Adoption Update:
We’ve had several people ask us exactly what is going on with our adoption, and to be quite honest, not much. We finished up our home study on May 28th (which went very smooth). The following day we left for a mini-vacation and then I enjoyed a couple of weeks of freedom from deadlines… adoption deadlines. I didn’t touch, read, or write anything related to our adoption. I know we needed the break. So now I’m trying to design our family profile. The designing part is going pretty smooth… it’s the writing I hate doing. I’m so out of practice. I need a copywriter ASAP ;) I don’t know what it is… but I just don’t feel this urgent need to have it done yesterday. Which I guess is OK for now. Our social worker just started writing our assessment last week. So can I give a date as to when we will be officially “waiting”… no. But I would guess sometime in July. Then we’ll have a tentative 12-16 month wait ahead of us. Sounds long I guess but we aren’t stressing it right now. However, we’ve been told that once you reach the one year mark… it’s just torture from then on out. Lovely. I have to remind myself that God’s timing is perfect. Not late… not early… but perfect.
So what does one do during this wait? Well so far we have kept busy with our house. We had some long overdue repairs finally taken care of and I have to thank several people for that: Mom & Dad for giving us a lawn makeover, Jimmy Sawyer for being our handyman and repairing a list of things for us, Howard for installing our new outdoor lights and Dave for surviving my clean house boot camp. I’ve also been secretly scouring the internet and stores for baby stuff. Trying not to go overboard (like I want to) but just getting little things here and there. Things that mean something to me. I think so far I have 3 stuffed animals (2 from grandma Daniels) and 3 books. Not bad, huh? I have the bedding all picked out (I found it on etsy and we LOVE it) and matched some paint to it as well. Bought a nice upholstered rocker on Craigslist last week (thanks Christa for going on that adventure with me ;) And I have a crib and changing table ready for pick-up from my sister’s in-laws. Unfortunately though, I haven’t had the nerve to tackle it all just yet. First of all, it seems a little too premature. And secondly, I know I wouldn’t be able to peel myself out of there. I’ll be sure to post pictures when it eventually gets done. It’ll be pretty darn cute! But don’t expect any pinks and blues ;)
So we may be quiet for a little while on this here blog. Until I can sort out some things I’ve learned along the way.
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