Slogging along

We attended orientation for our agency on Thursday of last week. I found it to be really helpful in explaining the process we will go through and some generalities about adoption. For example, the age range of women who have placed infants with this agency is 12 to 45 years old, with most women being between 27 and 35 years old. This was new information for me. We were part of a group of about 30 people and additional people were turned away because this cohort had reached capacity. I'm looking forward to working with this agency. The director of the agency led the orientation and she seems very passionate about her work. We have another class in October and should be active after that.

In the meanwhile we need to finish up preparations for Kidlet. The room is almost cleared out with the exception of my sewing stuff. The sewing supplies will stay until Kidlet's quilt and blankets are finished, which will hopefully happen soon. We have been slowly accumulating supplies and gender neutral clothes from local thrift and secondhand stores. Today I scored a great deal on a bouncy chair that looks like new and cost me only half of what it cost on Amazon.com. Since all these things are gender neutral, hopefully they will outlast Kidlet and still be usable for Deuce (baby #2). I'm hoping we will make it to Ikea sometime in the next couple of weekends for the furniture, shelving, lighting and some toys. I also hope to have time to shampoo the carpets in the house and get in another weekend of camping after the insects die down. We've talked a bit about trying to go to New York for a weekend but I'm doubting that will happen. I'd like to get out to California as well. But I have a feeling that time is of the essence now!

Our attorney called the morning after we got back from our vacation to say they wanted to show our profile to a woman who is considering placing her baby. We are still waiting to hear back about this particular situation, as well as another one. This is one of the hardest parts - never hearing back about many of the situations. All we can hope is that the women found something better out there....