One Year

Yes, it has been ONE YEAR since our dossier has been in Ethiopia without a referral. Officially twice as long as told when our dossier first got there. As of the last agency update, there is no referral on the immediate horizon. Apparently, things have slowed dramatically. One reason, which is actually good, is that due to the rains the crops are good this year and more families are opting to keep their babies/children. There are also more agencies over there vying for babies, thus less for our agency. AAI did say they are networking with other orphanages in underserved areas to perhaps increase the number of babies and children they receive.

We know now we will definitely not make court before the closure this fall and it is looking more like we won't even be bringing our child home until next year. I think we are beginning to wrap our heads around this reality.

When we started this process I told myself I would not buy anything for the baby until we actually had a referral. Well, ONE YEAR is an awfully long time to stifle the shopper in me! They have great shirts on a website called Adoptionbug.com and they had one I just could not resist. Buying the onsie helps me believe this will happen someday, just not in my timeframe.







For now, it sits folded on my dresser as I wait for a little one to put in it.