INFERTILITY BITES!!!!

So I am a lover of music...I like things with a good beat or a good story.  However, once in a great while there is a song that ever lyric seems to speak to you.  I have a song that reminds me of each of my kids, including Chesney, that every time I hear it I go back to where I was and how I was feeling during that time.  It is no secret that we have struggled with infertility for YEARS, pretty much since I had Connor 9.5 years ago.  This song is one of those songs that has just totally spoke the words of my heart during our infertility...all of it....thru the pregnancies, miscarriages, Chesney and now Mabry.  Every time it comes on my ipod I play it as loud as I can stand, I sing as loud as I possibly can, and I feel EVERY SINGLE WORD.  This song came on today when I was in the car alone and I played it 4 times because it just speaks to me so strongly!!!!  I felt the sense of urgency to post about it and share it as I know so many people that are struggling with their own infertility journeys and maybe this is for them.  I am not sure if you are the one that is suppose to read this, if you are suppose to share this with someone that you know might need it at this moment, or if you are suppose to tuck it in the back of your brain for another time...all I know is that I heard loud and clear that I should post it.  I hope that you enjoy!!!

Moving on!!!!!

So yesterday, oct 8, 2013, I got an email from my social worker saying that she received the letter of approval from DCFS saying that they had approved our home study!!  Not that we were afraid that they wouldn't but this means that we are OFFICIALLY on to immigration!!!  So yesterday she put the approval letter and copy of our home study into the mail!!  I have the paperwork and supporting documents for the I-800A (immigration paperwork) together and as soon as I get the home study approval letter and the actual home study to put in there then I will be ready to submit the I-800A. I assume that this process will take about a month to get approved but really that is just what I am hoping, I think the website says that they will have it done within 90 days. So here is a specific prayer request, pray for a speedy trip thru immigration!!  We will receive an appointment from homeland security to be fingerprinted AGAIN, this time by the FEDS...so once we get that appointment that means that they are working on ours. So today or tomorrow I should be able to submit my immigration paperwork and then we will start preparing our dossier to send to Chiba while we wait for immigration approval!!!!  Things are really starting to move!!!!!!