How's the adoption going? (also known as "any news on the adoption?")

If I had $100 for every time someone asked me that, we could adopt 6 kids. :) Maybe that should be my next fundraiser.....

Anyway, obviously nothing has happened or else I would have posted something here and called you all screaming with joy.  We're not upset that nothing has happened, but the waiting is very, very hard.  I think it is even harder that people [who have not adopted] do not understand. (In the same way you cannot understand anything that you have not experienced for yourself. This is not unique, this is life- in order to really understand what something is like, you have to experience that something for yourself.) I'm not mad at anyone who hasn't adopted and I'm not mad at anyone for asking how it's going. It's just a lonely place to be. To know you have a family and a couple of babies out there and to have nothing new to say on the matter. I can't show you photos of my little 5 year old ballerina or my baby who just learned to walk. My belly doesn't show the months I've waited to hold my little one (well it shows something, but not a baby!), our house isn't a mess because of a couple of toddlers running around and I have all the time in the world to update this blog with nothing to say.  It's sad. But truly, we are not always sad. Most days we forget about it.  And most days, we remember the truth, we know the time is coming and we know the wait will be worth it. I just kind of wish people would stop inquiring. I PROMISE I will tell you. You will know by the joy on my face that we have news. If you have not asked lately, "how's the adoption going?" THANK YOU. What a relief that I did not have to say, "Still just waiting..." with a semi-smile and a shoulder shrug as I attempt to fill the empty space with some explanation, some timeline for you and me to grab onto. If you have asked -please- (seriously, honestly) don't feel bad; I know your heart is not evil or out to get me it's just the millionth time someone has asked and I have had nothing to say. And honestly, you don't have to stop asking- but maybe next time you could just ask "how's your heart in the waiting?" and be prepared that you might need to grab me a tissue.