Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Back in the saddle (almost)
It's been awhile... a long while. Last I wrote, we were on adoption hiatus. So ya, we've basically been on hiatus since then. We put our names on hold, meaning we weren't open to having our profile shown. I changed jobs, then changed jobs again. Moonbeam grew and grew into an almost four year old (what???!!!! Yes, crazy I know). We told ourselves that we'd go back on the list around the time Moonbeam turned four. Well, here we are. We contacted the agency today and we told them we're ready. So here goes, another home study update, another round of adoption mania. I'm freaking out, I'm excited, but I'm so so scared. I think the first time we were so naive to everything that could go well, everything that could go wrong. But I feel more equipped this time - for the happy times and the angsty times. Or eyes more open anyway, which is hard, exciting but scary too. I haven't booked our home study yet.... I need just a wee bit more time with my happy little family of three before we careen into the unknown of "then there were four" ...
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Our two children joined our family through domestic infant adoption...I totally get where you're coming from with being so nervous but excited the second time around, you know so much more this time, the good and the more difficult parts too. I think it's good that you didn't rush into it, our kids have the same birth mom and we really wanted to adopt our second child once we knew about him,, but it was much sooner than we expected the opportunity to come up. We had to do the whole paperwork process quickly and even though I had said we would never do domestic infant adoption again and would foster to adopt when we were ready, there we were and now I wouldn't change anything for the world. Best of luck to you!
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine where you're at climbing back into the saddle. It's hard to go back into the trenches and I imagine even harder with the adoption process. Thinking of you, Apollo and Moonbeam as you begin this process. May it be as smooth as possible.
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