We are almost 2 weeks into our official wait for our referral. It has gone by pretty quickly for us! I am busy wrapping up things at school, so time seems to be flying! Friday is my last day of school with students; next week will be teacher workdays. Then, I will officially be "retired"! I have looked forward to being a stay-at-home mom for a long time, and it's hard to believe that it is actually just around the corner!!!

I am never far from my cell phone as we are just waiting for our call that we have been matched with a baby! Every time it rings I wonder if it is "the call"!! We probably have at least a couple more weeks until we would actually be matched but every day is still a possibility!!

While we are continuing to wait, it would be great to know who is following our journey through this blog! Please feel free to leave us comments!! We would LOVE to hear from you!

It is finally happening!!!! Our homestudy is being mailed TODAY to Korea!!! We are THRILLED!!! It is hard to believe that it is really happening. We are on cloud 9! Thank you for faithfully praying for us; we are praising God that this major step in the process is now complete!

Our social worker said that it still looks like average wait times for receiving referrals is about 1-2 months. So, anytime, in the next few weeks we should receive our referral. A referral is when we are matched with a baby and we are sent pictures, medical history, etc... From the day that we accept our referral (via paperwork) we start a 1-3 month wait until our baby would come home!

We are SO excited and SO incredibly blessed!!

Still waiting!! I actually looked up the meaning of "waiting" while I am waiting and the dictionary said "to remain or rest in expectation." I would definitely say that we are remaining in expectation but resting is a lot more difficult. We are still at the point of hoping that our homestudy is in Korea or on its way. I am waiting to hear back from our social worker to see what our status is. Once we are HSTK (homestudy to korea) we will be SO EXCITED because that will mean that we would actually have a chance of being matched with a baby.

So, while we wait, we continue to pray for our baby--for God's love to be shown and His protection and His PERFECT TIMING!!