hold that thought....

So, although I wrote the last post (a few hours ago) with complete confidence in God's timing - I still wrote it with sadness too - certainly not wanting to have to wait any longer. But then I received an encouraging phone call from another ET family and found out that more referrals came today and 2 of them were from the girl line!!! The Jones family received a referral for a baby girl and the VanDruff family received a referral for a 3 year old girl and a 7 year old boy!!!

I also discovered that several of the families on my "list" that I keep posting are requesting either a boy or a girl - which usually means they'll receive a boy - so as far as families requesting only an infant girl is concerned we are a little higher up the list than I realized - like maybe around number 9 or 10 maybe...

I'm not sure how to balance this encouragement with not setting myself up with expectations, but I'm trying. I am encouraged but I still realize anything is possible - faster or slower.

Here's the reconfigured list. If you count only the "girls only" families - then we're number 10!

1. (1)  Rothermund – girl request only – dte 3/19/08

2. (2) Eckhardt – girl only – dte 3/28/08

3. (3) Heinrichs – girl only – dte 3/28/08

4. (4) Keiderling – girl only – dte 4/18/08

5.    Gillman – EITHER – dte 4/18/08

6.    Fallgatter – EITHER – dte 4/25/08

7.    Mullins – EITHER – dte 4/25/08

8.    Rogers – EITHER – dte 4/28/08

9.    Bayly – EITHER – dte 5/2/08

10.  Stackler – EITHER – 5/2/08

11.  Precopia – EITHER – 5/2/08

12. (5) Taylor – girl only – 5/2/08

13. (6) Delfosse – girl only – 5/9/08

14. (7) Pickard – girl only – 5/9/08

15.  Bartley – EITHER – 5/30/08

16. (8) Gagnon – girl only – 5/30/08

17. Bushre – EITHER – 5/30/08

18. (9) Portilla -girl only-6/13/08

19. (10)  Foote - THAT'S US!!!! 6/13/08  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20. Redd - girl only - 6/13/08

21. Kerby- girl only - 6/13/08

Goodnight!

Cindy