Merry Christmas!

Today I was blessed with another wonderful Christmas!  I spent time with family, went to mass, and spent the night at my mom and dad's for the 38th Christmas in a row.  Next year, I pray my Christmas is different!  Not that I don't love my Christmas, but because I want little "J" to experience Christmas the way I have!  Tonight as I type I wonder if there was a Christmas tree at "J's" Haiti home.  I wonder so much about her and know that I will get to meet her soon.  I feel blessed that she is with her friends, friends that will stay in her life always!

Merry Christmas to all from Morton & Haiti! A little picture from a wonderful friend, of little "J's" view from her Haiti home.

Drum roll please...

I am a mom!!!!  Monday at 4:35 pm, I got a call that changed my life forever!  I answered and was told, "Today is your day!"  I was beyond excited and managed to contain my excitement as I was driving.  I was told that I have a daughter.  She is 14 months old and beautiful.  For legal/safety reasons, I will refer to her as Little J...until she is legally mine.

It has been a whirlwind of a week and I am so excited.  I promise to post more about her and the process this weekend, but I just had to spread the word!

The season's change....and the waiting continues

Last week, we rolled into one of my favorite season's...FALL!  I mean who doesn't love football (NOTRE DAME football to be exact), pumpkins, the Pumpkin Festival, and cooler temps.  I am happy to see things change...however somethings haven't changed.

I had hoped my next post would be titled...It's a......  but it isn't.  I have been waiting for that call.  I have been wondering in my head, whether I will be a mom to a little boy or little girl.  However yesterday, I decided to quit checking my email and phone constantly for THAT call or THAT email.  I have decided to do what I should have done a long time ago, continue my daily activities and know that when the time is right God will make it happen.  I have given it to God.  I mean ultimately we all know he is the one who knows when it will happen and which wonderful little one will come into my life.  I feel good about my decision!

A little bit of info..

DON'T get excited like I did when I saw this email title pop up in my in-box yesterday!  As a wise person told me, it is good news just not quite the news I was looking for!  So my case worker dropped me a line and said... FEJ indicated that they do have a match in mind for you, however they have just do not have the all of the matching documents yet for this child.  (psych, medical, social history, legal paperwork etc..)  We continue to wait...

I thought since everyone is waiting with me, I would share!  So somewhere in the world, there is a little one that someone feels I am worthy of being their mom.  I can't wait to find out who that little one is.  Stay tuned!

Back to school...

I have to admit that when I left school back in May, I was so excited to go back in August and be able to say I am a MOM!  Well in ten hours I will be greeting my new class of first graders and for the time being they will be my only kiddos.

I have not heard any news on a match.  I have checked in lately with my agency and it appears as though it will be soon.  Now what "soon" means is the million dollar question.  Of course I am disappointed, but I know that it will happen.  I just keep reminding myself, it isn't about my timeline.

Here's to a great school year!  What o'what will it hold????  Stay tuned!

Summer continues....

I cannot believe it is already July 5th!  This summer has been busy.  Working, relaxing, & getting in some pool time when it is nice enough have been filling up my days.  However the one thing that happens daily is WAITING.  Waiting impatiently, I should say.  If you would have asked be 7 months ago where I would be in the process, waiting for a match would not have been my answer.  Waiting to go to Haiti would be more like it.  However, that is not the case.  Processes are still changing and decisions of how to proceed are being made.  Supposedly there was a big meeting in Haiti today between the creche directors and IBESR.  I learned about that on a new group I belong to on Facebook!  Who knew that Facebook would be so helpful.  The director of the Haiti program at my agency emailed me on Wednesday to tell me she was thinking about me and that the directors of the creche were working hard.  It was nice to hear from her and gave me a glimmer of hope.

A friend I met via email/Facebook is heading to Haiti on Monday!  Praying that she will have safe travels and an awesome trip meeting her little one for the FIRST time!!!

Summer Time!

It has almost been a month since my last post and I still wonder when that call is going to come!  I thought I should post an update and then realized there is really nothing to update.  However, a friend of mine posted this great video about the directors (Gina & Lucien) of the creche that I am working with.  Talk about amazing people!!  I would LOVE to hear your comments!!!  Hope everyone is having a great summer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WpdATceu5Q&feature=share