We have had a crazy year. It was about this time last year DH and I began to talk more seriously about adoption. We knew we couldn't get pregnant again but didn't feel done. By last summer, we were focused on adopting a little girl from Ethiopia.
And then life got really, really crazy!
We have just hit so many bumps in the road and we haven't even started paperwork. Through the fall we were dealing with a messed up situation at our church were some people were lying about our family and trying to exclude us from community. That situation is slowly being resolved, but in the meantime more things have come up. Around the end of the year we put together a short list of things we needed to finish before starting the process. We bought a minivan, got the kids registered for private school in the fall, I started a small business, we got through some changes in my husband's job. I thought we were close to ready!
Then, over the last month, the health issues with our three boys have become more significant. Our youngest son was not growing well, is behind developmentally and has a partial hearing loss due to repeated ear infections. Fortunately with some help, he's growing better now and starting to catch up with his motor skills. We're still figuring out his hearing issues. And the little man nearly lost his index finger when it was shut in a door. He's had surgery and a cast and is now on the mend...
Last week we discovered our middle son had a heart murmur and this week after a trip to the cardiologist, we found out he has a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus). He will have surgery the first week of May to correct this.
It feels like every time we go a few steps closer to adopting, there are more bumps in the road. Maybe this is just how it is and the things we're dealing with now are preparing us for adopting. We're open to a child with some special needs and this year we've certainly had plenty of experience at children's hospital and with early intervention programs.
I guess this is mostly complaining. I keep wanting to get to the point that we're really starting...but yikes. Life keeps getting in the way.
And then life got really, really crazy!
We have just hit so many bumps in the road and we haven't even started paperwork. Through the fall we were dealing with a messed up situation at our church were some people were lying about our family and trying to exclude us from community. That situation is slowly being resolved, but in the meantime more things have come up. Around the end of the year we put together a short list of things we needed to finish before starting the process. We bought a minivan, got the kids registered for private school in the fall, I started a small business, we got through some changes in my husband's job. I thought we were close to ready!
Then, over the last month, the health issues with our three boys have become more significant. Our youngest son was not growing well, is behind developmentally and has a partial hearing loss due to repeated ear infections. Fortunately with some help, he's growing better now and starting to catch up with his motor skills. We're still figuring out his hearing issues. And the little man nearly lost his index finger when it was shut in a door. He's had surgery and a cast and is now on the mend...
Last week we discovered our middle son had a heart murmur and this week after a trip to the cardiologist, we found out he has a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus). He will have surgery the first week of May to correct this.
It feels like every time we go a few steps closer to adopting, there are more bumps in the road. Maybe this is just how it is and the things we're dealing with now are preparing us for adopting. We're open to a child with some special needs and this year we've certainly had plenty of experience at children's hospital and with early intervention programs.
I guess this is mostly complaining. I keep wanting to get to the point that we're really starting...but yikes. Life keeps getting in the way.
