Update on Baby Roland

After three long months of not hearing anything, we finally received an update on our little Roland. It was really hard going that long without hearing anything at all about our baby. Without regular updates, the whole thing starts to seem less real and it feels like nothing is really going on and the idea of a baby starts to fade. You start to wonder what you are doing with your life and why you are putting yourself through all this. But, once you receive a new picture all of that motivation comes soaring back. It reminds you that there is an actual real life child out there that is waiting just for you. And that makes everything more than worth it.

We are not sharing pictures of Roland online yet, so you will just have to trust me when I say he is very cute and adorable and looking at him makes you just want to pick him up and squeeze him and kiss his little cheeks that are slowly becoming chubby (or maybe that is just me). We think it's funny that they have him bundled up in a blanket even though it's probably 80- something degrees outside. The poor boy is going to be chilly when he moves in with us.

We also received an actual medical report on him. Unfortunately, the doctor's handwriting is really awful and it is written in French so most of it is incomprehensible. It is really a shame because we receive so little information on our baby and a doctor took the time to write things about him, but we can't understand it. I'm not even sure a person who can read French could make out all of it. One thing we did understand on the report is his weight. He is still smaller than he should be, but he is less small for his age than he was back in April. We are happy he is making progress. He is gaining weight and based on his pictures he looks pretty happy and healthy so we feel comfortable saying the nannies are taking good care of him.

There are more and more delays in the adoption process, and it's getting pretty ridiculous, so please pray that Roland and all the other waiting children in Congo can come home to their families as quickly as possible.