A special day.

During our wait for Kate, I found Rumor Queen. At first, I would check in once in a while to see what her predictions were and learn more about travel and post-adoption adjustments. But after a while, I joined the room for my log-in month. It did not take long for a few of us in there to really form a connection. This is how I "met" Diana, Snickerdoodle, Kim, Christy, Stacie and a few others who don't blog or are more private about their blogging. We would post daily about things going on with our paperwork, decorating our nurseries and life in general. We developed a nice sense of camaraderie. After all, we were all in this together. We cheered each other on as we got our referrals, cried and consoled one another as people were skipped or found out there were complications. We all "got it."

We tried to plan an "OCT 2005 LID RQ Reunion" in DC. However, due to busy lives and distance, only two of us made it. Yesterday, I was privileged to finally meet TJ (aka--Wetbird) and her beautiful family. TJ and I joined RQ about the same time and we faced many of the same issues. We both seemed to lack fingerprints according to the USCIS. We really struck up a friendship through the October room.

Yesterday, our families met at the Hirschhorn sculpture garden and perused the contemporary art museum with our families in tow (such cultured children). Then we had a delicious lunch and wandered around DC for a bit. We really enjoyed our time with TJ, Tony and Lily. They are such a kind and down to earth family. It is our hope that this was just the beginning of many more times together.

TJ brought spy gear and other Halloween goodies for the boys and a beautiful Ladybug jacket for Miss Kate (identical to the one Lily is wearing below). Thank you TJ, Tony and Lily for such a wonderful day and for the fun gifts!