In the past there have been several threads asking about hubbies not being as excited or as involved in the adoption/paperwork process. This was def. the case for us. And actually I posted a few weeks ago that my dh was starting to get excited and energetically put together our new stroller without prompting and then spent the evening "walking" our dogs around the house in the stroller (if I only had pictures!). But there was a part of me that wasn't sure if this was a sign of excitement about our daughter or excitement over a new gadget.
Anyway, I came home from work on Valentines day to see my hubby engrossed on the couch reading Karen Evans book, with a pile of other Chinese adoption books in front of him. He had gone to the library and checked them all out and was diving in- which is funny since we own all of the books he checked out!
It was just so neat to see him so curious and enthusiastic and totally independently trying to find out more (versus me doing all the research/reading and telling him what I found out). For the first time I was looking at my daughter's father instead of just my husband and it was the neatest, most romantic feeling- it is bringing tears to my eyes just thinking about it!
So I just wanted to update all of you that are doing most of the work and waiting for your spouse to share in your joy and excitement. We are within days/weeks of our refferal and it just clicked, and it was the best Valentines Day ever!
