Well, the meeting at the agency met and exceeded our expectations. It was hosted at their beautiful, state-of-the-art facility (they are also a pediatric special needs hospital and daycare — thanks Mario Lemiex!), and was very professional yet caring. It was a far cry from the first two agency meetings we attended, one of which [...]

Today is the day of our orientation meeting at the agency. This meeting will give an overview of their programs, answer questions, and feature a discussion panel attended by an adoptive family and a birth mother/family. We will also receive our application materials. I woke up this morning thinking I had heartburn, but realized, it’s [...]

Our orientation meeting with the agency is one week away! I alternate between being totally elated and being totally overwhelmed. Elated that we can finally begin the application process, officially. Overwhelmed that we still have so far to go and so much to do before we are holding a baby. Anxious that there will be [...]

Today is my 28th birthday. It has been kind of a hard day. I joke about how scared I am at being so close to 30, but I really don’t care. At least the students on campus have stopped trying to hit on me. I think that one of the reasons why this whole situation [...]

Made you look, didn’t I?
If I can’t count my gestation just like everyone else (9 people now!), you better believe I am going to find something else to count. You know, so I can pretend to be a part of the club. Yesterday I decided to check the mail on my way out the door [...]

When we were picking out paint colors for our upstairs renovations, we decided upon a cheerful yellow for our small third bedroom. You know, just in case. While painting that room in August, I remember thinking, this is going to make such a great nursery. Then, when we discovered our life plans were going to [...]