A nibble of news on adoption #2....

...today after enquiring with my agency if I could get an update on our status and our list placement, I did get a message letting me know that we have climbed up on the list.  No details were given as to new timelines; however, of course, it is all wishful thinking but at the same time, makes me feel like the dream is within reach.

   I am meeting on Saturday with my social worker to update the medical etc. and hopefully  that will be done in the next few weeks so that our file is ready should a referral come in at some point.  Of course I'm trying to balance my excitement with the reality that it is all still at times a throw of the dice.

   The whole adoption process is an act of faith...it is important to believe that all is possible, while trying to remain realistic.  I remember  a post I wrote just a few weeks before receiving Matteo's referral it was titled "When nothing is sure, everything is possible."....You can read it here.  I am feeling much the same these days as that post suggested.

   Tonight I'm hoping it is a good sign that just around the corner life longing for itself will change the direction of our lives once again and bring us to a place we could never even have imagined......

Matteo and mommy, first full day together.
Celebrating our family with the beauty of the South China sea.