time goes slowly by

This waiting is the worst part of the entire process. There seems to be no end to the waiting. First it was the paperwork, then it was the LID, now, its LOA. come on, there is a little girl in China that is waiting for her family to bring her home, and she should be such a high priority that we grown ups, both here in the US and in China, would be moving heaven and earth to get her home as fast as possible. It just seems like the whole adoption business is crawling along. I can't imagine that any of the people involved in processing the paperwork have any motivation to get their rears in gear. It's just a job, day after day. To them it's what they do for a living, to us, it's our life.

We sent a box this week to Holly. Tim bought some clothes for her, I put a blanket and some toys and another camera in the box, along with a bag of suckers for the kids in the orphanage.

This week did bring a surprise. A friend from work, Emily, asked if it was ok to buy the DS for Holly that we were planning to pick up to take with us to China. That was such a sweet request, and both Tim and I were so touched that she would want to do that. I know Holly is going to love it.