Another Big Push...

I think my friend Mary said it best. In January when I told her we had excepted a child referral for adoption she said "you must be so excited"

"I am" I replied "I'm excited and a little bit nervous" She then said "of course you're a little nervous. You've been pregnant for almost 3 years"

Hurry up and wait... hurry up and wait. I've been hearing this from other adoptive Moms for years never really understanding how intense the "hurry ups" and "waits" really are.

When you have a biological child you always know where you're child is and you have a pretty good idea of when they will arrive. For the most part you're in full control. Then the big day comes. Your water breaks and you go into labor. If I had to compare the two methods of becoming a Mom... I must say "hurry up and wait" would be the contractions. Except when you adopt your contractions can be a week or more apart.

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So we had another big push today. Our Home Studies have arrived signed and sealed from Trenton and tomorrow it will be on it's way to Georgia via DHL. In the mean time I had several conversations with Immigration today. So far so good. Now we WAIT. Again.