Back to school!

August 27, 2014 – a Wednesday. So our boys started back to school last Wednesday! Hallelujah! I told everyone that I was going to simply TAKE A NAP every day for two weeks. While, I have yet to get my nap in, there have been no tears for this Mama! We were all ready! Little O is enjoying first grade. His favorite part – no naps! Seriously! He has only had about 3 naps since he turned two, so he was pretty serious about that statement. Jonah is thriving in pre-K. He most definitely was ready for full-time “big boy” school. His favorite thing – his snacks! And, he gets to see Olaf at times throughout the day. These boys really love one another. We are all enjoying their new school and making new friends! No complaints in this department.

On the “sister” side of things it is a bit of a rollercoaster (at least for me). Yay – the government received our petition and took our money. This means that things are moving. While this is exciting, the bland part about it all is that we have not yet met our little one. We are all excited to receive her, we pray for her daily, but now we just want to see her sweet face. The ball is rolling, if you will, in this country, but I am ready to get this approved and finally send our gigantic dossier to Uganda, so that the will know that we are serious. But, really, just really, we yearn to see the face of our daughter.

Another lesson in patience, I know. God’s timing is best. I am succeeding in keeping myself busy while we wait for our “match”. The Big O and I have amped up production in our block business in anticipation of some upcoming shows and the “selling season”. So, I get to sand, spray, price and package blocks daily. Also, while LOVING the quietness of our home while the boys are away, I am keeping this place clean and doing all of the things that need to be done in a home. In fact, on the boys first day of school, I spent 4 hours cleaning out their room! Three bags of yard sale items and one bag of trash later, I was done. Nothing like seeing the entire bedroom floor that will make me smile. Oh yeah, it was serious. I even had my husband move a small dresser into their closet. Now, the boys are totally both in one room. It is nice. Now, to motivate them to keep it clean, this is the exhausting part.

So, this was another “here we are” post in the process of gaining a daughter. We hope that she will be able to learn and accept how much she was loved and wanted before we even knew her.