Hard Day

Today was a very sad day. We put the cat who lived at the clinic to sleep today. When I started that job 10 years ago, we bonded over my long work hours. Boots would sleep on my lap or on my desk while I worked. A lot of changes happened over the 10 years we were together. The one consistent thing at my clinic was my kitty. Boots was a sassy kitty, but I loved his sass!
I will miss her dearly. It will be hard to walk back into work Friday and not see him sleeping in his basket, or hear him talk to me.
His passing just seems to make my leaving the clinic more real. With all the excitement of the adoption there is a underlying sadness of leaving my life at the clinic.

One More Week

Yikes!! Just one more week until our court date. How will I get any sleep this week. I'm so excited and nervous all rolled into one. Everyone at work asks me every day, "How many more days?" and then they giggle and answer for me.

New Pictures

This afternoon we got new pictures of our sweet, sweet babies. Haven is smiling big for the camera and her hair has grown alot. Alec just looks longer! He looks like a long skinny boy. He is also smiling for his pictures. This time instead of the vulcan sign he has his pinky up.
I am so happy and relieved to see them happy and growing.
Haven looked so sad in her last picture. I worried about how sad she looked. I knew that she has just be relocated to Toukoul in May after being at the Meki orphanage for a little over a year.
But she seems to be happy and growing.
Alec just seems to be happy all around.
I have a hard time turing my mind off. I worry about how they will bond. What kind of parents we will be and will we be able to help them through the loss that they will feel not knowing their birth parents.
At least we have Haven's birth Mom's name that maybe some day she can find some of her relatives. Alec has no information of his birth family and his birth date is not even known. How will he process this information and deal with the that loss. Will he have the desire to find out where he came from??
We now have 11 more days until court. So close but so far away.
I just want to bring them home.

14 days

just 14 days until court. I'm so nervous, worried and excited all rolled into one. Can't believe we are so close to being parents. I have waited so long to be a Mom. Fours years of fertility and 2 years of waiting for the adoption... We can finally see the finish line!
I so want to hold our babies, hear their laughs, see them smile and just be with them.

Donated Clothes

This afternoon I went through the bags of donated clothes for Toukoul. Our church gave us a lot of clothes for the Toukoul orphans. I went through all of it and wrote down what it was and what size. I was able to get all of it in two big vacuum bags and in the storage container we are bringing with us. I think there is going to be room left in the storage bin for all the school supplies as well.
Our friend Tania who has done the trip to Toukoul, suggested the big plastic storage bin. What a great idea. We can pack it full, drill a few wholes for zip ties and leave the bin at Toukoul. They want them for storage at the orphanage. We are packing all that we can pack in it since we have to pay for it to be checked in by the airlines.
Oh yeah in case you have forgotten only 17 more days until court!!!