We are live!

After turning in every single document you can think of, physicals, a statement of faith, several references, a home study, and a family photo album... I am happy to share that we are our officially approved and waiting as of May 26, 2011.

The agency we selected is pretty fantastic and has been around for over a hundred years. As far as where we go from here, well D and I have tons of things to do to get ready. We have trainings to attend to and books to read just to keep ourselves current on all things that we will eventually be faced with as adoptive parents as well as the regular things that couples expecting a baby have to buy and do.

The waiting process entails well...us waiting. We will wait until an expecting birthmother selects us and the agency matches us. It is a process that occurs on both of our ends. The birthmother will pick us but we also have to essentially pick her too. Everything she is looking for in adoptive parents for her baby has to match what D and I are looking for in an expecting mother. If there isn't a match on both of our ends, then we continue to wait until our perfect match comes along and that birthmother will continue to search for a couple that she would like to parent her child. There really isn't a timeline as far as how quickly we will be matched. It may take months or it may take years. We also aren't in a big hurry. We want our match to be perfect. We want to be comfortable and confident that we made the right decision but also that the birthmother made the right decision for the child she is carrying.

Because it is so new and less than a week old, I am just excited that we made it to this point. If you would have asked me 3 months ago when I thought this day would come, well I would have told you probably never. My optimism runs low most days but I am thankful I have D by my side. D is the eternal optimist and always reminds me how far we have come and in the span of six months, we have come pretty darn far!

I am going to say it again because it just sounds so great...and of course when I say it in my head it really is to the tune of how Saturday Night Live opens their show... WE ARE LIVE!