Adoption Update - No travel for us this year

So far we have been waiting 7 weeks for EP to be issued.  Right now it's been taking up to 12 weeks for EP to be issued due to staffing changes in the Ministry. Apparently, entire departments have been restaffed and changed (of course this would have to happen during our process). So that means there is not a chance for us to travel this year. Once EP is issued it will take another 4-5 weeks (or longer) for the Courts to review our case. It would be great if we could travel and be with Bennett on his second birthday (Jan. 14), but that's not looking likely either. Needless to say, I'm a little bitter.  Whatever happened to us traveling in August of 2013!

Today has been rather heartbreaking for me.  It's Orphan Sunday and I'm still without my child.  The wait gets to me some days more than others, but lately it really has me down.  I have no motivation to work on his room and honestly, it feels like this process is never going to happen. That's how I feel today. When we were first matched with Bennett in August 2012, I was so excited to be a mom. Now, we've waited for so long, I feel like it's never going to happen. Our adoption bill keeps going up, but we are no closer to bringing home Bennett.

On other news, our home study update is done. Let's hope that it's the last update we have to do. 

I promise that the next update will be more peppy!

Love, Amanda