Sorry to not be updating

As a mom of 3 girls, I'm finding myself very, very busy.  Lots of driving my daughters around to all their activities.  When Jessica and Anna were in elementary school, I pretty much kept them in the same activities, different times, but same days.  Now, they are in so many different activities. And in September, they will be in 3 different schools with 3 different start times.  At least they are in the same school district, so the school calendar is the same.  Just one in high school, one in middle school, and one  in elementary school.

Lots of activities: community band (me), Chinese dance, gymnastics, karate, after school activities like volleyball, soccer, basketball and, track, girls scouts, girl scout leader (me), skating, trumpet, violin, dance class coordinator (me again).  I knit to keep my sanity, but I also like being busy and involved.  I always wanted to do everything, so I'm glad at least one of my kids likes and wants to do everything and the other 2 like to do some things.

Anyway, things are going well for us.   Money is tight, but we're doing well as a family.  Amanda is doing great.  She had a great year at school with a lot of progress developmentally and emotionally.  We saw a developmental psychologist at the International Adoption Clinic in October and by the second meeting in January, she decided we had a handle on things and I knew what to look for and knew Amanda's "recipe for success". 

I will try to post here every now and then, certainly more often than I have lately.  But Facebook has become more of a place to keep up to date with everyone.

I'm often sad to think that if my agency had not found Amanda on a waiting list, I would still be waiting for her, or more likely would have given up.  A few weeks ago I checked with the referral calculator and it said I would receive a referral in early 2014 at this rate.  I feel for those still waiting and for those who had to pull their dossiers having given up hope or had so many changes in their life that they could not keep going.