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Originally Posted by borg1of2

Good thread. Having recently gone through all of the preparation items last year, forms, referral letters, profile creation, home study, back ground check's etc. We finally got it all completed last fall. I knew at this point it was a waiting game and made a decision to not really think/obsess about it as I told myselft it will take 1 to 2 years. It would pop into my head wondering if we'd been presented to any birth mom's and if so, wondering why we may not have been chosen.

We recently got a letter from our agency letting us know that changes in the economny have had effects on adoptions, such that birth mom's were beginning to look for more money and that it was taking longer. So, again I thought still another 1 to 2 years ahead.

Then 2 weeks ago we got a call from the agency that we had been selected by a birth mother. It was like a wave of feelings came over with every possible emotion you can think of. In the past two weeks we met the birth mom, told family and friends, re-arranged some travel plans we had made, and YES, we made the decision to move forward with the adoption.

Things have slowed down a bit, oh the baby is due at the end of May so we don't have too much time, and have begun a little bit of preparation from parenting courses, day care planning, needs for the first day we take custody, and yes the naming search has begun. Our theme is cautious optimism, don't want to get too excited, as there are risks that it could not work out in front of us, so we aren't going over board and just letting each day come.

Don't know if any of this is helpful or not, but it's a little bit about our current experiences.

I will also say that patience continues to be a needed quality throughout all of this, so don't get discouraged and know that the right situation will find you.

Scott

Thanks for the reply.