Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The adventure begins!

Hello world!

We are at the beginning of a new parenting adventure and since I am in love with all things blog, I thought this would be a great way to keep friends and family updated on our adventures in expanding our family. We are at the very beginning of this process and it's going to be a long one.

We are starting paperwork for adoption in early January and gathering information and resources until then. We have already attended an info session with Catholic Charities, and will be meeting with both the Barker Foundation and the Datz Foundation in the next few weeks. We will do our best to update frequently, in the hopes of taking the mystery out of the adoption process and to share our excitement about our newest addition to the family. We haven't met Baby P yet, but we are so excited to have him/her (shim?) in our lives!

While we are very excited to be starting this process and entering this new phase of our lives together, we are trying to temper that excitement with the stark reality that these things take a lot of time and effort. There will be a metric ton of paperwork and a lot of blood, sweat and tears before it's all over. We will lean on your support many times before it's all said and done, so thanks, in advance, for being there for us!

Stay tuned... The best is yet to come!