we tried to stay away from child rearing books and babies r us until our homestudy was completed, mostly because it didn't really feel real, it seemed like we were doing something we shouldn't. Once the homestudy was completed our facilitator said we should prepare for the child's arrival-that's when it seemed real
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that's not to say that you should not shop now, or whatever, it's just to say that everyone feels differently. you'll reach a time when it feels real and right for you.
btw, we read everything we could on adoption from before we started our homestudy thru to completion. there were enough of those books to keep us busy
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-first time amom to dd, born 7/7/04
-placed in our arms by a very loving bmom 7/9/04
-bfather's rights terminated 9/7/04
-just connected with bdad!!! 2/9/05
-visited bfamilies for a week, awesome trip 6/05
-bfather signed legally binding open adoption
agreement 7/05
-finalized (woohoo!) 18th of November 2005
-Thinking about adoption #2!
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