To Go, Or Not To Go

We're expecting an update and photo of Amelie any day now, and we continue to await news of our court date. In the meantime, we're discussing the possibility of attending Andrew's orphanage reunion in Chicago at the end of June. It would give us a chance to visit my sister a day or two, then spend a weekend at Homewood Suites just hanging out with many of his old Bal Vikas friends and families. It was a blast last year and the boys absolutely loved the whole trip.

With Amelie's adoption process and all the planning involved I can look at it 1) as an overwhelming and an added stress to adoption travel & planning, or 2) a nice break and escape from our everyday hubbub here in Lawrence. It may help pass some time, and I'm sure it would be a valuable experience with the boys, considering we didn't plan any family trips this Summer. Not to mention we just purchased a nice Toyota Sienna that could get us there and back in comfort and ease. I'm actually smiling at the idea of being able to take a road trip with Sky and Andrew separated from each other.

Fortunately, we have a new homecare worker for Liam who may jump at the opportunity to watch him at our house the whole weekend, and Sorin will be at a spiritual Unity Rally for teens in Oklahoma. It will be the last opportunity to take a trip with just the boys, without little Amelie. So, after weighing it all out it looks like a "go" (for now).