Birthdays and Referrals

Happy Birthday Joe!!! Today is dear Joe's birthday. We had a little get together last Friday night and today we hung pretty low(after work). Another year older. At least we're the same age for one month!! Happy Birthday and many more.

Referrals arrived today and it appears that the cutoff is either 1/20 or 1/22 of 2006. This is alittle better than 3 days. Its also a happy time for one family that we know. My friend from gradeschools brother had a 1/16 LID and saw their beautiful TWIN daughters for the first time today. Thats right TWINS. They are 15 months old. My mom called with the news and tears sprang to my eyes. It's weird to think that someone we know got their referral. It's starting to happen!! We felt emotions for them like I know we will feel someday for our own referral. Congratulations to all those seeing their babies. This is the best time of the month. We continue to hold out hope and carry Ava in our hearts.

Dragon Boat Festival

Yesterday we went to the Dragon Boat Festival in Boston. It was a hot day but we had a great time. The races were fun to watch and the entertainment was great. They had Chinese dancers and Korean drummers performing. The atmosphere was just awesome and it's hard to explain but we just felt so comfortable all day. It was funny because we saw a couple from our culture class who were expecting a referral next with their baby. We were too chicken to say hi so we admired them from afar. Their baby was adorable!!! Joe was going to try some food wrapped in seaweed but at the last minute he chickened out so we ate chinese food (like you get at a restaurant). They had alot of crafts for kids and we can't wait to bring our children here someday. It was so interesting to just soak up the culture and language. We completley enjoyed ourselves!!!