Few things still left...and then more waiting :)

We are currently wrapping up the last few items of the home study.  Answering a few questions here and there.  We are also finishing up all of our documents for our dossier.  Needing a few signatures, a notary, etc.  We have also been taking pictures of every room of our house.  That has been quite lovely, as our home is much cleaner and it spurred Michael into de-cluttering our office.  Michael and I just wrote our letter to the Lesotho government and sent a draft to AFAA (our adoption agency).  Since we have no clue what we are doing, we are hoping for some constructive criticism :) 

Rosebud started preschool in August, and is growing more fond of it as time passes. The teachers let us know that she does great with them, but as one of them eloquently put it, Rosebud doesn't seem to understand the 'freakshow' that is the whole gaggle of children.  Having not been around gobs of kiddos, I think she sometimes gets overwhelmed.  But she comes home singing songs, doing yoga, and smiling, so that counts for something!  A little socialization twice a week will be good for her. 

I think of our son often.  I wonder what his name is.  If he has been born.  If his family is okay.  If he is okay.  I haven't even gotten into the thick of it yet, and adoption is already a much more emotional process than I had imagined.  We have fun anticipating his arrival to our family.  How long will it be?  We speculate on Rosebud's reaction and on our own.  It is fun to guess about things like this. Like an expectant mother wondering if her child will have hair or no hair, birthmarks, blue eyes, dark eyes, etc., we have our own curiosities.

 It seems like people feel sorry for us when I tell them we are in for a long wait.  But we aren't sad.  We believe in God's time and are enjoying Rosebud's early childhood.  We are figuring out our parenting strengths, and where we can improve :) As someone who likes to be in control of most things, its nice to have this adoption thing be so outside of my control that I can go with the flow, an attitude I pray to uphold ;)