Nine Weeks

Today marks 9 weeks since sending off our dossier. It was exactly 2 months on Tuesday. We're still sitting patiently...well, I am anyway. Daniel has always had a more difficult time mustering patience. Our agency said 3-4 months, so we're still in a good timeframe. I take deep breaths each day and send my love to Amelie, her birth family, and all her caregivers. I have a strong feeling that wherever she is, she is in good hands. I've been having dreams lately of being in Ethiopia. I feel the warmth of the sun, see the walls and windows of the orphanage as I sit inside them, watching the busy caregivers and the children. They're all around me, the babies and toddlers, but I'm not holding Amelie yet. I keep waiting to see her, but something gets delayed. I don't mind because I have so much to see all around me...that's all I remember. Pretty symbolic of our situation right now. I awaken with a sense of Toukoul, where she probably is right now, and it's a good and caring place. It gives me comfort.

Meanwhile, Andrew was bitten by a brown recluse spider on his thigh and it was infected. I had to take him to the doctor on Tuesday where he had it drained. That same crazy day our cat had to be rushed to the vet. He wasn't eating or drinking for days, but a day or two on anti-biotics has turned him around in a flash. They suspect he had an upper respiratory infection (this explains why he kept sneezing all over us and mucous went everywhere for two weeks). Anyway, we're grateful Zeke is recovering so well, and Andrew's huge bite is responding to medication.

I'm getting ready for a Tiny-K appointment with Cecilia in our home. It's the State's program for early childhood development. They are tracking her development, and giving me suggestions to help her get moving more. I'm enjoying my relationship with them because I have a feeling they'll be an excellent resource when Amelie is home. I'm excited today because Ceci is becoming more comfortable on her tummy, and has learned to pivot herself in circles and pushes off my hands in a sort of primitive crawl. Any day now she will be going everywhere and I'll be pulling my hair out! It's good practice for when Amelie is finally here, and I'm happy to say I've earned such a good sum watching her that we'll have a lot of the travel expenses curbed...they won't be such an "ouch!"