Finally... the house building starts!

It's been a long time coming - but we've started (well Chris our builder has). I am glad of the timing as it means I have something to be distracted by while we wait for our daughter. Here are some pictures - it's not much to look at right now - but it is a start!

The view from 'the hill' back to the house site.

Standing at the shed site looking toward the west wall of the house. With Mei and Raf checking out their new home.

And the brick work starts!

We are going to take photos from standing in the same spot every few days so we will get a good picture of how the house is progressing.

Cheers,

Lisa

10 Months... can you believe it?

We thought we would travel to China to bring our daughter home 6 months after being LID. Well that was 10 months ago. 10. Yes 10. Say it again... 10 months. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Double Digits TEN. I couldn't even post a 9 Months LID Anniversary because... well it was just too darn depressing. Is too darn depressing.

If I think about this wait for our child too much, spend too much time in "that place" I can sometimes find myself falling into that dark, dark place I often found myself in during IVF. The plan was to become a Mum at 28 - when we first started having BMS (baby making sex)... and now at 35 I am faced with the absolute fact that I am going to be an older first time Mum. And I can't do anything about it. Not for me, not for Shane. I will most likely become a Mum at 36 - eight years after it was 'supposed' to happen. Yes 8 years. Repeat... 8 years. Eight years of waiting... a wait which for most people is generally 9 months.

We began the adoption process in October 2004 - 2.5 years ago - about the same time I started this BLOG. I have been 'pregnant' for 2.5 years, I have watched relatives, friends and colleagues not only have one child, but 2 and some approaching 3 in the time we have waited for our baby girl. This journey is hard... adoption is not the easy path.

But you know what...

Baby girl I know you are waiting for us... you are in China waiting for us to get on a plane and come to you, and hold you and never let you go (cause we won't) and bring you home... where there is already so much love from your family. You already have beautiful clothes, and toys, and everything you could ever imagine... but most of all you are loved. Loved by your Nana's and Poppies, Aunties and Uncles... and by us, your Mum and Dad - we already love you more than you could ever imagine... our Princess.

I pray for a big batch of referrals this month, I pray those children come home to their families soon, I pray we see your face before the end of this year.

Happy Easter my baby girl - wherever you are. Angel.
XXX