Noelle Dreams & Beyond

The crib belonged to cousin Savannah, and Nana gave us the rug a few years back - a perfect fit and match. Mee Mee and Pappy gave us the very soft blankie. We love the rocking horse, which we found at a consignment shop for $10! The growth chart is a lively illustration of a tree with critters and kids playing instruments - awaiting our growing girl. China waiting families, check out the ladybug in the window;) Here's a closeup of the crib bedding ("Nursery Time" by Gordonsbury), which we bought practically as soon as we filled out the adoption application! We think it's so sweet. There are other nursery characters around the bumper, including two mice, a frog, a couple of bears and a rabbit - and tiny bees, bugs and flowers throughout, as in the scene here. Here's our glider rocker with blanket from Nana and pillow cross-stitched by my Grandma for my birthday when I was nine years old or so. And lots of books already, including a Dr. Seuss set from Nanny and Gra...

I've had some challenging questions lately as the wait continues to lengthen. One such question was: "If you were to get pregnant, would you continue with the adoption?" I was surprised by this one, and my knee-jerk reaction was, "Of course!" But being the analytical and hopefully open-minded, somewhat objective person I think I am, I had to allow myself to ponder this for awhile. I imagine that more than one of our friends and family members have wondered the same thing, which makes it no less puzzling for us as adoptive parents, yet all the more compelling to contemplate why one would ask this -- Chris and I did just that this evening, and I'd like to share some of our thoughts and feelings in response: We did not begin this process as a last resort or even as a second choice. I have had two miscarriages, but doctors have assured me that as far as they know there is no medical reason I cannot get pregnant again and carry a baby to term. We knew this wh...

I'm not sure who wrote this - it was posted in an adoption chat room by a mother who sings it to her daughter for her birth parents in China. It's perfect for waiting mamas, too. I just wish I knew the tune! I see the moon and the moon sees me, Down through the leaves of the old oak tree. Please let the light that shines on me, shine on the one I love. Over the mountain and over the sea, I have a love who is waiting for me. Please let the light that shines on me, Shine on the one I love!

Ok, so I haven't exactly kept up with this blogging thing the way I thought I might. For one thing, our computer is SOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOW these days, and from the increasing groans, methinks it's dying a slow death. We've made the difficult decision (after 9 years!) to let our PC go. It's been a darn good one, but the time has come to make the Mac move. It should be quite the adventure. Maybe once I'm fully skilled on our new Mac, I'll be interested in blogging more...but that's probably only part of it. The wait is wearing on me, I must admit. Chris and I have been real troupers, pretty positive for the most part, with some occasional lows - like when we've realized yet again that we needed to revise our "due date" - not an easy thing to do. Those who have been with us along the journey know that we initially thought we'd be traveling about now, then it was this summer, then we were saying fall '07, and these days we're simply saying...