Waiting, waiting and more waiting!

Things have been so wild at our house the last two days! We are all just floating on air! We also got some very exciting news today - certainly not as exciting as yesterday's news though. Kimberly Alls (our wonderful social worker) called this afternoon and after wracking her brain for the last day remembered where she had seen our Olivia before. She saw a glimpse of her in another referral video. Needless to say, she was thrilled and called us immediately. She's mailing us a copy of the video in the morning so we can make a copy of it. There's only about a second of her on it, but we can't wait to see it! Hopefully if anyone from Dillon travels to Vietnam in the next couple of months, or if some of the other adoptive parents are able to bring their children home in the coming weeks we can get current pictures and videos of Olivia. That would be such a blessing! We are optimistic that the first families to receive referrals will be able to travel within the next month or so. They are certainly in our prayers.

As difficult as the waiting has been thus far, it will no doubt be much harder now that we know our baby girl's face. We know where she is and what she looks like, yet we can't get to her. It's a feeling I can't even begin to describe. For those of you with children, just imagine what it would be like for one of your kids to be 2 years old, in a foreign country, living in an orphange and you're helpless to do anything for them. You can't see them, can't bring them home, can't even call them or send them a teddy bear. For some reason we aren't allowed to send care packages. I'm not sure why. I would very much like to send Olivia some pictures and a fuzzy blanket and teddy bear. For now all we can do is send her our love. We are so grateful that God has been taking care of her while we wait to bring her home. We are also grateful to her birthmother and the nanny's and directors of her orphanage. She looks very healthy. I just hope that someone holds her when she's hurting and loves her and gives her kisses.

We love you Olivia and will bring you home as soon as we can!