It’s Gary’s birthday today — Happy Birthday to you! You are 47 years young and I am thankful to celebrate another year knowing and loving you and growing and nurturing our family.
Months ago this was the date that Gary said he’d be willing to discuss his views on adoption. I waited months for this date. So after midnight tonight we began talking about it — we are total night owls. There is definitely more interest on Gary’s part, but still the same worries and concerns, which of course he recognizes can happen in any family. I decided that since I am not sure of what my legal full name really is (I don’t remember if I kept my maiden name at all) I am going to order copies of my marriage license in the format needed for a dossier. (An International Adoption Dossier is the collection of all paperwork submitted in order to request an international adoption.) If I decide, I might also request some other additional dossier information that would be good to have for my own records too (such as copies of birth certificates, which might be good to have on hand anyway.) These are government documents that would take a long time to get anyway, so it doesn’t hurt to have immediate access to them should we proceed. Since I wouldn’t be ready to “get pregnant” right now anyway, I would not proceed to do anything until Eden turns 3 in April. Gary asked me if when Eden and Emma are older I’m not going to want to go back to the baby stages after having both of them more independent, in school, etc. I have the rest of my entire life, God willing, for independence and the experience of growing children. I don’t feel like the type of person to say at this stage in my life I need free time until 3pm. I am here to be a mom to young children. This is a chaptner in my life that is not forever. But again, I do feel that a larger family in the end is something that would be wonderful for all of us. A little tougher in places like Disney World perhaps, but nothing we can’t handle. No final decisions made right now, but I feel good about the decision to move along in this manner.
Eden wore panties all day today — She said the pull up was uncomfortable when I put it on this morning and she just said “I’m wearing panties today!” I think we’re ready for this stage of her being a big girl. Or rather, we are really ready to commit to it. Both of us! 😉
Hi just found your blog. We are adopting from Kaz too. Are you in Tampa now? I see you were coming here. We could meet up – [email protected] or I can invite you to our blog too. I’m going to look for that family blog too (Poston)
Hi just found your blog. We are adopting from Kaz too. Are you in Tampa now? I see you were coming here. We could meet up – [email protected] or I can invite you to our blog too. I’m going to look for that family blog too (Poston)
Just found you via Suzanne!
I’m so happy to read a blog from someone else sort of in the same place as me. I think in the end we really ARE going to adopt a little girl but we are not quite ready to fully pursue it yet and my husband also has his trepidations since we do already have FIVE wonderful children that we are raising. I’m also waivering a bit between Kaz and Kyrgyz so I’m definitely still learning and making decisions. One thing I do know is that many or most agencies want your documents to be less than 4 months old for your dossier so don’t order too many yet unless you are ready to move forward. Best wishes to you!
Just found you via Suzanne!
I’m so happy to read a blog from someone else sort of in the same place as me. I think in the end we really ARE going to adopt a little girl but we are not quite ready to fully pursue it yet and my husband also has his trepidations since we do already have FIVE wonderful children that we are raising. I’m also waivering a bit between Kaz and Kyrgyz so I’m definitely still learning and making decisions. One thing I do know is that many or most agencies want your documents to be less than 4 months old for your dossier so don’t order too many yet unless you are ready to move forward. Best wishes to you!
Just found you via Suzanne!
I’m so happy to read a blog from someone else sort of in the same place as me. I think in the end we really ARE going to adopt a little girl but we are not quite ready to fully pursue it yet and my husband also has his trepidations since we do already have FIVE wonderful children that we are raising. I’m also waivering a bit between Kaz and Kyrgyz so I’m definitely still learning and making decisions. One thing I do know is that many or most agencies want your documents to be less than 4 months old for your dossier so don’t order too many yet unless you are ready to move forward. Best wishes to you!