A bit of a blip on adoption #2....

.....but back on track...I hope!!....yesterday I wrote that I was going to be looking for a new social worker but have now deleted that post...after an email exchange and a face to face meeting, the misunderstanding was discussed and all has been resolved and I will not be looking for a new social worker. This is such a hard process...second time around it hasn't been as stressful but yesterday was very stressful.  At this point the final approval will now be drafted and the only thing to really confirm is what 'minor correctible special needs' I am capable of dealing with as a single parent and mother of one already.  Hoping that the homestudy will be submitted to the agency within the next two weeks. 

Praying that the next steps are not as daunting and that the wait will not be as challenging....

On a more positive note, have been searching for a scrapbook to turn into Matteo's lifebook and it isn't easy. I'm also been trying to work with an online company to turn my Blog for Matteo into a book...have decided it is going to have to be a couple of books, as my blog is too long....so am taking baby steps on those projects. I am probably going to leave them aside for the summer and instead focus on some swimming lessons for Matteo and make sure we do a lot of outdoor activities. For now I am looking forward to our short trip to Toronto in July via Kingston.....that is probably as far as we'll go this summer...no Italy this year but who knows maybe next year it will be Vietnam. 

The only other thing I hope to get done at some point this summer is to get some photos enlarged of my trip to adopt Matteo...I figure that can be something to do on rainy evenings....I have a lot of photos of Italy hanging and want to integrate ones from Vietnam, mostly Vungtau as well!

Anyhow this week I was very excited as I am starting to feel like child number 2 is out there and waiting to join our family...not out there as in born already but just somehow that it may really happen. That's a much better feeling to have then what I had yesterday!

I will end today's blog with a prayer for Lucy and her family !  I think of her and them often through the day and can't imagine what they are going through. If thinking and praying for them can help sustain them, it is a small thing that I most willingly will do.