Life is flying by, much like I always heard it would. I didn't get it until recently--just how fast the days seem to go by. Today, as I watched Emerson happily eating cheerios and banana only pausing to smile up at me, I wanted time to just stand still. I wanted to hold onto that moment--commit it to my memory forever. It's hard to believe that our baby is feeding herself, beginning to crawl and starting to pull herself up onto things and people! I am in LOVE LOVE LOVE with that little girl! Staying present andappreciating every moment that I get to spend with Emerson is where I am as a mommy.
We NEED to baby-proof...like yesterday!
My heart is here at home, but also across the world in India. The latest on our adoption journey is that we have received our I800A approval (YAY!) and are now ready to accept a referral. We are so close to getting our first glimpse of our Indian babe. Right now, Lisa from JOH is in India. She is visiting children, orphanage staff and learning about the new CARA guidelines. From what we have heard from our agency, we are still on track to be matched with a child in the near future. Hopefully we'll know more by mid-November--after Lisa has had a chance to get settled back home and relay all she has learned to the other staff members. There are sure to be some delays and rough roads ahead, but there is NO DOUBT we are on the path our heavenly father has set for us.
