MORE WAITING...

So here we are in the process of adopting Bear.

We have been told (CPS caseworker) that the 30 day appeal process pretty much doesn't matter now due to the fact that his mother relinquished rights. On the other hand our attorney wants to wait the 30 days due to "safety". I was informed that Bear will not be "submitted" into adoptions unit until the very end of the month (that is when the 30 days will kick into play). I asked how long it would take to get him adopted and our CPS caseworker says it takes about 6 months! WHAT!!!!!!!! 6 months!!!! when we were thinking it would be in like a month or two at the most! So our Agency caseworker is checking in behind the scenes to see what is going on and she is still thinking that it should be by Feb at the latest it sounds like.

I don't know what is going on but I do know it is frustrating me. I have waited long enough for a child to call my own and frankly I am just tired of waiting. I am tired of writing down every time he has to go to the dr for a random rash and then log everything he has to take to cure it. I hate having to log every time he is getting a tooth and needs orajel to soothe his gums. It is just another reminder that he really is not your own!

I do however know that God is still on His throne and He knows the exact day that Bear will be a member of our family if indeed that is His will for us all. I am still having to hold it lightly b/c nothing is set in stone still until the papers are signed and his last name shines "WACHSMANN" (yes notice there are two "n" at the end of our name now...hahaha) (oh yeah BTW: J and I got remarried on Oct 28 2008..... Sorry; I knew there was something else I was going to blog but I could not remember... Have I ever told you all that I have a TERRIBLE memory! Well I do. We got remarried... wait did I already say that. Anyway. I may blog about that interesting story later.Ü)...so back to trusting God; I do trust that He knows the perfect timing and nothing should go unnoticed by my FATHER! (And I trust that He will heal my bad memory). Nothing will happen a day sooner or a minute later than what He has planned. He sees us and knows us and our desires. Maybe Christmas does look good for a miracle afterall! We will see...

Jeremiah 29:11 "'For I know the plans I have for you,' Declares the Lord..."

Until then, Here are Bear's 1 year pictures. Not that you couldn't see him in the parade pictures or the Halloween pictures... but I am bias and I think he is stinkin' cute so I want to post his one year pictures okay. Thanks!