I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. (Psalm 102:7)

Here it is – almost 3 in the morning – and what am I doing? Blogging about adoption. If I’m not up thinking about the kids, I’m writing about them … or talking about them to my husband, who coincidentally, also is having trouble sleeping (and not because I’m talking to him!)

Yes, we’re a scant ten days away from departure to pick up the kids. I have a “countdown” plug-in on my internet homepage. Each morning my son comes into my room, and we count off another day! Not surprisingly, he, too, is having trouble getting to sleep! He has giggle fits in his bed at night, thinking of the silly things he imagines his little brother will say to him (based on actual things said during our road trip!)

Tonight my mom and our closest family friend came over for dinner. They are so excited, and wanted to set up a date to meet the kids when we return. My mother-in-law is trying to coordinate with my brother-in-law, so that he can drive her here from the neighboring state they live in, so that they can meet us at the airport when we arrive. Friends from the church we attend are planning a shower for us. The excitement is palpable after ten months of dreaming of this day. We’re feeding off of that excitement, and the adrenaline is flowing such that it makes it almost impossible for my brain to shut off at night. I’ve shared in past that I have ADD, so it doesn’t take much for me to hyper-focus on something!

In my very earliest posts here at AdoptionBlogs, I was such a broken record about how hard the wait was. I told you about one of my favorite verses in the Bible:

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. (Proverbs 13:12)

Now that day is almost here!