Lucy's sick

Last Friday we found out that Lucy has cancer of the lymph nodes. She wasn't eating and was very sick so we took her to the vet. It is very sad to know that she has cancer and any treatment we give her will only put the cancer in remission for a year. She is taking some medication so she will eat and won't feel any pain. The vet says she has 3-6 months. We are very sad and know that this will be the hardest on Eli. Lucy has been around since he can remember. He won't understand and he will just be mad. He loves his doggie, remember that was his first word, and is so affectionate with her. He always asks about her and when we say we are going home his response is always, "Lucy". It is going to be a rough fall.

Ah, the waiting

We have already been through month 1 of the wait and are quickly approaching month 2. Time is going rather quickly these days but I attribute that to spending my days chasing an 18 month old around the house. Time sure flies when you have a child. There are just not enough hours in the day and too many precious moments you don't want to miss. Right now I can't even imagine having 2. Some days I think we are crazy, life is perfect just the way it is, why would we change that. Then I look around and feel like something is missing, feel like Eli would miss out if he didn't have a sibling, feel like our family is not complete yet. I can't wait to bring home baby #2. I am so very afraid of the enourmous change it will bring to our lives but also very excited.

On our journey...

As most of you know Will, Eli and I are playing the waiting game for baby #2. We are very excited about this and can't wait to bring baby #2 home. We started talking about adopting again in the winter sometime and had decided to wait until the end of the summer. Then as summer approached we realized we didn't want to wait that long to bring another baby home. So, we called Anne, our home study social worker, and got the ball rolling (May 1st). Just a month later, June 7, 2007 to be exact, we were on the waiting list for an infant from Ethiopia. We are not choosing a gender and waiting to see what destiny brings us. I believe we were destined for Eli and I believe baby #2 is destined for us, boy or girl. The wait is 7-9 months until a referral and 9-12 months until we travel. We will finish month #2 on August 7th...we have a long road ahead of us. I won't start to get anxious until November 1st...then every time the phone rings I will get excited. We are very excited and already starting to talk about baby #2 with Eli. I think it will be a rough transition for him but I know that he will adjust well. Eli is 18 months old now and we expect he will be 24-27 months old when we bring our little one home. He will have a rough time sharing the attention with someone else. He loves being the center of everyone's world.