The Volcano Dilemma

Poor Nathan. He's scared of volcanoes - and it started with a song by Billy Jonas called "Old St. Helen". Billy Jonas is great, check him out at www.billyjonas.com, but Nathan started to pay alot more attention to volcanoes. Then he overheard that Guatemala had the #20 worst volcanic eruption in modern times. Now he steadfastly REFUSES to go to Guatemala. Forget we are seriously considering homeschooling him for his kindergarten year so he can spend alot of time in Guatemala! Ugh! Guatemala has some beautiful, and active volcanoes. I can't wait to hike up Pacaya and see the lava! Here is a pic of Pacaya near Guatemala City and one of Agua in Antiqua. I borrowed these from other people who sent them to me to help reassure Nathan that he would be evacuated a long time before any eruption. So far he believes no one.

Pacaya (as seen from the Westin hotel where we will stay for visit trips)


Aqua (as seen from the city of Antiqua where we'll stay if we foster)

Where are the Storks?

We think they went to a convention! Referrals are moving very slow. My friend Esther should be getting a call any day and I can't wait! In the meantime, we broke our rule of no baby purchases, and bought a stroller. We really like it and plan to take it to Texas with us in case we get the call while we are there. We are told that it's handy to have a stroller and a sling in the hotel when we visit.

Tick Tock Tick Tock...

Ugh, Saturday will be six weeks of waiting! Our agency has had a few referrals this past week so we are creeping up on the list. In the meantime we've bought furniture and bedding for the nursery. We've not purchased anything that can't be used as guest room things right now. Don't want to jinx it!

Cute Sonogram!

As you can see from our Referral ticker below, we are still waiting for a match and referral.....but someone sent me this cute ultrasound, so I thought I would share it.