...so, in case you didn't know, we are going to adopt a daughter!

Welcome to our adoption blog.

Ben and I have known pretty much from the very beginning of our relationship that we would grow our family through birth and through adoption. Now that little Sean is 6 months old, we have prayerfully decided that we will begin the paper chase in early April.

Mark has known for years that some day we would adopt a little sister for him. We have raised him in the knowledge that some babies grow in my belly, and some grow in my heart. I have even heard him explain this to his friends.


What we know so far:
~We have chosen AWAA (America World Adoption) to be our agency.
~We will bring our daughter home from Ethiopia approximately 18-24 months from the time we hand in our application.
~We are requesting an infant girl under 1 year of age.

Next steps:
~hand in our application to AWAA
~pay the initial application fee
~start our home study
~pay many more fees!
~once we pass the home study, we begin compiling our dossier, which consists of the documents necessary to adopt from Ethiopia

What I have been doing so far:
~Going over our budget.
~Filling out the application forms.
~Researching international adoption and Ethiopia online.
~Reading books about adoption and Ethiopia.
~Lying awake at night praying and dreaming about our little daughter-to-be.