And its off!

My friend Denise decided this morning to accept the referral of her daughter and I was so excited for her and that feeling pushed me to the mailbox. I resisted the urge to fetch the application back out and was relieved when I noticed the red flag was down. We have officially started the adoption process... well in our hearts and heads we probably already have but now the paperwork and fees begin!

Guess Doug needs to tell his sister since she is listed as a reference. The other three references are the people who are as equally as crazy as we are with their many kids OR who know we are crazy but love us anyway... I'll let them decided which category (of not both) they are in! :) Think we will hold off on telling others and just drop hints for a while still but I am betting my parents figure it out soon. My mom is well aware of my 1 1/2 year urge to expand our family even though I think she expects those urges to go away at some point!

For those of you who don't know me, I know you might be thinking, "Geez, if you are that unsure why are you doing this?" We know we want more children. We know this is the path we want to take. I have panicked at at least one point with each one of my children before they "arrived" thinking of the what ifs so this is typical me. The fact that I jumped full force without hesitation into adopting last time is very out of character for me... I am a don't rock the boat, play on the safe side kind of girl. Notice I am returning to China again instead of looking at another country... because it is familiar now. I am sure that I'll panic a few more times before this is a done deal. Trust me, it is all good!! :)

Kate