[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4pyiB-kq0] You may have seen some oblique references either on Facebook or on this blog to me being so excited that I can hardly contain it. Well, the time has come when I can finally share the news. David and I have embarked on the process of adopting a newborn!
We are still in the early stages and still have a lot of work to do. Some of it is paperwork. Even though almost all of it has gone electronic, you should feel free to envision a ream of paperwork to be completed. Because that is the task that lays before us. While the process seems alternately overwhelming and exciting beyond words, we understand that this experience is good practice for parenting. So we are embracing the work and uncertainty and moving forward full speed ahead!
The other piece of work we are undertaking is a major purge of the crap in our house. Think of it as a no-holds-barred bedikat chametz. The purge is in part a preparation for the baby. We need to clear out her future room and make room for all of the stuff that comes with a baby (and from what we have seen, babies require a lot of stuff).
We have plenty of stuff that we no longer use or need. I am also thinking of the purge as a clearing out of the cobwebs of our lives that we have collected and held on to over the years. With the exception of our moves cross-country, we have never had a strong enough impetus to fully close the book on previous chapters and get rid of the things we no longer need. Now we do. And we need to clear out the old to make room for the new.
One of the the other major tasks before us is creating a book for birthmothers to give them a sense of who we are. And the stakes are really high on this one. Birthparents rely on these books to help them decide which adoptive family will raise their child. Unfortunately for us, it turns out that neither David nor I are big at placing ourselves in front of the camera. So this is the area where we need the most help.
If you have any pictures of David or myself please, please, please forward them to us. Doesn’t matter if they are old or new, paper or digital. We would love to get a copy from you. If you need an email or snail mail address for us, please add a comment and I will contact you with the relevant information.
Thank you all in advance for the photos. But more importantly, for the support and love you have always given so freely. We will be relying on that to help get us through the days, weeks and months to come.