Meeting with the adoption agency

We travelled 3 hours (one way) to attend an informational meeting with our placing agency today. I feel it was worth our time, Lance is not so sure.

What we learned today:
1. We are one of 44 couples waiting for babies in our agency (it was 45 couples until a baby was born last night)

2. We do not have to wait until the adoption is finalized to take the baby out of the country so we do not have to put the adoption on hold for 6 months prior to our mission trip next year. **I am very excited about this!!**

3. 70% of the babies that come to this agency are the result of the birth mom calling from the hospital after the baby is born. That means we more than likely will have no notice that we have been picked by a birth mom. We will get a call something like this, "You have been picked by a birth mom, baby is here, come meet your baby." For someone that is a planner like me, this is a little stressful, but I can live with it! :)

4. Birth dad legal stuff is not that scary. He has 30 days to come forward, but then has to be proven through testing AND show that he cared for his child & birthmom before that time. (Unlikely that birth dad would ever find out and he is usually not a threat in most situations. Of course, our history shows otherwise.) We'll just see what happens when we are picked.

5. Social worker we met had two failed adoptions and then the last one was fine. She said it was worth the grief of the first two to have her daughter.


SO....now we wait for a call. Anytime the phone rings with an unfamiliar number, my heart races. I KNOW our baby is out there...God needs to just put us together!!!