Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Impatient!

I am not a patient person to start with, so this whole process is trying me.

However, I am about to go crazy waiting for the call to schedule our orientation & interview. The agency told us they would call after Feb. 15th to set it up, and we haven't heard anything yet. I don't know if I should call or if I should just wait. Gah!

This is really starting to worry me...

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Some More Info

We haven't heard anything else from the agency, but I realized that not all of you know all of the details. Here's the short & sweet version.

  • We are adopting an infant. We should bring the baby home from the hospital unless there are some very specific issues.
  • We are adopting domestically from an agency on the south side of Indianapolis that works in Central Indiana.
  • We both have a gender preference. It is the same gender. We're not sharing - sorry.
  • We don't get a choice of boy or girl - kinda like the "standard" method.
  • We will create a scrapbook about ourselves that the agency will use to "advertise" us to birthmoms. We will be chosen by her. We will hopefully meet her in her 8th month of pregnancy. I am already nervous about this.
  • The process is expected to take 12-18 months - we are ONE month in (almost two).
  • We have not firmly made any decisions about what ethnicity of child we are looking for.
Any other questions? Just leave 'em in the comments & one of us will answer as best we can!