Calendar girl

It's been about 8-1/2 months since we became homestudy approved. That would be the time since we actually became "pregnant on paper". If I were a fertile, I would likely have swollen ankles and a hankering for Taco Bell every night at this point of the pregnancy. If you're paying attention, I mentioned before that I'm sentimental and to prove that, I keep a notebook that includes dates of important points in our adoption journey. Here is just a sampling...October 31, 2007 (also hubby's birthday) was the first time I talked to our adoption person. January 18, 2008 was when said adoption person received the contract and our money. May 2, 2008 was when I purchased our first baby item (pack 'n play). November 4th was my last check-in. Next check-in will be December 4th.

I like to document these dates, even though some may not seem too monumental. For example, November 25, 2007 was the date I bought "Adoptions for Dummies" at Borders. Now, I'm wondering why the heck I wrote that down. Maybe because it made me feel like we were serious about this adoption thing. I don't know. A year later, still no baby, but I feel like we've come a long way emotionally from when we started the process. I don't have the ultrasounds, the twinges in the belly to show that a little one is in there, the expanding waistline (oh wait, I do have THAT), but I can look at my notebook and see how our journey progressed and how excited I am. Maybe our child would like to see that one day.