Allow me to try and better explain how amazing I feel:
It's like we've been trying for three years to get pregnant and just found out I am! I never doubted that we would be recommended for approval for adoptive parents, but there was always the possibility that something mundane or crazy would delay it or create an obstacle. After so much proving that we would be good parents it's an affirmative that a respected social worker declares us just so! This is literally the last thing we can do to create that possibility of Kid. I see it the same way as conception, after months and months of trying, it is your moment where you say, "it worked!" Yes, there is still tonnes of prep work before you meet your baby, but the point is that your baby is there.
Kid is now more of a reality than before because we have the recommendation that will allow us to eventually meet him.
So, our next steps are to await the province's stamp of approval so we can forward the homestudy to CHOC. Then CHOC compiles our dossier and sends it to Russia. We fill our Immigration sponsorship forms out and wait... and wait... and wait... but at least now the waiting has a point because we know once our province stamps the approval there's nothing stopping us!
So excited... so proud!! The hardest part will be allowing Kid his Adjusting Time, because we already cannot wait!! xoxoxooxoxoxo
ReplyDeleteCan I tell you how I feel?
ReplyDeleteMy heart was breaking, with yours, as you struggled with infertility. You kept me up to date with all the cycles and tries, and I held my breath with you.
I know the joy of being a parent, and have seen you and Mike with my daughter. I know without a doubt you will be wonderful, loving parents. It tore me up to not see you achieve that reality.
When you told me you were starting this process I cried. Just as I would if you told me you were pregnant. I knew it was the start of the road of you becoming parents, and selfishly for me, getting another cousin.
I can't wait to welcome this child into our family. I can't wait to hug him, introduce him to my daughter, and see them play. I can't wait to watch you beam over his triumphs, and even watch you want to pull your hair out and bite your lip to bleeding to keep from screaming in his face when he misbehaves. It's all part of the wonderful roller coaster of parenting.
When Kid comes Home, he will change your life in every way possible. You will never know how you lived without him and you will be glad, in a way, I think, that you didn't concieve only because it would have meant you wouldn't be holding your Kid in your arms. Everything happens for a reason.
When Kid comes Home, he will be so loved, and welcomed into the family. We will all have a hard time waiting, but we will. And it will make meeting him that much sweeter.
I'm so happy for you two, I don't have words.