Paperwork and Preferences

When I said that we received a lot of paperwork to complete, we didn't realize exactly how much was going to be involved. As we flipped through the packet last week, we got a little overwhelmed. It isn't really the amount of paper; it is more the questions that we need to answer. By the time we finish this process, we will have a very detailed plan for our children. While there is a lot to do, we've realized that it this is our opportunity to really prepare for having kids. These are questions that we would not have talked about if we had conceived naturally. Over the next few weeks, there should be some interesting conversations in our house!

Quite a few people have asked us questions about our adoption preferences, so I thought I would share them with you...in case you're curious.

It will be a domestic adoption; most likely the baby will be from Arizona. We considered international adoption, but the cost and amount of red tape was a little intimidating to us. We've requested a child between 0 - 6 mos. We don't have a preference with boy v. girl. Since we would not have a choice naturally, we felt it was appropriate to let God decide that for us. We are pretty open about race/ethnicity. We are trying to keep our options open because it should help the process move faster. We've had to decide how comfortable we are with various disabilities and medical conditions. Again, we are trying to be open although we have set some limits.

Tuesday night is our first class: Introduction to the Adoption Experience. We'll let you know how it goes.