We sent out a mass e-mail this past week, and its now 'public news' that we're adopting. We have gotten so many e-mails filled with support, encouragment, excitement, etc. Thanks so much!!!
I thought I'd write a post addressing some questions that people asked:
Can we share your blog with other people?
- Yes! We're hoping that our blog will not only keep our family and friends up-to-date with our adoptions, but also that it will be helpful to other people who are thinking about adopting. Plus, we can use all of the prayers and good wishes available :-)
- We don't know... we can state a preference but we're not sure if we are going to do that or not. Basically, we'd love to have another baby boy or have a baby girl!
- Hopefully by January 2008, but that's really in the hands of the U.S. & Haitian government. Everything is waiting on how long it takes for them to process paperwork.
- Our preference is for young-as-possible. In Haiti, the youngest child available for international adoption is 6 months old. Of course, that means 6 months old at time of referral, so we're assuming that the baby will be anywhere from 10-14 months when he/she arrives in the United States. So, Josh and the new baby will likely be within a year of each other age wise.
- As of now, it would be awesome if anyone interested would check out the book, Cross Cultural Adoption, from the library and read through it sometime before next January. Its a simple read and addresses popular questions about international adoptions. Its aimed at answering children's (who aren't adopted) questions about their adopted friends. Yet, I thought it was also a great way for everyone to understand how questions and comments they say in front of an adopted child can impact them. I'll let you know as I find other books that would be helpful too. For now, that's the shortest, easiest to read book I've found that gives good suggestions!
