Change IS good.

I guess the change was good....I lost 8 pounds!!! Woo Hoo. It has not been easy but I am soooo excited.

No news on the adoption front....just waiting. Our dossier is in Ethiopia getting translated. We are now just waiting for a referral. Speaking of referral.......my friend Jennifer is "patiently" waiting for her referral. It's pretty much a done deal...just waiting for the paperwork. I am sooo happy for her and her family. The baby girl, Baby S, is SUPER cute. I can't wait to show her off, but we can't post pictures until she passes court. Now that all of this seems to be happening, Jennifer and I seriously have to figure out what we are going to do when we have to work. For those of you who may not know, Jennifer is my business partner at Pies By Inge and yes, we are both adopting from Ethiopia. We both love baking and love our jobs, but our babies come first. How can we bake and take care of our babies???? The most important thing with any adoption is the "bonding". This child has gone through so much at a young age. Issues with love, trust and abandonment are huge. We want that child to feel love, first and foremost. The "experts", whoever they are, even recommend keeping visitors and outings to a minimum at first. The child needs to know that "we" are their family. So what do we do??? We could find someone to watch the girls 3-4 days a week for 3-4 hours a day.......or cut our hours way back and maybe go in at night and bake when the hubbies are home....or bring in a pack and play and hope we have very happy babies and they will enjoy watching us bake......I guess we will just play it by ear. We still have a few months to figure it out.