150 Steps...an Adoption Journey: Oh wow!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Oh wow!

Massive hurricane? Check. No light, power, phone, Internet or electricity for four days? Check. Switching to a new job? Check. Adopting a baby in the space of 48 hours? Sure! Why the hell not! Clearly, the Universe has a twisted sense of humor.

More details coming soon but the adoption journey is over and the journey as parents and a family begins today.

Welcome to the world and to our family, Esme Louisa!

4 comments:

Stephanie said...: I know I said this already on Facebook, but I'm so so happy for you all. Congratulations. :) You are in for the best time of your life. I'm so excited to read both you and your wife's blogs through this first year! Yay!; September 1, 2011 at 4:40 PM
The Spicy Chickadee said...: Oh my gosh!!! Congratulations!! I am so happy for you guys. Your baby is absolutely beautiful and perfect!!; September 1, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Lisa said...: Yaaaaaaaayy for you guys!! So happy to see this post! God Bless and congrats to you and Jen. :-); September 1, 2011 at 10:59 PM
Jenn said...: The amazing thing about His timing!; September 2, 2011 at 7:06 PM

The Story of 150 Steps

I first wrote about the start of our adoption journey on my other blog, "Walks in the Marsh". However, it was a conversation with a friend, as she inquired how our adoption effort was going, that inspired "150 Steps." When asked about our progress, I started to explain all the things we were doing and still had to do before giving up and saying, "If the adoption process has 150 steps, we're on step 6." Since it's going to take some time to walk those additional steps, I thought I'd keep a record of our progress so our hoped-for "Plus One" will know how hard we worked to bring her into our family.

Here it is.