Just What we Wanted

It was 2 years ago tonight that we started the adoption process. Well, actually, we started the process in June of 2006 and then *bam* were pregnant with Josh in no time... But on May 5, 2008, we returned to our agency, ready to begin the paperchase towards adopting a healthy baby girl. At the time we anticipated a 3 year wait --which was perfect for us, since Josh was barely 2 and Cara was only 6 months old. I vividly remember driving to the informational meeting that evening --thoughts of our new daughter bringing smiles as they swirled in my head. I passed a street called "Megan" --the name we were planning to give our girl-- and thought it was kismet. A son and two daughters, how perfect. I had never felt more sure of a decision. Over the months, we completed our homestudy & dossier, wrote our checks and waited. Then last summer we saw a video of a little boy who, although shy, kept reaching for the microphone held by his caretaker. He was male. He was four. He was special needs. He met none of our qualifications. He was ours.

Sometimes in life, your Chinese baby girl is a rough-and-tumble 5 year old boy. Two sons and a daughter, how perfect.