No News

Hey everyone,

We have no further news about our file or progress, so I thought we'd let you know.

Every time I think of the phrase "No News" all I can think of is an old music video by Lonestar.

There's a line it that says "my level of anxiety is just a product of no news," which certainly explains what we're feeling!

Enjoy a peak at the video, courtesy of Youtube.

It's Hard To Imagine

Somewhere near Vladivostok there is a little boy or a little girl who is waiting for us. A son or daughter that we will welcome into our hearts, our home and our family.

I wonder when s/he was born. I wonder what we were doing on that day.

Given the world of constant social media connections that we live in, I hope that I will be able to look back and see what we were doing on the day s/he came into the world.


I wish I could send a whisper through the air with a promise of never-ending love. I wish I could communicate the acceptance, devotion and support that s/he will have forever.

Someday soon. We hope.

Blog Referral

Hey everyone - no, sorry. No news to share.

Remember Candice? Her blog is now open to the world (maybe for a short time - there are some trolls on the internet afterall).

Her blog is very well-written and a wonderful tale with plenty twists and turns, but it has a wonderful ending :)

http://candicenadine.blogspot.ca/

Well, The Paperwork Made It

We got confirmation from our agency that our file made it to Vladivostok on Friday. So now all we can do is hope that Russia is quick with their side of the process, and honours us with one of their children.

I thought I would end this post with showing you view of our beautiful Halifax. I took this from our balcony this evening, while wrapped in my loving husband's arms. I hope to share this view with our son or daughter one day soon.

Waiting To Wait

In our journey so far, there are times when we couldn't seem to stop for a moment to catch our breath, and others when we have been watching the clock move at a snail's pace.

Truth be told, thus far our journey hasn't been that long. We started in early October and our file is in Russia now. It's been 9 months.

Hmm. 9 months.

It feels like a blink in time while feeling as though the process is taking forever.

Right now we are waiting to have our file translated, notarized and registered. That's it - then we wait. Our file and our parenthood is entrusted to another land on the near opposite side of the globe, where we haven't been and know no one.

So while we wait we find ourselves in a sort of limbo. We don't have a gender, travel date or age so we are hard pressed to do much more to prepare to welcome a child into our home. But my oh my do we want something to do.

Idle hands are starting to wring and twiddle their thumbs!

We've read books, purchased furniture, began to re-organize the majority of our belongings and have bought as many toys as we dare.

But I feel restless. I feel like I'm waiting to jump into action at a moment's notice but have no idea when that will be or what I'll need to do.

We've begun thinking about our travel and making sure we have what we will need (passport holder, safe bag to carry belongings in to prevent pick-pockets in crowded areas, toys we can use to assess motor skills and even a hand-held portable air conditioner for the very long trip on the plane.

I've looked at various routes to and from Vladivostok. I've checked into multiple airline luggage requirements and spent a good number of hours being concerned about being gluten free while in Russia (gluten isn't something that's openly identified there).

I feel the need to do something, but I don't know what. I want to prepare somehow but I'm lacking inspiration.

I feel the need to fill the time between now and (seemingly) forever with tasks of some sort.

. . .  And in writing this I just realized what I've been trying to say and what I feel . . .

Wow.

I feel the need to nest.

We got presents :)

Pam's sister, K, was in Halifax to visit recently and brought us some gifts for LO that she has been collecting for us.

We haven't been buying much because we want to have the room together before we bring much else into it. We would also like to know the gender, but these were perfect choices and a wonderful surprise!

Thanks Auntie K :)