From sleepforkids.org, kids from: 2 to 12 months need 14 to 15 hours of sleep, 1 to 3 years need 12 to 14 hours of sleep, 3 to 5 years need 11 to 13 hours of sleep, and 5 to 12 years need 10 to 11 hours of sleep. TT no longer takes naps, so [...]

Yesterday was my “watched pot” experiment. You know the saying, a watched pot never boils. So I thought I’d test that theory: If you don’t say you are looking for rumors, will they just show up? Apparently, the answer is no, as none popped up on the radar yesterday. This morning there is something in [...]

Yeah, I know – the single parents and those with spouses in the military are all rolling your eyes at me. The thing is, the second weeks he’s gone, it’s not so bad. But the first week is a major pain. Once we get into a routine, we deal with it better. And then he [...]

We have reason to hope we may see phone calls this week. That’s not to say we will, just that there is good reason to hope for it. I don’t see anything new about a cut off date as of now. Lots of speculation, but nothing new that looks like a rumor. What do we [...]

NSN TA’s for the most recent referral batch began arriving yesterday. Congrats to those families who will soon, finally, be buying those plane tickets!!!!

I see 1) reason to worry about the 29th being in and 2) a rumor that should give a little more hope that the 29th may be in. I guess those two rumors cancel each other out and put us back where we were. The agencies that usually post they have something on the way [...]