by calling the social worker again and she doesn't know where our paperwork is now. They were going to look for it later. (which means - they will not look for it, but will tell us that to keep us off their backs). Ted asked if they could fax a copy of it to the judge and they were also "checking into that" to see if they can legally do that. We never got an answer back today about that. Shocker! The communication has been horrible to say the least. So now we continue to wait.wait.wait. We cannot call again until next Friday which seems forever away. The days are getting longer it seems and home seems so far away at this point. Feeling totally helpless and stuck. Monday night is new years eve so the offices will most likely be closed on Monday and Tuesday. Although I will be so happy and grateful to be spending New Years with our Grayson and my mom, it is getting incredibly hard to be away from everyone and everything I know. Some days I seem to forget how things are at home, etc. I am trying to see God's timing in the situation, but it's still not easy by any means. I am human and have real emotions. I don't believe there is anything that could have prepared me for this trip or the emotional, mental, and physical side of it. There is no way I could have held it together this long without my family and friends. I think there are moments in life where you see who your true friends are by the way they help and lift you up when needed. We have experienced so many wonderful things through this process, but it has been the hardest year of our lives.
Ok, my ranting is over :) Thank you for reading it. At the end of the day when I put our baby to sleep I know in my heart that we are blessed to have a son today. Below are some pics of the cute little guy that keeps me going everyday.
Please continue to pray that our papers will be found again and our first decree will come soon. Please feel free to mention our situation as a prayer request at your church, youth groups, life groups, friends, and family members. We do know that prayer is so powerful and we desperately need all the prayers we can get at this point.
Thank You!
Grayson and I getting ready to take a bath :)
Taking a bath......he isn't sure if he likes them yet or not :)
Keeping snuggly warm in the towel :)
Playing with Nana!
Grayson trying very hard NOT to fall asleep :)
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