Long Absence... and a lame excuse!

Well, it was the end of the school year... and since I had the urge to finish this, my third and final evaluation year, (before two glorious years of not being evaluated) as amazingly as I could, I worked my tail off by day and snoozed on the couch by night.
All the while, though, things they were a-changin'.
Matt and I got approval last night to switch our agency. I first must say that the agency we were working with is a wonderful agency with many fantastic services and a heart of gold. They are just not the right ones for us, but we are very glad to be able to call them neighbors and we plan to continue using them for our post placement services.
We opted to switch to an agency with the ability to work in more than three states and one that does the bulk of the advertising for you... although my cute little business cards and fliers are the bees knees, I am overwhelmed at where to begin in sending them, and since I don't have an advertising background, I didn't feel up to leaving something as important as finding our child up to my lack luster skill set!
When we first looked at our old agency they talked of having an upward limit of 2 years wait, but that seems to have grown to 3 years. They have a pool of 70 waiting families and only do business in DC, MD, and VA.
So new agency works across the country,with only 50 families at a time, but does not work in MD, or PA. I have to breath a tiny, self centered sigh of relief there because the 30 day period of"will the birth mother change her mind" that is part of the process in those states sort of turns my tummy to jello.
I have amazing amounts of respect for birth mothers and plan on honoring our own with what ever visitation, recognition, or privacy she desires... I simply know my own nature well enough to know that I would not do well for 30 days of not knowing if the baby in my house got to stay my baby. Maybe I'm a wimp, but it is what it is.
So new agency, hopefully shorter wait, and the very real possibility that when the mini-mystery Ravenstahl crosses our threshold, it will be as a legally permanent member of the family. *sigh*
I have also had the fun of catching up on all the blogs I link too and am amazed by all the lovely stories pictures and new additions!!!
It feels good to be back :)

Long time, no post...

And yet, there is very little to report! Both Matt's parents and mine have been for visits, and we have had some nice gatherings... we even built our own lower level deck with no help... but really life just ticks along with no real drama

**Dear God, let me not have just cursed my self!!**

Two and a half weeks left of school and then we get a week off before summer school, I am looking forward to it! (the break, rather more than summer school, but both will have their good bits)

I am also looking forward to my brother and his wife coming to stay in July, and my own three week trip to China in August with my friend Laura.
Ahhh, summer. Bring it on!!