Unfortunately, not too much news to share. The summer has been going good so far. We are enjoying riding the bikes and spending time with friends and family. Of course it still feels like something is missing. It is sooo hard not to be impatient. We are still trying for our own biological child and are continuing treatment. Each time that I start my period, it is hard not to be frustrated. We went almost a month without hearing anything from Molly, so of course that was frustrating too. I sent her an email asking for an update, and after a week of no response I decided to text her. She of course responded quickly and apologized for the delay. As I mentioned before, Molly adopted as well and she took her new baby girl "Gia" home a few weeks ago. I understand she has been busy with a new baby, but the lack of response time has me and Derek questioning her commitment and how things will change for us. Since she hasn't been volunteering any information, and since I'm pretty nosey (in case you didn't already know), I asked her if she has had any luck with any birth moms. She currently has 2 birth moms that are due in August and 1 due in January. She advised she is working with 4 families at this time (3 others and us). No matches have been made at this time with the birth moms. I wonder at what point the birth moms and adoptive parents are matched. August isn't very far away and no one has been matched. Then again... I'm not the professional and I'm super impatient. In the mean time I guess we will stick to riding our bikes and hanging out.

" Dear Maggie and Derek,

I am pleased to recommend that you have been approved for the adoption of one infant birth to twelve months through Choice Network, LLC. The approval date for your Homestudy (JFS01673) is June 4, 2010. "

YAY!! We can officially say that we are "expecting"! We have the paperwork to prove it! :o)

YAY! Good news :o) Got a text from Molly that our central registry check came back today! One step closer. She said she will be sending our approval letter soon. I will keep everyone updated! Saweet!!! Sooo very excited!

Well, we just got back from a trip to Jamaica. We were suppose to go for our 5 year anniversary, but with hopes of having a child before 2011, we decided it would be best to go this year. We had an awesome time, but were excited to get home to find out if there was any good news. After contacting Molly yesterday, she informed me the Children's services background stuff still had not been received. It is starting to get frustrating waiting for this paperwork to come back. I knew the adoption process was time consuming, but I figured the time consuming part would be waiting for a birth mom...instead she states she has several birth moms but is still waiting for our background stuff to come back. Grrr... I guess we both just have to learn to be patient. Hopefully I will have better news the next time I post :o)