The State of the Adoption

One year ago today, Patrick and I made the decision to start the whole adoption process. It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed. But passed it has. Andrew is a whole year older (sniff, sniff . . . I'm having issues with this whole "I'm four yeaws owd" thing). I'm a whole year older (as in I'm no longer in my 20s . . . whatever). Most importantly, we are a year closer to having our little girl home with us.

To be quite honest, I'm pretty sure we have at least a year and a half of waiting left. It's probably more like two years, but maybe just maybe things will pick up. When I tell people that they look at me like I'm nuts. They can't believe that we'd actually wait that long for a child, and I know in a lot of ways it doesn't really make sense. Yes, there are countries that are quicker (including our own). Yes, there are other options, but this is what we've committed too. We didn't go into it without some knowledge of what was ahead. At this point, the only thing that could change our minds is God himself, and I don't really foresee that happening. So we will continue to wait until it is our turn and our time.

The best news we've had lately is that we don't have to redo our FBI checks. Which means we don't have to do ink fingerprints again. Yay! At least with electronic fingerprints you can see immediately if they need to be redone.

So there you have it. That is the current state of the adoption.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Monday.