D and I are slowly starting to get ready. Though we aren't certain when our time will come, we are certain that there are still tasks we have to complete prior to baby. There are a good number of trainings we have to attend and complete by a certain point. Some of the trainings have to be completed before they will allow us to leave the hospital with our newborn child and some have to be completed at least within the first six months after our newborn has been home. We have completed 2.5 trainings and still have SEVERAL to go. I am proud of us for at least doing what we have done but at the same time, we know we need to step it up so that we aren't scrambling at the last minute. I hate scrambling. I am such the planner that having something looming over my head like this doesn't sit well.
Yesterday, we ran errands and while looking for clothes for Lola, we stopped to look at a car seat and pack-n-play. Granted, this only lasted a second before I moved us along, it was still a little progress from avoiding the baby aisle all together. I think one of my biggest fears at this point in the adoption process is that we will plan a nursery, buy all of the items we want and need and then it sits vacant for years. I am still on the fence about where we should be as far as planning a new arrival because we have zero time frame to work with. I have one foot in the baby aisle and one foot trying on a new pair of shoes.
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