Today is the 23rd of August. Soon the boys will be back at school, the leaves will start to turn and the air will get crisp and cool. I was hoping that we would have a new child by now, obviously I was wishing that we would have had a child a long time ago (perhaps February like we were told). I was hoping that we would have had the summer together to bond and get to know each other. I was hoping for a lot.

I have been trying to keep it together, trying to just move on and keep busy; and in the spirit of staying positive I have picked up a new hobby..I have started quilting! First it began with a quilt kit from WalMart and I quickly realised that I was in no way knowledgeable enough to get it done. Since then I have taken a couple of classes at a local store and am loving it! My first quilt is called a sampler and are the colors of our bedroom. I am now on to my second class and by the end of the third class I will be done the quilt completely. Truthfully, I am proud of myself. Quilting is something that I have always wanted to do and I finally just made the decision to do it! I have learned a new skill and it makes me happy.

It is hard to realise that even though we are waiting for such a major change to come to our life that our life as we know it still needs to keep going. And not just moving through the motions but actually living. We have had a good summer, enjoying it to the fullest and I owe that to the children I have. I am not saying that I am not frustrated, disappointed and sad that the adoption is taking so long but rather that I have to just keep waiting as patiently as possible. And maybe for a while this will be more of a quilting blog than an adoption blog...