On March 4th 2007 our telephone rang and when I answered I heard the voice of our CM. I knew it was going to be something exciting. It was that day that we made the decision to accept the referral of "our son" Derek. It will be 1 year ago in 2 weeks that we laid our eyes and hearts upon Derek. It has been quite a year thus far. So much alot has (and hasn't) happened in our adoption process. We now await th elusive "signature" and the appoval of the DOJ and the USCIS to see if we can finally bring our little boy home. He has grown so much in this past year. We have missed so much of his life but yet we know we have so much of his life to share with him yet. We long to hold his tiny hand and see his eyes sparkle as he smiles at us. We long to hear him call us "Mommy & Daddy". We still have alot of red tape to break through on this and we ask that you continue to pray for us as the updates bring us closer to G&R day. We anticipate an upate hopefully today so watch here for breaking news. Our "No Update" note we got on Friday told us that we would get "new information" early this week. We'll see what they come through with for us!!!