You take it on faith, you take it to the heart

We're still waiting for our LSC. Our agency says it takes 30-100 days, and we are on day 47. Not that I'm counting. This step is a particularly big deal because 1) it means that China approves us to adopt Max, B) it means that China could actually read all our paperwork (the doctor's form always makes me nervous because, seriously, the man cannot write legibly) and that there won't be a long delay while we send new information and 3) the next steps are somewhat more predictable. Once we receive our LSC, our agency thinks we'll travel in 3-4 months. We have our fingers crossed we'll be able to bring Max home this fall, but we need to have our LSC in hand in the next month or so for that to happen.

In the mean time, we're doing a pretty good job of not obsessing over things that are completely out of our control and an excellent job of keeping ourselves busy. This weekend we moved my bookshelves from Max's future room up to our bedroom. Next time we have a weekend in town without a wedding (T-minus 12 days, Uncle Dave!), we'll get the computer desk and futon out of there. I'd love to be able to start painting soon. Just have to figure out how to talk David out of painting the room orange.

Enough of my rambling, here is what you came here for. Pictures...

First, in the world of sports, David and Kevin went to their first Sox game of the season. Note the chocolate ice cream on David's forehead in the second picture as a direct result of the actions taken in the first. And, most importantly, go Blackhawks! Kevin and Uncle Dave paid an unholy amount of money for standing room tickets to game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. If you watched, you know it was an awesome game. I'm glad they got a chance to go, especially to such a great game. I'm glad the Blackhawks won it all (suck on that, Philly). And most of all, I'm glad the series didn't go to a seventh game because you don't want to know how much that ticket was going to cost us.

We recently learned, after 4 stupid blood draws, that David is not immune to things he was vaccinated against in China. We had redone most of his immunizations here, but not everything. It is a long story why it has taken us 2 years to get to this point, but anyway, he got to enjoy a round of shots at my office and 24 hours of smoking hot fever and grumpiness this past week. In exchange, Alma took him to the children's museum just down the street, and he had a blast.

David is now the proud owner of a Thomas the Tank Engine bike helmet. He wears it every waking minute. Also pictured is Fiona, whose 5th birthday party today featured Cold Blooded Creatures. Much to our disappointment, David was more interested in all the toys in Fiona's basement than the 10 foot alligator in her back yard.