Referrals!!

REFERRALS! In the adoption world, "referral" is the magic word. The word we anticipate and look forward to during this entire journey. With that word comes THE phone call ("We have a referral for you!") and THE pictures (the first ever pictures you see of YOUR child!). It's a breathless, heart-pounding moment - and then you forget to ask all the questions you've planned to ask for the last 5-9 months!!

Today - three AWAA families got the phone call and saw pictures of their children for the very first time. Congratulations to the Forrest family (a baby girl along with the earlier referral of their toddler boy) and the Blackwell family (a 1 1/2 year old little girl) and the Hall family (a 2 1/2 year old little boy). These families have not even updated their blogs yet as they are so busy celebrating!

We continue to pack and plan for our upcoming trip. I selected a few of my favorite photos of Dagmawi. This little boy has been waiting for us for so long. Shortly after we accepted his referral, and Rachel had told him about us and shown him pictures of his new family, we started to get pictures where he is waving to us. We love getting these pictures and getting a glimpse of his personality! Check it out!