On Friday morning we got some awesome adoption related news. No, it's not THAT news, but it's good news. Great news, even. The group before us received their proposals, including a beautiful, healthy one month old baby for a really great couple who live here in our city. This little one will be the third baby from Vietnam to join their forever family here in our hometown this year, and we're really enjoying getting to know the other families. Saturday we all got together at a birthday party for the first of the little ones to turn one, and there was a lot of joy and excitement as we all celebrated the birthday, met the newest arrival from Vietnam (she has the chubbiest most smooshable cheeks EVER), and oohed and ahhed at the picture of the next little guy who will join his family and come to Canada in October. We think it's amazing and wonderful that these children who have so much in common and such a shared history will grow up as friends. The group before us getting proposals made it very REAL for David and I. Very real in a "did the earth just shift a couple of feet and leave me standing in a whole new place?" kind of way. Really real. On Friday night we were all giddy and grinny and a wee bit nauseous. "NEXT" we kept repeating, "NEXT". Not maybe, not someday, not if, not we hope, but NEXT. And SOON. I didn't fall asleep until nearly three. My busy brain just wouldn't shut off and I made a million lists, asked myself a million "what if" questions, and had a million fantasies about all the things we're going to do as a family of three.
Next.
Soon.
I can't wait.
oh my gosh, it's like finding out you're pregnant. Next. I can imagine how you felt.
Posted by: Steph | August 12, 2009 at 03:06 AM
So exciting! This spring we were lucky to bring home our little boy from S. Korea. We truly are blessed.
Posted by: Krista | August 12, 2009 at 01:17 PM
What an incredible experience you're having. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing it. So different, yet very much the same as giving birth. Not sleeping for excitement is definitely something that usually happens when expecting a little one. The community you are a part of through this unique experience sounds so great. Blessing to you all.
Posted by: Denise Leavens | August 12, 2009 at 03:36 PM
its wonderful to share your excitement- if you want to follow the quilt a long starting in September is doing wonky blocks which you like its in flickr - just a thought
Posted by: karen | August 13, 2009 at 02:40 PM
Thanks for all the good wishes. It's certainly an exciting time for us!
Posted by: Lisa | August 18, 2009 at 11:30 PM