Annual Halloween Party

Last night we had our annual halloween party which has become a tradition since 2002. Each year's theme is decided at the previous year's party and this years theme was Stars Wars. It was a tough one!!! Everyone looked great and we had a great time. There's always alot of food, drinks, chatting, and overall fun. This year's party was a bit smaller than most because of others schedules but we had a great time anyway. Thanks to all who attended and may the force be with you!!!! Next year's theme: USA
Will we be in the USA this time next year to host this party? We hope not!!! Fingers crossed we'll have a new face (even just a picture) next Halloween party in the good old USA.
Happy Halloween (party)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! everyone

2 Months Down!!!!!

...waiting for KB!!!! Wow, that month went by fast although we think about KB every day, heck who are we kidding we think about KB almost every minute of every day!!! All in all it still feels good to be that much closer in this insurmountable wait. Two months is two months any way you slice it!!!

To celebrate, we went to a new Korean restaurant in Canton Ma called Korean King BBQ. We decided to try the buffet today and maybe next time we'll try the fire grills and cook our food right at our table. We stuck with eating things we were somewhat familiar with and didn't venture into foreign territory for our first time. We tried vegetable tempora (very yummy), Kimchi (ooh, very spicy), dumplings (which Joe liked), and other concoctions (all of
which passed the Joe approval). Joe encouraged me to try a soup
called Miso (which is made up of salt, seaweed, and bean paste) Yuck!!!...of course Joe shares these ingredients with me as he is putting the spoon into my mouth :). So, can you tell which plate belongs to who? I bet you can. Joe went up for seconds, and thirds, and maybe even forths. He'll be eating fine in Korea!!!

The atmosphere was awesome. It wasn't too busy and we just enjoyed watching the other families, majority of which were Korean. There was one family with 3 little babies and I told Joe he could take them down and I'd grap the adorable kids but then we decided against it. Haha. Don't worry, we'll just keep waiting. As we were getting ready to go Joe asked if I'd had my fill of watching this amazing culture and its people. I said no way but we could go. The people were so friendly and welcoming and encouraged us to come back. Definately.

Today we celebrate you KB!!!! and get our taste buds ready for the trip of a lifetime!!!!

The World In Color

Fall has definately arrived. As I drive around all day with my job I had noticed that the leaves were beginning to change colors and look so beautiful. Fall is my favorite time of the year for this job. Driving through the back roads seeing all the trees with their vibrant colors just makes me smile. This weekend we saw bursts of colors when we went camping. We had a great time doing all kinds of fun fall activities. The nights were brisk and the days were sunny. A perfect fall weekend!!!

We think fall would be a good time of year to "have" (or in our case meet) our baby. Well, when it comes right down to it fall, winter, spring, summer, next year, next month, next week would also be great. We're not picky!!!! As we went on a hayride this weekend I got teary eyed just yearning to hold a little one down those bumpy roads and sit him next to a pumpkin and take his picture. Its those little things that make me teary. We've gotten pretty good at hiding how we feel and just trudging along but when its just the two of us we talk about our hopes and dreams and how unbelievably hard this is. We enjoyed these experiences with our families this weekend and know we are blessed to have all of you. We know SOMEDAY we'll watch KB and Ava running through the apple orchards being chased by their cousins laughing. Oh, what a sweet sight that will be.

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part

Come on everyone, sing it with us. You know the song by Tom Petty.
"The waiting is the hardest part. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart. Waiting is the hardest part".
We've found ourselves humming this song lately as this verse is so true. The wait is truly the hardest part!!! We know its hard for those not going through the process to completely understand so we decided to attend the monthly waiting families meeting at WHFC last Thursday night. We met some very nice people waiting for thier children from Russia, Ethiopia, and China. No one waiting for Korea could make it that night. We felt so bad for the family waiting for China as they looked so beaten down. They've been waiting since 3/06. We told the group about both of our little ones and the social worker who runs the group said we are a perfect example of why they now allow concurrent adoptions. She was thrilled for us as the timing now is just perfect. It felt good to talk to others who "get it". We could almost finish their thoughts as they spoke about the difficulty of the wait and others reactions to the adoption. We really enjoyed ourselves and hope to go back each month. I guess they encourage you to bring your child to the group when they come home so everyone can see them. How fun to see the process come full circle. The group solidified once again that this is the right decision. They loved our perspective ...This is our journey to our daughter in China with a stop along the way in Korea for her brother or sister.

Referrals arrived from China this past week. The cutoff is alittle unclear but it looks like its 2/15/06. 6 days closer!!!!