Sending off the homestudy application!

We finally finished putting the application and all the various attachments together (birth certificates, proof of insurance, pet vaccinations, etc.) and are ready to send this stuff out! I am starting to have an OMG we are actually doing this moment but I know we will get through it somehow. Next up will be our actual homestudy meetings, which I'm kind of nervous about but not too bad just yet. For some reason my biggest fear is that the social worker will be some sort of animal hater and will come into our home, see our numerous pets, and immediately turn us down! I know this is probably not going to happen but these are the things I imagine could happen. Thank goodness I have been super busy at work and don't have a lot of free time to think up even worse things...though I'm sure my overactive imagination will come up with some doozey's before this is all over!

Oh, and I broke down and bought us the cutest little baby toy the other day. I felt almost guilty about it and I'm not sure why. I have every right to buy cutesy little things just like any other expectant mother, right? I have to get used to that idea, that I'm actually an "expectant mother". Crazy. I just hope things keep moving along smoothly or this expectant mother might have a breakdown and it's not gonna be pretty!

A little about myself

I guess I can introduce myself to any random friends or lurkers out there. My name is Kristin and I have been married to my wonderful husband for almost 6 years. We have 2 dogs, 4 cats, an African Grey parrot and several other misc. small birds and fish. I guess you can say we are a little animal crazy, but up until now they have been our only family. We spent the last 4 years trying to expand our family the "normal way", only to find after years of trying, infertility testing, treatment, etc., that my poor body just wasn't made to get pregnant after all. It's too bad my dr. couldn't figure out our problems BEFORE we spent tons of money on all of that, but once you know there is a medical condition then you can start to heal emotionally and move on.

Then a few months ago, after toying with the idea for a year and a half, we decided to pursue adoption. It's a scary prospect really, and one we haven't treaded into lightly, but it's such a wonderful feeling to be moving on after so many years. So for the past week we have been working on our application for a homestudy and gathering all of the necessary forms needed for this. It's a big pain in the you-know-where but unfortunately only the tip of the iceberg. Anyway, we almost have it all put together and I can't wait to send it all to the agency and wait for the next step!

So there is a quick nutshell of me. Now I have to get off the computer because one of my guilty pleasures is on the tube, Ghosthunters! Can't miss it!

A first crack at this blogging business

Hmmm...so here I am at last. After lurking on other blogs for a good long time I decided to give it a try myself. Seems like a good way to talk to myself without getting funny looks from other people who might hear me rambling out loud to nobody in particular. There's that, and also my husband and I are starting the process of adoption and I just have a lot on my mind that I feel like sharing. For some reason I feel that if I type out my thoughts to the world (or maybe a couple of people who happen upon this page by accident) then I'll feel better in some way. Anyway, we'll see how it goes. Hopefully tomorrow I'll come up with something interesting to say but for now I'll just spend a little time trying to figure out how this site works. Good night!