Opportunities in the Sunshine State

A friend's sister is a nurse in FL and there are sometimes (not very often, but times) where mothers come in to give birth and create an adoption plan at the hospital. Sometimes the nurses adopt the babies. She is going to get us connected with the social worker so that we could be considered IF one of these situations came up. So we are still working with our agency, but this is another option that may present itself

Keep praying!

We had to say "No"

I was very excited tonight when the phone rang and the caller ID said it was the adoption agency. They wanted to know if they could show our book to a birthmother who was having TWINS. After 45 minutes of discussion, we decided that we could not afford the fees for two adoptions. Unfortunately it's not BOGO (Buy One Get One Free). The fees are double. So with hesitation, we said "no".

So we will keep our hopes up and keep praying for the right call.

The Waiting Game

It seems like every plan I make goes something like this "unless we have a baby then" or "can we plan that if we might have a baby then" or "hopefully our baby arrives in 2008". It's hard not knowing...

I don't get a due date. I don't get to say I have 40 weeks to get this prepared or this finished. I may have 24 hours or maybe 2 years.

One thing I do know is that we will have another baby. God has a plan, and I have to trust that.

Preparing for baby

I've started getting the playroom decorated for Carson, so the baby can move to the nursery. It's starting to seem real.

I also went through the newborn clothes and pulled out the neutrals so that those can be ready in an instant. In case you aren't aware, there is a chance that when we get the call the baby would already be born. Imagine, "You've been choosen to be parents, come pickup the baby now". Talk about panic mode. So that's why I want to be prepared, just in case. But then again we may have a few months to plan, like with Carson.

I'm just a planner and I know I want to be ready, but I fear that I will be ready with nothing to do but wait. It's hard to not be scared about how long we will wait or if we will ever be choosen.

Child of My Heart Poem (see link)

http://poetry.adoption.com/poems/child-of-my-heart.html