It's Official-the referral that is

We officially accepted our referral this week, so our agency will begin petitioning for a court date. Today I also FedExed a care package to the Whipple family, who is traveling to Ethiopia next week. They'll deliver it to our son and share some pictures with us. So, next week our baby boy will have an awesome stuffed giraffe and two very cute outfits from us.

I'm beginning to get a bit intimidated by the 3 month wait we are in now. On one hand it's much happier to wait, knowing that we have a boy in Ethiopia. On the other hand, it's more painful because we are aware of missing every day with him. There are so many firsts in a baby's life and we're really sad to miss so many of them. I'm usually not a big fan of infants, preferring toddlers to infants, but this is making me appreciate what a gift it is to be a mother to a baby from day 1. So, all you mothers of spitter-uppers, poopers, and criers . . . take heart, and be thankful that you get to spend this year with your baby. I know it's not easy, and pretty stinky (literally), but it IS well worth it!