One of the boys I've been praying for has been adopted! Kenny is now under the 'my family found me' section of Reece's Rainbow website. How awesome is that!!?!?! Congrats Kenny!!!!!
Keep praying for a family to find Calvin!
In news relating to our next adoption: our adoption journey seems to be gaining some traction again. Wheels are always spinning in the adoption world, but sometimes it does not look like any ground is being gained. Licenses are now in place with agencies on both sides of the ocean, so referrals will begin within the next couple months. Travel is still not recommended because of a CIC advisory/investigation, but we are hopeful that it will be lifted in the next few months.
Time passing away is difficult for any waiting parent & waiting child. To be honest, the wait seems a little more 'loaded' our 2nd time thru the process because of adopting a child that's between 3.5-6.5 years old. What kind of memories are they making & patterns are they forming? Those are some pretty huge years for development & formation & identity... Imagine suddenly adding a kindergarten kid into your home right now from another country. That's kind of a big deal. It probably sounds like a jerk thing to say, but I feel like it's more difficult for a 5 year old to wait another 6 months for a family than it is for a newborn. They could be starting school.... But that's probably because of how invested I am. I know that every kids needs a family ASAP.
I've wondered lately if adopting an older child (and a 5th one at that) changes things in people's minds. Maybe it's just that people think we are ridiculous for having a 5th child join our family (or more). When we went in to meet with our doctor when Super Lu found out she was pregnant with our 3rd child (Spark Plug), the doctor said: 'you DO know why THIS keeps happening, right?'. If 3 seems like too much, I can only imagine what 5 sounds like. Once our next son/daughter is home, we'll have 5 kids within 6 years of each other. So I guess it sounds a little nutty! We've become that odd-ball family. But to be brutally honest, it hasn't slowed me down any. This is our best attempt at discerning God's plan for how He wants us to build our family & live for Him. That's kind of a big deal to us. I will cringe (and pause a little) if I ever need to buy a 12 passenger van though.... 7 of us will still fit in a minivan or a suburban. And let's be honest - any more kids than that & we are not going very far for vacation. Camping a few hours away might be a 2 vehicle trip at that point. WOW. Just realized that soon we may need 2 campsites depending on where we go. That is really weird....
Being a decent sized family is extremely good though. We just had a family movie night tonight - it was really refreshing. I got to cuddle with all the kids at different times & watch them dance to the closing credits & then we chucked balls at each other. SO MUCH FUN. Did you know that they are telling teachers not to do that in school? They are not suppose to make kids think of each other as targets. I get it. But really? Do I want to live in a world without dodge ball or 'doctors & nurses'? And apparently there are no more brainstorming sessions because it's too violent. I'm serious. They are now called having 'brainshowers'. This is ridiculous. Someone is laughing at us & making too much money off of these things. I'm sure that some foreign mastermind is already plotting to take over our country when our children are grown... If they can't even use the word 'storm', then we'll be ripe for the taking. I might be messed up & have some aggressive-type issues to deal with though - I just realized that when we worked at camp, my wife & I's camp names were 'Storm' & 'Turbulence'. I'm open to taking donations for counseling.... Turbulence was quite fitting. I was the first caretaker to take out the fire house on the last day of camp. Camp staff & campers might have been targets those days....
Anyway, you can tell I'm really tired because I'm rambling... I think it's time to get the Led out...
I.B.
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