[amyfk]

Hi to the List,

I hope everyone is well and everyone(who celebrates) have happy holidays. I also wish those who are traveling well.

We have told all of our friends most of our family that we are adopting. We have been in process since fall '04.

When we first started the process we were very excited, felt adoption would end all of our childlessness, my health woes, etc and come quickly. We were very excited to share with everyone.

Well time has been passing by. We still havent gone on trip one. We're not sure when we'll get another referral.

Folks always are and mean to be polite. Some days I just dont want to keep answering the question "did you adopt yet?" " Did you receive another referral yet?" When is the baby coming?" One jokester friend of ours said on the gender checklist you should check off
male female other so maybe things will move faster LOL

Is it best to answer folks politely and say we're still waiting? Is it best to tell folks we'll tell you when we hear of anything? Or is it best to tell folks based on our mood of the day or just say, today I just don't want to talk about it?

How did you folks answer this? Did anyone else feel this way through a lengthy process?

Thanks,
Amy K, NJ