Obviously since several weeks have passed since my last post, the greatly anticipated referral did not come through. Details are not clear, but the infant girl that entered the orphanage had some problems so a referral is not in the works at this time. Maybe later, but no one knows for sure if/when it might happen. So the waiting game continues!

Meanwhile to pass the time, we (Nancy, Jessie and I) are thinking of ways to welcome Alyssa into our family when she does arrive. Jessie, in particular, has been using her newly honed writing and drawing skills to write notes to Alyssa along with wonderful illustrations. When I get a few extra minutes over the next couple of days, I’ll post some of her work for all to see.

A glimmer of hope arrived yesterday from our adoption agency. Apparently the baby girl who had entered the orphanage a few weeks ago is doing OK after having some medical issues, which we don’t fully know about yet. If follow-up medical checks are positive, it looks like this may be the baby that gets referred to us. If so, we may be able to travel sometime in the summer (July or August) to get baby Alyssa.

Our fingers are crossed that this will work out. The roller coaster ride with its ups and downs continues.