All ready...

It's here!  The nursery furniture is not only here, but in place and ready to go!  It was an exciting day waiting for it to come, watching the delivery guys take it up the steps, waiting to hear them say it's ready... It looks great, and we can't wait to use it!  Did I mention that we found a pediatrician and have a day care center identified?  We have a pack of diapers and some onesies to get us started, too.  So, everything that's vital is ready, we just need the baby.

We went to "Coffee Talk" the other night.  That's an informal support group at a restaurant in Philly which is offered by Open Arms (our agency) about once a month.  People in all stages of the process come and hang out, get to know each other, and get to talk about anything and everything related to adoption.  It's been fun getting to know some of the other families going through the process, and some of the families who've been where we are right now.  This time, there were about 20 people there, and 5 of the families had already adopted.  Three of them brought their babies (all under 20 months old).  One who didn't bring her kids had adopted three times, and one had a 6 month old at home.  One family only waited a month, and another woman and her husband are still waiting, a year later.  I hope that the beautiful crib upstairs will not still be empty next year at this time, but the reality is that it very well could be.  As hard as that is to think about, going to Coffee Talk and meeting that woman who's still waiting and still hopeful a year later brought it back to earth for us.  We don't know how or when this is going to play out.  We just have to be thankful and appreciative that it will.