[susanlowman]

Your situation is similar to mine.....

My husband and I were all set for international adoption....as a matter of fact we had our homevisit scheduled for a Saturday (last January), when the Thursday night before, we received a call from a friend asking if we would consider adopting her nephew and soon-to-be-born nephew -- SHE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE CONSIDERING ADOPTION!! We agreed to meet her and her nephew and that was it!! We were in love. It turned out that the soon-to-be-born nephew was a niece!!

We have worked with Social Services and the foster care system here for almost a year. Hopefully the parents rights will be termintated shortly and we can adopt. Both kids have been living with us and we LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!

Things are going "ok" for us -- I have no patience so this year wait has been torture, but it has gone smoothly. I can hardly wait til there name is the same as mine!!

Please feel free to email me with any questions about our experience.