I haven't made time to write lately. I sure have missed this. Things have been a bit good crazy the last few weeks. We received word that our referral acceptance paperwork looked good and was sent to ET. We know that the courts usually close for 1-2 months for the rainy season...it's normally sometime in August through September. The closure dates have not been determined yet. We wait to hear when that might be...and pray.
Our USCIS fingerprints need to be updated...so I sent off the paperwork to request an appointment for re-fingerprinting...we will have to go to Jacksonville again. We are right at the point in time where things are expiring - and we aren't through the entire process yet so we have to update everything so things are in order and current and we hopefully don't experience any delays. This is fun times!!
In the meantime, I have been going through E-man's clothes, blankets, bedding, etc..etc..and getting things ready. I am putting things together and setting aside things that we will pack for our last trip when we will bring the baby home! Can you believe I am already thinking of packing? If you know you me, you're not surprised! Going through the clothes has been fun....I remember E wearing these clothes, usually there is a memory of sorts with each outfit...it brings a smile to my face and fills my heart with such warmth. It's hard to believe E is already 3 and it seemed like just last week he was wearing the preemie outfits.
I have also been making a list of things we need. I gave away most of the 0-12mos size clothes to families from foster care who desperately needed them. I have a few things, but will have to add to that sized category depending on what size baby T is when we travel. Other than that, we are more than good on clothes!!
We are talking about a car seat. We have one in each of our cars for E-man. We have talked about just moving both seats to the vancar and then we won't need one. Then if we want to take the other car, we just move the seats. We talked about the infant car seat for baby T. Again, depending on his size, we may go this route - we gave away E's car seat to another couple who greatly needed a car seat for their expectant child. So, needless to say, we are up in the air on an infant seat knowing that Baby T will probably outgrow it in a few months. Decisions, decisions!
We have E's crib...all set there. We do need a pack n play. We plan on having baby T sleep in our room when we get home. E slept in the bassinet part of the pack n play in our room for the first 9 months. We had one for E...but...the leg pin broke and it wasn't safe so we tossed it. So after my inventory, we are pretty well set! Oh, the high chair. We have one. It's awful. You know the saying, you get what you pay for? Well...this is true when it comes to the high chair we bought for E. I won't even bother to write about how bad it is...if you enjoy eating reclined, it's great. But who eats that way? And it didn't matter who many towels we put behind him to push him up as he tried to eat, he still had to prop himself and it interfered with his ability to eat - that wasn't good. So we said, bye bye to that.
Sure, there are lots of new things for babies out that weren't out three years ago. Sure it would be neat to have some of those things. Or new things for this baby. But we ask ourselves why? Why? We already have what we need (with the exception of a few things that are necessary). We have a motto here - "Live simply so that others may simply live". So we have what we need. We have more than what we need. When we think we need/want something, we go back to our motto, and look at our list to see if we already have it and does it work. There we find our answer.
Why do I mention all of this? Because, there are people in the horn of Africa who are facing drought. Facing famine. Famine that is feared to be worse than that in the 1980's. People in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania are at great risk. Water. Food. That is what is needed. When there is a need like that, I can't sleep. Our son is from the horn of Africa so it stings when we hear and read about this. And we pray, on our knees for the people...our family in Africa. And it makes me re-evaluate the things that we 'need'...the 'comforts' that we so take for granted. Do I need that new baby item to make my life a little more comfortable? When there are people about to die due to lack of food and water...no. Their life means far more to me.
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:31-40
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