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with our first adoption the process began in early 2003 and ended over a year later (int'l). From almost the beginning we discussed it with our other children, who were small children (all age 5 and under). For them talking about our soon-to-be daughter was as natural as talking about any family member. Se was accepted as family from the first and they couldn't wait to finally meet their new big sister. It wasn't an easy transistion process once she joined the family, but that's how things roll with adoption.
This time is different. The little girl who may be joining our family is already a friend of one of our daughters, has visited our home a few times, and it won't be until we are named in her mother's will or something that we will know anything...and it may be soon after that that we will tell the kids. The girl is going to be staying with us for a few months as it is, very very very soon (a little over a week from now), and we haven't told the girls yet because we didn't know till yesterday when it would be. now we are frantically preparing the house for her stay. and the stay may last from these few months to possibly permantly if things go wrong in the operating room or soon thereafter. but I think tonight I will talk to the girls about her stay.
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