Update!

I got an update today from my most wonderful case manager. I really like her-she is always so friendly and so helpful and understanding even when I ask her a million questions. Since our dossier has been in country 2 weeks today, I was wondering if she thought we'd travel this year. I really didn't think we would, but I need to make plans as it's our year to visit my families abode in Dallas for Christmas. We go to Dallas every other year since my inlaws live here in Florida. It's so much fun as everyone comes home (I have 4 other siblings, besides me) and all the cousins are about the same age so everyone has so much fun. I was told that we would not go until next year, so I can book our holiday flights. That is actually great with me, as I would rather go home and spend the holidays with my family because they are so fun. But, I'm also worried about that bill that's rumored to pass that would limit the age of adoptive parents to 50, since my hubby is already 51, but he looks 25 and is smokin hot! No one seems to know for sure about this bill, but I am noticing that agencies are all changing their websites to the max age of 50. However, a post came accross the yahoo boards that stated , and I quote
"The draft code on marriage and family was published in September. It was only
submitted to the government a few weeks ago. It still has to pass both the lower and upper chambers of parliament and signed into law. Even if this legislation were on the fast track, it would take at least 6-8 months to pass. My only caveat is that the current law could be quickly amended to impose some further restrictions, but I have heard of no effort to do that. I think that those prospective adoptive parents who are older than 50 who are already in the process of adopting from Kazakhstan
and who expect to be able to bring their children home within the
next 6 months should not be affected by the new legislation."

That made me feel better too.

Interestingly enough, in my yoga class, a girl next to me, who was my partner during some partner poses in REVOLVED triangle (my least favorite pose) asked me if I knew this gal, and I said, No. She said, well, are you a runner? I said, yup, and she said, have you adopted a child? I said, not yet, but I am adopting a child, and she said, from a foreign country, and I said, yes, Kazakhstan..why? This other lady had told this girl about me (I was talking about it another yoga class) and this lady today has been dealing with infertility. Her eyes got all watery and she almost made me cry. We are going to lunch next week after yoga to talk about it. I talked to her after class for awhile. I just think it's so awesome how God works, he is letting me introduce another couple into the wonderful world of adoption. I told her it's a secret underground club of blogs and such and what a fabulous journey it's been.
She was so nice and she's a really good yogi too. It's also interesting that the whole reason I started yoga almost a year ago was that I was taking a break from running (dr's orders) and doing yoga to "chill out" to try to get pregnant. In that time, my heart led me to adoption, and I still love yoga, and even thought I am running again, I am DEFINTELY chilled out. Yoga really did change my life, and it all started with the quest for a child. It's hard to not have faith in God when he keeps showing me all these wonderful ways to enhance my life.

Sorry for the ramble--I'm just happy and I love it when I see God at work in my life!