Just waiting...

In my mind, we have been officially waiting since July 1st. It helps me to keep things straight if I think in those terms. We will actually go up on our agency's website this week although I can not imagine it gets much traffic at all. There are only 3 couples on there right now - we will be number 4.

I didn't post much last week and I am sorry. Last week was crazy. Work was crazy. I was sick with some stomach thing that more than likely was stress related. And I spent a lot of time dealing with our adoption specialist in OKC. She was missing a couple of things from our SW in KS but I managed to get them or have them all sent. Then Friday she informs me that we need a copy of Brooke's SS card (we already provided a birth certificate) and she has to have a letter from her pediatrician. We have the SS card but can't get a letter from her dr until next Friday. Anyway, it was and is a mess but we will figure it out. Again.

So a couple of exciting things did happen today. First, I feel better, much more like my normal self! YEAH!! And I got my first baby present. It was the softest baby blanket you have ever felt and it is the exact same color as the baby room. I love it. It was a gift from my much too generous, good friend Kay. Unfortunately, someone I work with saw the gift and asked why she gave it to me since I don't even have a baby yet. I tried to explain that I will have a baby hopefully soon - it is no different than buying a gift for a pg woman which we all do all the time. It honestly hurt me a lot. I think she is just trying to protect me but it is just plain ignorance. Domestic adoption is not risk free nothing is but it is as close as you can get. We didn't do this on a whim. We did research and found an agency with a tremendous 100 year + history - an agency we can trust. Believe it or not adoption is not a Life Time movie! But, I guess you my loyal readers and friends already knew that. In case I haven't mentioned it lately, your support and care means so much to me and I love you all!

One more thing, I just got an e-mail from my agency. Our adoption specialist met with a woman today named Felicia. She is considering choosing our agency. She was described to me as a beautiful hispanic woman. Both Jay and I feel like we would be wonderful parents to a hispanic child since we have so many friends of hispanic desent as well as (two) 1/2 hispanic nephews. She has asked that we pray for Felicia that she chooses our agency. Please continue to pray for us and for Felicia. This is a difficult time for everybody and I am not so good at this waiting.