Adoption picnic

Adoption Assistance (our home study provider) hosted their annual picnic. Amy and I had a great time--my parents went with us and I am glad they were able to share it with us. Boy, we had baby-fever before, and now it is even higher. Their setup was pretty good. Once people signed in and made name tags, they migrated to a large circle of flags from the countries of choice they have serviced. We found our way to the Ethiopian flag and set up camp.

We were the only ones for awhile. We ran into someone Amy knows through her hair stylist (they adopted an adorable baby girl from Texas, so they moved on down to the USA flag). It wasn't until we were getting ready to leave (we were hungry and the rain was threatening) that we met another couple in process to adopt from Ethiopia. They are getting ready for their home study--gosh, that seems so long ago. I hope that we both make our way back there next year, and that our little ones can play.

Watching the families, the kids playing, running, riding the ponies, made the inevitability of having our baby home even more solid. Even the bills don't dampen the joy and hope of fetching the mail to find our 171H.