Preparing for our trip...

Hello all-
Thanks for checking our blog! It's fun to have a place where we can journal about everything. Tonite I realized that this time next week I could be an entirely changed person after having met my soon to be new child. It's weird that after 2 long years of waiting on this adoption process, I have become sort of "numb" to the whole idea of adding a child to our family. You get caught up in the paper chase, the dissappointments, the doubts... and then one day it all changes and they tell you to pack your bags! Now I am finally allowing myself the chance to feel sheer excitement over the fact that this trip will truly change our lives, change the way we look at the world, change our concept of love to one just a little deeper than the one we had before. I'm sure it's no different than having more than one bio child... you think... how can I love the next one as much as I loved the first born? And then they join your family and it's like you never knew any different. The heart is a mystery. Well, I'm babbling because it's late and I'm tired. By the way, I haven't actually begun packing yet! Can you believe me? Four days from travel and I'm still acting as if I don't have to pack! What's with that? Some strange form of nesting, perhaps. I remember sleeping a lot before I had Taylor. Sort of my body's way of saying "this is it for awhile so you better enjoy it while you can." That's what I feel like I'm doing this time around! Weird. Plus, I work better with the pressure of a deadline. :) It's the journalist in me. :)
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All the best,
The Abes