Banquets and Babies

Ashton had his last junior league basketball banquet/dance last night and I think all the kids had a lot of fun. The theme was the 70's and some of those kids and parents really went all out. They were too cute. Watching the dance was really the fun part. Several of the boys and girls went together (as much as you can at this age:), but most of them didn't have a dance partner, so mostly they just stood around. Ashton had one girl ask him to dance via her messenger and he sent word via his that he didn't "feel" like it. Of course, it wasn't the girl he really wanted to dance with and that made all the difference. We tried to explain to him it was okay to dance with someone without liking them, but he wasn't so sure. As Bo put it "one dance doesn't mean your going to buy furniture with the girl". Kids are so funny!

Our original plan was to meet Brian and Melissa at their house along with several people from church around 10 p.m. Well, airlines have a way of changing things and their 8:30 flight turned into a 10:40 flight. After some discussion, we decided that midnight wasn't too late for us to go visit people arriving home from a foreign country with a new baby and are we glad that we did. They got home around 12:15 a.m. and Rory was very alert and more adorable in person than in pictures. She is beautiful and seemed to be doing well considering all of the craziness surrounding her. Big brother Camden seemed unfazed as well. So we made a quick food drop and gave some hugs and we hurried on out. I hope their night was not too eventful. She's on Korean time so her day was in full swing.

Well, as a waiting adoptive parent, it really meant a lot to see them get home last night. Of course then I couldn't sleep even though I was physically exhausted. When Bo finally came to bed he said what I was thinking. "Well, is it me or did that just make this wait even harder?" My answer of course was yes. I'm not the least bit jealous of Brian and Melissa. I couldn't be more thrilled for them, I'm just so ready for our time to come. Along with the entire desire for our daughter, it's a feeling of not being complete yet. We know we have another child and we just want her home and we want our lives to become more normal. Waiting is truly the hardest part. Even Brady was wired up after visiting her last night. He just kept saying how pretty she was and how he just wants us to get our baby. It was really sweet. Ashton didn't say as much, but it was obvious by the look on his face that he feels the same way.

So we wait. We wait on an office in China to match us with a child that they deem is a good match. We wait on all that goes along with it, the good and the bad. But at least during the wait I have the assurance of knowing that someone greater is in complete control of this situation and He has the perfect little girl for our family. Our time will come and I am sure after it's all over with and our life does return to normal it will seem like it didn't take that long. But somewhere in another part of the world our baby is waiting. We know that she is going to be worth the wait.