By Erin, mama to Isaac and adopting

Writing this blog has been harder than I ever thought it would be. With all of the adoption prep work behind us, the wait for a baby is actually quite boring. We might be getting closer to a match, but there is nothing to tell right now. We have been officially “waiting” for almost exactly five months – not that long to wait if you consider that a full-term pregnancy takes nine months. Of course, as I have said before, that does not count all the time that went into getting to the official wait – about two years of soul searching and six months of paperwork and prep work!

So my goal has been to get the house and our family ready for a new baby, whenever he or she might join us. Again, harder than I thought it would be. It’s hard to be motivated when you have no reason to believe it could happen anytime soon. The one thing we are making progress on, is Isaac’s understanding that a baby will be joining our family sometime soon. Most of the time, when asked if we are going to have a baby, he responds with a positive yes, and a small amount of excitement. Sometimes he says no, and gets upset at the mere mention of it. Lately, though, we can get him to talk about the baby with a bit more interest – the baby will cry; the baby will drink from a bottle; the baby will sleep a lot (we hope); you will be a big brother; we will be the baby’s Mama and Daddy too . . . Last night, we found a baby doll that I got for him about a year ago – he’s never shown any interest in it. We played with the baby for a minute, and handled it carefully, and then he threw it on the bed, jumped on its head as he started jumping on the bed (unintentionally, I hope), and ignored my attempts to have him gently put the baby out of the way. Oh well, got to take your successes were they come, right?

There are things happening in our life, and I will have more to write soon – stay tuned in!