Dear No One,

We have been active for one week. One week. One normal week.

Not so difficult right?

For the most part, no. We have just been living our lives one day at a time.

On the other hand, it is way more difficult than I ever imagined. I have told Marcus that, in my mind, every day that passes equals a full month longer that we will have to wait. Although I know that is not how it works, I am convinced at this point that it is going to take at least 7 months before we get a match.

It doesn’t help that I got a phone call the other day from an unknown number in Florida, and I actually felt my heart stop. Unfortunately it was just a heating and air conditioning company calling. Since then I have not been able to stop thinking about our babe. We decided instead of sulking, we would celebrate making it certain lengths of time and enjoy our time as a family of two.

Tonight we decided to celebrate making it through our first week. I know.  I know. That doesn’t seem like much of an accomplishment, but it is to us. We went to our favorite restaurant, went miniature golfing, and spent time playing music and singing together. For those of you who care, Marcus won this round. BUT we are tied 1-1 after tonight. Tie breaker results to come…

So there isn’t really much to report, but we made it one week. That is something. And next week? We’ll probably do the same thing. Like I said, not a huge accomplishment, but we are celebrating that we are one week closer to bringing home our babe. And to us, that is everything.

All my love,

Betsy