Anticipation 11/15/09

Gene and I decided to start a blog about the (to be) adventures of Baby Beeswax (so named by his/her yet-to-be-adoptive father earlier this week). I have other friends who have blogged about their adoption process and found it to be a nice way to keep (interested) friends and family in the loop, while documenting their thoughts, fears, frustrations and joy during the process. So here we are...

A Peek Behind the Curtain

1. I have no illusions that keeping this blog will make us writers. I'm hoping we'll keep it up...but that remains to be seen.
2. I have no illusions that we will NOT be loving, devoted, good parents. It's just that I fear the rocky road ahead of us. Be it financial worries, self-doubt and/or the waiting game, which I know every adoptive parent must play, I hope that the process does not wear us down.
3. I have no illusions that we will get through this process minorly scathed...but no worse for wear.

Let the Show Begin

Although we did our paperwork a couple of weeks ago, it took a couple more before we sent in our first round of payment. Within a week, we were contacted an assigned an adoption counselor...Dana. But for whatever reason, Dana was not the appropriate counselor, and so Rachel contacted us instead. Rachel offered a couple of times to meet - all during work hours, which was a bummer for me - and we picked a time. Luckily, they have satellite offices in Hyde Park, so we'll be meeting Rachel there. Classes may be limited to the Evanston location, we'll see, but I know Gene won't mind going all the way up there - as we're sure to partner it with a visit to Merle's or Addis Abbeba.

Either way, this week, we meet and formally start the process. A 2 hour initial meeting, some paper work, a chance to ask questions and I'm not sure what else awaits us, but the anticipation is building...