Endings and beginnings…..

…..well summer school is over and summer vacation is officially here…it has been a tough few weeks and the last frenetic day of summer school ended with some pleasurable news….two of the families who are in Vietnam adopting went to visit my son in his orphanage and while I was sent a few photos on Friday, I will have some videos on their return….it is always so wonderful to get photos and videos etc…makes it all more real and then when someone from here is also in the photos it makes it even more real for me….so here's hoping that I get those videos soon and that I also get some other information.

  On the paperwork front, I have almost all the paperwork done for the home study update and will not just have to await the home visit and the medical updates at the end of the month…really hoping to have the home study submitted in September as sometimes processing through the Ministry can take a few months…and hope that the delay is not on this side….the paperwork is so daunting….

….on the home front…Matteo has one more week in preschool, and then he will say good bye to this phase of his life and we'll be on vacation (though we don't have many plans as of yet) until school starts in September.

 We are hoping to visit with friends in Toronto and also have friends coming in from out east, otherwise we plan to hang out at our two renovated parks, splash pad and pool….I am hoping for long hot summer days…it has been a tough year, and sadly we are moving forward with one fur baby less but with the hopes of adding to our family with a new little boy, hopefully sooner than later…

…..for now, just want to reenergize and get ready for  some new beginnings…..