Bollywood - hits "So You Think You Can Dance"

Yes, I meant Bollywood, not Hollywood. I so much appreciate the fact that Amy (fellow blogger) posted this. I missed the airing of it last week!!! For those of don't know Bollywood is like our Hollywood, with a very fun type of dance/music. Take a look!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUfsXsDlLhw

Happy 1/2 birthday Dreyden

Yesterday was Dreyden's 6 month birthday! Happy birthday little guy! Mommy and Daddy will be there as soon as possible. Of course Mom had to do some shopping for him. Shopping for a little boy is so different than shopping for a little girl. I guess I am going to need lots of practice ;0

Time for a name......

Well for those that have been in suspense over his name - we've finally decided. If you've been following our blog, you know we had a name picked out at one time. But after seeing his face, neither Todd or myself thought it fit. So after a week, we've decided on Dreyden. Of course it had to be unique :)

Also, you noticed we haven't posted a video of us telling Ahly about her brother. The night we wanted to tell her she didn't want to hear a surprise! (was over-tired) Then of course when we did tell her the camera wasn't rolling. But as we expected her first words were "no a baby sister".... By the end of the week and continually looking at his picture she is very proud to be saying "baby Dreyden".

We also found out that we weren't alone in our joyous week. There were at least 4 other referrals. Congrats to the Werre family on accepting a referral of a beautiful baby girl. (you can see the picture and follow their blog on the right)

Enough Suspense?

Praise the lord, we have been given another blessing! Our son (doesn't that sound nice) is officially waiting for his Mommy and Daddy half way around the world.

Tuesday the 15th I received a call that went a little like this:

Remember this is our second adoption with Dillon, so I thought I was prepared. They are based out of Oklahoma, so I had their area code memorized since the first referral. :) I knew they would call my cell phone first(we no longer have a land line) then work. So needless to say I have been carrying my cell phone everywhere. At 12:30 my cell phone rang with a number I didn't recognize, so I thought telemarketer, no maybe Dillon, nope wrong area code, oh wait our SW is in Colorodo, could it be - no- Anju (the orphanage director) is in the US, it couldn't be - maybe - no - oh I'll answer it anyway........... Sure enough it was Tami with the news that she had a referral of a little boy for us....... The rest is sort of fuzzy. After calming down I asked that Tami send us more information. That night Todd and I reviewed the information - but once we saw this little face and those big eyes - we knew - he was meant to be ours.......

Keep us in your prayers that the next 5 steps go quickly.
1. We redo physical and sign paperwork.
2. Clearance granted by India
3. Judge in India grants us guardianship. (he has been known to be difficult 5-7 months)
4. Issuing of the passport
5. INDIA HERE WE COME!

And finally here is the glimpse of our little man!

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Just wanted to asked everyone to pray for us. We are hoping to have some good news soon :)

Can anyone say suspense?

Adoption video

I found this video on another families blog. It is short and definitely worth the watch. So neat to see this from the eyes of the "big sister". (some day Ahly, some day)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1Gre4KTRU

interesting article

I just wanted to post an article on adoptions in India. It's an eye opener to the crisis in India.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1627008.ece

This article is from 2007 and as hard as it is to believe, the new "speedy" regulations still are not in place. I am optomistic that in the near future there will be a better process in place to help these children find their forever families at an earlier age.

Real restart of the referrals

My last post stated that their license had been renewed and that ISRC could again start referrals. I was mistaken. Instead the approval was done, but until the paperwork was at ISRC, they were still at a stand-still. An e-mail I received on the 2nd now shows that they do have the paperwork and referrals can actually begin. Let's hope this brings all the babies home soon!