many things to remember

Well ever since our first home study I've had so many things to think about!  It's amazing the questions the social worker asks,  some I hadnt even thought about.  Who is gonna be your pediatritian, life insurance for the baby etc.  It's definetly sent my mind into a tailspin thinking of all the things we need to do.  Reuben and I have been talking names again also, I never realized what a responsibility naming some one is!  Wow, our child has to live with this name forever!  Not as easy as i thought:)  I had at least one night that I didnt sleep very well thinking of what China is gonna be like.  The social worker gave us a stack of DVD's to watch and one of them is called " China's lost girls"  It was so good!  It's a documentary by Lisa Ling and she follows a group of American couples to China to get thier babies and disscuses some issues such as the one child policy with the Chinese people.  It made the journey and what it will be like so much more real.  Very exciting!!!  So for right now we are working on getting the reading done we need to do and watching these dvds and trying to soak up and remember all of this info.  My next homestudy is the ninteenth and Reubens is the twentieth.  I also have to get another letter from the doctor concerning my medical problems and work on a long list of names of proffesionals we will use for the baby.  I just keep reminding my self that every little thing is one step closer to meeting our little one;) 

An awesome adventure

So this is my first atempt at blogging so bear with me for a while!  I wanted a way to share this journey we are on with everyone.  Reuben and I decided sometime in March or April that we wanted to pursue adoption once again. A few years a go we had a major let down with trying to adopt throught the foster care system.  Due to a situation beyond our control our lives were turned upside down and we decided not to continue with our foster care liscence.  It took a few years of healing, especially for me, before I was ready to try again.  We looked into different ways of adopting and decided that the china special needs program was a good fit!  So as of now we have submitted our formal application and had our first homestudy visit. I have to say that I knew this is a very long and detailed process going into this but it is definetly more than I realized!  I know in the end it will all be worth it so we just press on even though I feel very overwhelmed and frankly like I dont have a clue what I'm doing most of the time.  I'm very proud of Reuben for really stepping up and taking the reigns with this:)  I hope to be able to blog through every step of this journey to becoming parents!