Reactions & Conversations

Not much to tell in the news area...we finished our preliminary homestudy paperwork (apparently we are now a part of a world where an 11 page autobiography is preliminary!) and have turned it in to the homestudy agency. After they look through it they will call us so we can schedule our first meeting. We have to have 4 meetings with the social worker. We are working on finishing things in the house and trying to train our dogs to be calm when the doorbell rings...
On another note, we have gone completely public with our adoption news (it's on facebook so it must be official, right?). It's been interesting hearing people's reactions. We've had everything from straight out asking "are you infertile or was this a choice?" to "oh" to "Wow! that's awesome!" We never know what to expect. It's stressful and frustrating and exciting all wrapped into one. Then, once you tell them it's international the thousands of personal questions come. It kind of makes me laugh when people say "I don't know if I could do that, not knowing what kind of child you'll be getting." Do you know that when they come the good ol' fashioned way? I mean, yeah it's your genes but we have all seen the random family members that make us go hmm.... He will be our son just as much as anyone else's child is theirs. We are taking risks yes, but everything in life worth anything involves risk. The hard part about this for me is what to say AFTER people say their congratulations. I feel like they are waiting for some great stories (like when people say they are pregnant they say when they are due and if they going to find out what it is, etc) but we don't really have news past that. We don't know how long it will take. We are just doing paperwork, which most people don't find exciting. I guess that will get easier as we get farther into the process.