The first leg of the journey

This is the first blog entry so I should get you all up to speed on what's happening. As some of you know we started out 4 years ago wanting to adopt from Colombia but as we looked into it more it seemed like Peru was the way to go. Little did we know about the head of the adoptions there having anti American views. As we mired and rotted in there program we became more and more convinced we had done the wrong thing, Thus we went back to the beginning and started over in the Colombia program. We had no delusions of grandure mind you, we fully expected another 3 year wait with little communication.  We were wrong the people of Colombia are not only kind and caring for there children they are also wonderful at making expidited decisions. just a few months after getting in our dossier we got A welcome but un expected referal for a beautiful 3 year old named Maria. It didn't take us long to decide on the refrral. And it didn't take us long to know that all of the pain misery and waiting was for a reason. Today is Wednsday the 17th of November 2010 In exactly 6 days we will be with our new family member. We are running around frantic trying to prepare for the long time away from home with no income coming in, but it will all be worth it when we hold her in our arms and tell her we are her new mommy and daddy.