I just received an email from our social worker that the home study is complete and being reviewed by the agency director. Now we are just waiting for the fingerprints to come back. It’s to bad it took us months to pin down the state trooper so that we could get them done or maybe they’d be back by now. Nothing we can do about it now except wait. With all of this practice I can now say we’re really good at waiting!!!

We visited Jaden’s Grandma and Grandpa this weekend and also saw his aunts and uncles for the first time in what felt like months. I also got to see my beautiful godson. He’s getting SO big.  Since we specified in our adoption application that we were willing to adopt a child that’s under 3, I can’t help wondering if our child that is waiting for us is my godson’s age right now. It’s interesting what types of thoughts run through the mind during processes like these.

The big adventure for the weekend was a yellow-jacket’s nest. Somehow the little buggers managed to get pissed off at the same moment that Jaden walked by, even though a few of us had walked up and down that path a few times earlier with no sign of critters. Jaden was stung, but thankfully the sting didn’t swell too much and there was no other allergic reaction to deal with. Phew.

The next challenge was getting Jaden back outside so that we could take him swimming in the pool. It took some coaxing but we finally managed to get him out there. In the meantime, I entertained everyone by running into the house each time I saw anything that even remotely resembled a bee. Then my brother made caipirnhas and I forgot all about it.

This weekend my parents held a gathering with a few cousins since it has been many years since we were all able to get together. I wasn’t able to make it to the last one (long story for another day) so it was really terrific to be able to be there and spend time with everyone. Some I hadn’t seen in ages. We had such a beautiful day and it was a lot of fun. All of my cousin’s little ones are so adorable. I don’t think I have laughed that much in ages. The things kids will say and do….