a bit discouraged...

Hello to everyone on this cloudy, but relaxing Tuesday afternoon.   I am sorry to say that I am feeling just a little bit discouraged about our adoption process today.   We got a copy of our homestudy in the mail the other day for us to read and sign and realized there were quite a few errors in it.  Reuben and I went through and fixed everything and let the agency know, no biggie right?  Right.  We also got OUR medical exam sheets back AGAIN with some missing or mixed up information that needed fixed.  We fixed that.  So Reuben talked to the lady from the agency today who is helping us with the dossier process and we realized that it's looking like its going to be towards the middle or even end of January until we are ready to send our dossier to China!  It takes 2-3 months after that to get logged in with China and then we can officially start waiting.  So I start doing the math.  I'm thinking to myself that it could technically be another year until we travel to get our little one! What!  And that is why I'm discouraged.  But I remind myself that God's timing is perfect and we keep saying we are not in a hurry anyway.  We need time to get the financial end of this in order so what am I freaking out about.  Just being impatient I guess:)  On a happier note we have been checking out some travel tips from other families who have adopted from China and got some good ideas!  Like what to bring lots of and what not to worry about because it's easy to get over there or you don't really need it.  If any of you have travel tips you'd like to share with us please do!  Send it to facebook or e-mail me:)  Also we would appreciate your prayers for us during this exciting but trying time.  There are so many ups and downs through all of this.  I hope Reuben will start working on the baby's room soon so maybe I will figure out how to post some pics.  He is also planning on building a super cute toy box!  Can't wait!!!