We are adopting from Ethiopia!!!
Our daughter is there waiting for us. How weird is that?? How exciting is that?? How scary is that?? How sad is that??
We have talked to the kids at great length, we have prayed and prayed and prayed and we believe with all our hearts (all five of us) that this is God's plan. *exhale* I feel like I have been holding my breath for so long, waiting to see what is next. Waiting to feel complete, and here it is!!!!! It's soooooooooooooo exciting and all five of us are over the moon excited!!! Now to get the ball rolling!
We are submitting our application as soon as we have our tax papers and a family picture. I wanted to send it last week, but we dont have our 1040s from 2008 & 2009, so we are waiting on that. This is what is required for the initial application:
Basic Family information
Age Preference
Gender Preference
Arrest record
Counseling record
Mental status record
Proof of income (1040 tax form)
$300 non-refundable fee
Photocopy of marriage certificate
Family photo
Proof of insurance
From what I have read on other blogs we are looking at a wait of 16-20 months before our daughter is home!!! OMG can I possibly wait that long??? It will be approximately 12 months before we get a referral...an email that includes a picture and medical history of our child. Once we submit our application and get further information from the agency we will know more about our timeline!! I can't wait to get things moving!!!!!!
We won't be making any announcement until Christmas. I want to have more information from the agency so that I can better answer questions. I dread the questions. Normally, when you make that "We're pregnant!!" Christmas announcement, there are cheers and congrats. I anticipate many questions and that makes me sad. I just want everyone to be happy for us and as excited as we are. I want them to know that we didn't enter into this decision lightly, we researched. We prayed. We read. We prayed. We discussed it with eachother. We prayed. We discussed it with our kids. We prayed. We are not looking through rose colored glasses. We know that there will be bumps along the road. We know that there will be challenges and disappointments, but WE ARE SO EXCITED!! We are so excited to add to our family. This has been a want, a desire, a dream, for so long, and we finally have a light at the end of the tunnel!!
So just for today
...I want to look through my rose colored glasses and be excited. I don't want to think of the bumps and the challenges and the waiting...oh the waiting. Today I want to think of my daughter. And I will look through my rose colored glasses and wish that I could go get her tomorrow.
Seriously, God even assures me through Google Image that we are making the right decision. I google "Rose colored glasses image" and this is what I got. Looking through my glasses at the country of my girl.
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