Our first domestic adoption disappointment

On Christmas Eve, we inquired about two beautiful little girls who are available for adoption. We submitted our homestudy and were so happy to learn we were considered a potential match. We received their case studies last Thursday and spent a long time reading and re-reading them and read them against our homestudy. We were very nervous but also extremely excited; we really thought we had a great chance. The adoption agency they are with had their committee meeting yesterday to determine the best match for the girls. Turns out we were a great match, just not the best. Out of 12 families they said we were second choice. We are so very disappointed. It's hard to come across such young children in the foster system......it could be a long time before we do again. We really thought for a long time that we could adopt older kids but we know now we want children on the younger side. To have lots of little Keevas running around. It's so funny how we can take these children into our hearts, begin to build dreams around them when we don't even know if they'll be ours. I guess we romanticize them. I think we realize now how hard this road might be, how many times we may get disappointed, have our hopes dashed......I guess we'll have to learn to look without emotion and build a thick skin against rejection.

The cookie baking went better

Didn't she do a great job....

and I think they tasted just as good

So I need Gingerbread House lessons

So this year we attempted to make a gingerbread house; it started well........

progressing good

Almost there (should have known all was not so well when Mrs Gingerbread began to topple).....

And the slide begins.....(it did actually totally collapse)

Mightn't look pretty but it sure tastes good......yummy!!

Time to play........

Christmas catch up;
It's been quite a while since I posted so time to update everyone on the holiday happenings at the George household.....