And the Paperwork Begins...

So Matt and I have been warned by all of our friends who have gone through the adoption process, how much paperwork there is to be filled out.  We have just started the paperwork and the first piece of it is a very legalize written Holt Agency agreement.  I honestly only made it through a couple of pages and realized I had no idea what I was reading!  Matt made it through the entire 12 pages which took him 3-4 hours to get through, but we still have questions about what exactly we are signing.  So we are going in to talk to Celeste at Holt--the local office happens to be down the street...coincidence, I think not--on December 28th to get our questions answered.  :-)  I am so excited.  This is all becoming very real! 

This last weekend while we were driving back and forth from Christmas with Matt's family we were talking about how last year at this time we were still waiting to see the fertility doctor for the second opinion.  Now looking back that seems like SO long ago.  We have come so far in that year and have made lots of decisions.  It feels so good to be at this point!! 

We also had fun talking about how we can incorporate our child's culture into their lives even after they come to the United States.  It is really important to us that our child knows where they come from.  We came up with a really cool idea, that on their adoption day every year, we could have a celebration like they might have had in their home country. 

I can't remember if I have shared with you all that the countries we are down to are Ethiopia and Thailand.  We really don't want to make up our minds though until after we have talked with Celeste and have an idea of how things are going in those countries, currently. 

blessings friends, megan